Parent accuses Texas high school football coach of bullying after 91-0 blowout game

[Phurfur 70]

The coach of a Texas high school football team has been accused of bullying in a formal complaint after his team beat another school 91-0.

MyFoxDFW.com reports a parent of a player on the Western Hills High School football team claims Aledo High School football coach Tim Buchanan encouraged his players to bully their opponents by running up the score. Buchanan learned of the online complaint against him Saturday, the day after his team beat Western Hills in a 4A matchup.

Buchanan tells MyFoxDFW.com he pulled his starters from the game after the first quarter and even eventually brought in his third-string players, but it was clear the game was going to be a blowout. The clock was also run continuously starting in the third quarter.

In the report, which was released Tuesday, the unnamed parent lists both football teams as victims and the Aledo High School coaching staff as the offenders. The parent claims “everyone in the football stadium” was a witness to Buchanan and his staff’s “unsportsmanlike conduct.”

"We all witnessed bullying firsthand, it is not a pretty sight," the complaint reads according to MyFoxDFW.com. “I did not know what to say on the ride home to explain the behavior of the Aledo coaches for not easing up when the game was in hand.”

Buchanan, whose team is averaging 69.3 points a game and is on its way to a 7-0 record, said he is not sure what else he could have done besides telling his players to take a knee.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/22/parent-accuses-texas-high-school-football-coach-bullying-after-1-0-blowout-game/

 

 

[Vikings4ever 496]

What's more humiliating, getting beaten 91-0 because the other team just played better, or being beaten 49-0 because the other team would continually run it down to the 1, then kneel 4 plays in a row?

[MDC 5,932]

Texas

[5-Points 2,748]

One of three things needs to take place here.

 

1) Punch in the face in front of wife and kids

 

2) CuntPunt

 

3) Both

[Voltaire 4,573]

Dumb. The only thing that could come from this is Aledo and Western Hills stop playing football against each other.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

Texas

Jealous we have a team that can score?

[Ken8080 6]

Jealous we have a team that can score?

 

Before you have a chance to rethink your stupidity and delete this, let me point out it was a Texas school that GAVE UP 91 points in a game AND it was a Texas Coach that cried about it. LOL

 

OR was it a team Obama coached? Yeah that's your angle, just say Obama coached the losing team.

Now run along. LOL

[kilroy69 1,014]

They should name the parent. show him what real bullying is going to feel like.

[Ken8080 6]

They should name the parent. show him what real bullying is going to feel like.

 

I see you are from Texas.

[5-Points 2,748]

AND it was a Texas Coach that cried about it. LOL

Now run along. LOL

Actually it was a parent that cried about it. Ima go out on a limb and say it was a recent transplant. Prolly from some phaggity librul state like California.

[IGotWorms 3,366]

If only someone had bullied your mother into having an abortion

[Recliner Pilot 61]

This Ken0000 guy is funny.

[Herbivore 915]

What's more humiliating, getting beaten 91-0 because the other team just played better, or being beaten 49-0 because the other team would continually run it down to the 1, then kneel 4 plays in a row?

 

It would probably be something like 61-0 because of all the safeties.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

 

It would probably be something like 61-0 because of all the safeties.

 

We run into this at the youth level. When you are up by 30, there are some rules that tell you what plays you can run. In Pop Warner, you have to run between the tackles, so the losing team can just put 11 in the box and tee off on the winning team's running backs. So, the winning team's coaches will sometimes just take the flags if the refs want to call it or they will punt on first down and let their defense take care of things. It is more humiliating for a team to be punted on in 1st down than being scored on.

[Phurfur 70]

Growing up I was on both sides of this situation. When we were crushed we tried that much harder so it would not happen again. We would practice longer and harder and sometimes asked for help. When we were the crushers we looked for ways to make ourselves even better.

 

This parent should be worried about this:

 

What are they doing that makes them so successful?

What can we do to make our team better?

 

Of course people today expect special rules to help them overcome their inefficiencies and lack of initiative just like they have as adults in the job market.

 

This is the society we are creating, this is the Great Society!

