MO - Daryl Clemmons shoots youth football coach multiple times because his son wasn't in the starting lineup - Oct 10, 2023

[Ebon]

Man allegedly shot St. Louis youth football coach because his son wasn’t in the starting lineup

ST. LOUIS (TCD) -- A 43-year-old man is currently in jail without bond after he allegedly shot a youth football coach multiple times because he was upset his son was not placed in a starting position.

truecrimedaily.com

ST. LOUIS (TCD) -- A 43-year-old man is currently in jail without bond after he allegedly shot a youth football coach multiple times because he was upset his son was not placed in a starting position.

 

[Laughing]

There is NO excuse for this behavior -- ever -- and look at the age of these players!!!

The St. Louis BadBoyz, a team of 9- and 10-year-old boys, learned Wednesday they won’t be able to continue their season, said Latimore’s cousin and the team’s head coach Darrell Jones.

Season canceled for St. Louis youth football team whose coach was shot at practice

"That's not fair because you're stripping a season from 32 kids, 32 families," said Darrell Jones, the team's head coach and a cousin of the coach who was hurt.

www.stltoday.com

Cannot wrap my old brain around this. Retired Soccer Mom, at this age there are no college scouts!

(Our boys did reach a national tournament as U-15's, we came home with bronze medals. Still proud of those boys, proud of the men they are today. A physical therapist, few civil engineers, a software engineer or two, and the PhD nuclear engineer who runs the cancer-fighting radiation equipment in a major cancer center. )

And this is a parks&rec sponsored youth team!

Articles do indicate that more information about the relationship between the two men will come out -- but still...no way to make sense of this.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I find the article in the first post disturbing, with victim-blaming quotes.

Sometimes in life a heated discussion is going to happen. It doesn't ever mean someone can pull out a gun and shoot.

 

[Inthedetails]

There is NO excuse for this behavior -- ever -- and look at the age of these players!!!

The St. Louis BadBoyz, a team of 9- and 10-year-old boys, learned Wednesday they won’t be able to continue their season, said Latimore’s cousin and the team’s head coach Darrell Jones.

Season canceled for St. Louis youth football team whose coach was shot at practice

"That's not fair because you're stripping a season from 32 kids, 32 families," said Darrell Jones, the team's head coach and a cousin of the coach who was hurt.

www.stltoday.com

Cannot wrap my old brain around this. Retired Soccer Mom, at this age there are no college scouts!

(Our boys did reach a national tournament as U-15's, we came home with bronze medals. Still proud of those boys, proud of the men they are today. A physical therapist, few civil engineers, a software engineer or two, and the PhD nuclear engineer who runs the cancer-fighting radiation equipment in a major cancer center. )

And this is a parks&rec sponsored youth team!

Articles do indicate that more information about the relationship between the two men will come out -- but still...no way to make sense of this.

jmho ymmv lrr

I hear ya. I'm a retired soccer, baseball, martial arts, rugby, and swimming mom. All competitive leagues, especially the baseball league which was insanely serious at a young age where we live. We survived it all without raising our voices, gossiping, or harming a coach (even when my husband was coach). I will also make an aside that sometimes the mom-cliques on the sidelines are the most vicious - to each other!

Sports are to learn to deal with tension, not to fall apart under pressure! Get a grip, parents.

 

[Cryptic]

I hear ya. I'm a retired soccer, baseball, martial arts, rugby, and swimming mom. All competitive leagues, especially the baseball league which was insanely serious at a young age where we live. Sports are to learn to deal with tension, not to fall apart under pressure! Get a grip, parents.

Well said.

As a parent, I have watched years of youth, junior high, high school and now, college sports including football, volley ball, track, swimming, baseball, softball and basket ball. Sometimes, I "watched" the game while walking around the remote parts of the field because I did not like the tone in the youth stands.

I would also like to add coaches in the general sense (not this coach in particular) to the list of people who need to get a grip. Over the years, I have seen coaches who:

- Constantly brought in aged out players- and not just a token "one", but squads of them via swapped birth certificates. Sixth graders have had to go against ninth graders in tackle football.

- Created ubber select teams in rec center "having fun" leagues via breaking every "honor rule" in the book: -De facto cutting players, refusing to accept rec center referrals (cant risk an average player-right?), creating practice and game teams, bringing in obvious "ringers" in key positions for key games, playing aged out kids etc etc.

- Engaged in mindless and pointless score run ups / player beat downs of opponents who were obviously outclassed from minute one through the beat down team cheating either "In spirit, or in Truth". These beat downs were, of course, performed with the acclaim and celebration of parents- good grief.

 

[tlcya]

if that is his father's response to something not going the way he wanted it to can you imagine what that child's home life probably is? Poor kid. This is not the example we need him learning.

 

[Cryptic]

And this is a parks&rec sponsored youth team!

In my huge, urban city, youth football teams in parks and rec leagues do not stay "Parks and Rec'ish" long. Rather, they very quickly turn into de facto select teams that attract obsessive parents.

I got fed up with it one year after the level of cheating via playing aged out kids reached the dangerous level and teams were refusing to give mediocre kids even a chance of playing.

Our local rec center director (great guy) told me that all the city does is subsidize player fees and buys the equipment. The teams, however, are then free to run themselves. Things can then "snowball" badly.

 

[Inthedetails]

In my huge, urban city, youth football teams in parks and rec leagues do not stay "Parks and Rec'ish" long. Rather, they very quickly turn into de facto select teams that attract obsessive parents.

I got fed up with it one year after the level of cheating via playing aged out kids reached the dangerous level* and teams were refusing to give mediocre kids even a chance of playing.

Our local rec center director (great guy) told me that all the city does is subsidize player fees and buys the equipment. The teams, however, are then free to run themselves. Things can then "snowball" badly.

Speaking of "snowball," one year when my husband was soccer coach, we had an early snowfall. Some parents complained when my husband announced practice was still on. He brought tobaggans and the kids went sledding on the hill near the field. Pulling the sleds up the hill and running around in the snow was a hidden exercise session, and the kids who showed up bonded into a core group. That was way more important (and fun!) than whining that there was snow on the field. People really have lost touch with life lessons and opportunities - the big picture is hidden in the small moments.

Okay, done with rant.

Hope the team pulls through this weirdness with some growth and perspective.

jmo

 

[ifindedout]

Dude, your son not starting is just one of life's experiences. Get a grip.

 

[tlcya]

of course this father claims he shot him in self defense and that the coach was going for a gun so he pulled his. WHY are these adults packing at the youth football game??