[Mungwater 588]

The team averages 69 points a game.

 

Can you imagine if that was your mom? It would be hard to go back in that locker room. Wouldn't have made national news, now everybody knows how bad your team sucks. Think about the taunts this team is going to get now.

[KSB2424 3,085]

If the team was still throwing bombs and was taunting after TD's had all their starters in the 4th Quarter and other shenanigans to 'rub it in' then yeah, not sure if "bullying" is the correct term but that is at least bad sportsmanship and jackassery for sure.

 

If the team was running the ball once up by 60 points and was not doing crazy celebrations after TD's and was subbing in some bench players but stil wound up winning 91-0 then that is perfectly fine. Whats the problem?

 

[drobeski 3,061]

Must be of the same breed of faggut that was crying in 2007 when the patriots were demolishing every team in the nfl.

[MDC 5,932]

Must be of the same breed of faggut that was crying in 2007 when the patriots were demolishing every team in the nfl.

Does that mean this team pulls an epic chokejob in the championship?

[drobeski 3,061]

Does that mean this team pulls an epic chokejob in the championship?

We aren't talking about the eagles here kiddo.

That was pretty fun though, when mcnabb threw up in the huddle ...yeah epic for sure.

[kilroy69 1,014]

How long till the name of the parent is leaked and the kid gets stuffed in the trash?

[MDC 5,932]

We aren't talking about the eagles here kiddo.

That was pretty fun though, when mcnabb threw up in the huddle ...yeah epic for sure.

I was talking about the 2007 Pats team that went 16-0 and lost the Super Bowl. You know, the last Pats team that was respected or feared by anybody.

[posty 2,305]

http://www.wtop.com/209/3489222/Dad-alleges-bullying-in-91-0-football-game

 

Texas high school coach Tim Buchanan benched his starters after only 21 plays, kept to a conservative ground game and even allowed the clock to run uninterrupted after halftime to hasten the final whistle. Still, his Bearcats won 91-0.

 

Now the coach is facing formal accusations of bullying.

 

The impressive victory for undefeated Aledo High School, a football powerhouse in suburban Fort Worth that has put up similar numbers against other schools, has forced an investigation after a parent from the opposing team filed a bullying complaint. The complaint, which must be investigated under state law, says Buchanan should have done more to prevent the lopsided score.

 

"It wasn't good for anybody," Buchanan said of the Friday win over Western Hills in a Class 4A matchup. "I've sat and gone over and over and over it on what we could have done differently. The score could have very easily been 150 to nothing."

 

Western Hills coach John Naylor told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that he disagreed with the bullying allegation, which Buchanan said suggested his coaches "should have made their players ease up and quit playing that hard." Naylor did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment Tuesday.

 

Under state law, Aledo's principal must investigate the complaint and prepare a report. The complaint was filed with the school district, which the law requires to provide bullying complaint forms on its websites.

 

The University Interscholastic League, the governing body for high school sports in Texas, only has a mercy rule for six-man football that ends a game when one team gets ahead by 45 points by halftime or later. There is no mercy rule for 11-man football, though coaches can agree to end a game early, UIL spokeswoman Kate Hector said.

 

Buchanan said Tuesday he wasn't aware of that option.

 

There were about 1,500 fans still in the stands at the end of the game, most of them Aledo's, he said. About 5,000 were at the Bearcats' stadium in Aledo at the beginning because it was a recognition night for band members' parents. A cold front that brought rain added another reason to leave when the game started to get out of hand, Buchanan said.

 

While blowouts are not uncommon in Texas high school football, Aledo has racked up several of them this season, due in part to being placed in a new district that has not been as strong in football. The Bearcats' average victory margin in four district games is 77 points.

 

The UIL bases its realignment decisions on enrollment and geographic location to minimize travel time, a move aimed at reducing class absences. When Aledo was placed in a different district before last season, its travel time to the furthest location was cut from two hours to about 35 miles, Buchanan said.

 

Buchanan's team, which is averaging 69.3 points a game with a 7-0 record, ran just 32 plays but scored on about every third one during Friday's game. Aledo rushed for 391 yards. It scored eight touchdowns on the ground, two each on passes and punt returns, and one on a fumble recovery.

 

"It certainly didn't seem like they were trying to run up the score in this case," Hector said.

 

Western Hills had 79 yards rushing and 67 yards passing.

 

The UIL follows NCAA rules, but most other states follow guidelines of the National Federation of State High School Associations, said Bob Colgate, the federation's director of sports and sports medicine.

 

Colgate said many of the federation's 48 member states and the District of Columbia have adopted a mercy rule in 11-man football. He noted that a survey published in February found that 16 states reported using a mercy rule with point margins, which are set by individual states, ranging from 30 points to 50 points.

 

Aledo Principal Dan Peterson said his report on the bullying complaint should be completed this week. It will be given to the father who filed the complaint and the staff at Western Hills.

 

Hector said anyone can submit a proposal for a rule change, which could then be considered by the UIL's legislative council.

 

Buchanan said his school, winner of four state titles since 1998, and district are very supportive of the football program. The same, he said, cannot be said of Western Hills.

 

"It's not so much money as it is lack of emphasis," he said. "If you're going to have a program, support it."

[drobeski 3,061]

I was talking about the 2007 Pats team that went 16-0 and lost the Super Bowl. You know, the last Pats team that was respected or feared by anybody.

18-1....that's like 4 or 5 seasons worth of eagles wins

[MDC 5,932]

18-1....that's like 4 or 5 seasons worth of eagles wins

Regular season wins don't matter. Just ask any Pats fan pre-Spygate.

[kilroy69 1,014]

could you submit a FOIA request to find out the name of the parent? Just curious?

[phillybear 365]

They just cleared the coach from any wrong doing. Breaking news.

[Little Rusty 17]

Jealous we have a team that can score?

 

that's rich

[parrot 789]

Aledo Principal Dan Peterson said his report on the bullying complaint should be completed this week. It will be given to the father who filed the complaint and the staff at Western Hills.

 

Dang, I hate to see that. Really figured it had to be a mother.

[Thornton Melon 546]

They just cleared the coach from any wrong doing. Breaking news.

 

Pathetic that he had to be "cleared"...

[Phurfur 70]

They just cleared the coach from any wrong doing. Breaking news.

Our Society is a joke and yes it was intentionally created and called Great Society! They should look for wrong doing in the losing teams coach, maybe even charge him with child abuse.

[Cruzer 1,993]

Both of these schools are in the area here. Aledo has long been a powerhouse team that routinely beats the hell out of people. Western Hills is known for being a hotbed for poosays. They need to get over it.

[Phurfur 70]

Both of these schools are in the area here. Aledo has long been a powerhouse team that routinely beats the hell out of people. Western Hills is known for being a hotbed for poosays. They need to get over it.

You would think Western Hills would want to know what they are doing wrong and what Aledo is doing right. Rather than bringing Aledo down to their level they should be looking how to bring their them to Aledo's level.

 

I guess it is easy to understand why Western Hills are a bunch of losers.

[supermike80 1,314]

Very disappointed to see it was a dad. He must be one of the gheys

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

Very disappointed to see it was a dad. He must be one of the gheys

The kid could have two daddy's.

[Herbivore 915]

You would think Western Hills would want to know what they are doing wrong and what Aledo is doing right. Rather than bringing Aledo down to their level they should be looking how to bring their them to Aledo's level.

 

I guess it is easy to understand why Western Hills are a bunch of losers.

 

What are there respective graduation rates? Maybe the only thing Aledo does well is football. Get your applications to Grambling ready!

[Cruzer 1,993]

 

What are there respective graduation rates? Maybe the only thing Aledo does well is football. Get your applications to Grambling ready!

Aledo is actually a rather affluent neighborhood. Those kids have enjoyed a very nice upbringing.

[Cruzer 1,993]

My h.s. alma mater played the same powerhouse Aledo in the playoffs this weekend. We lost 75-14. Ha, we got bullied!