I’ve had many coaches through the years playing competitive hockey and baseball. I’ve never had abusive coaches who hit or targeted individuals with derogatory comments. This whole idea that things like that used to be ok is BS. It was only tolerated because people didn’t have an outlet. I always think the carrot is more effective than the stick to motivate athletes.
I do think there’s a huge difference between berating (with non-discriminatory language) the whole team for poor play vs targeting a single player. But if it’s targeted towards 1 individual and becomes repetitive then I think it’s out of line. It’s also expected as a professional player to be called out for bad plays, effort and attitude, but that doesn’t mean to attack the persons character and be demeaning.
I also think a coach should NEVER strike ANY player. Just because it’s a physical sport on the ice doesn’t make it ok to hit or kick anyone.
I like that POS’s all over are finally living with the consequences of their shitty actions in all walks of life. Wether it’s racism, sexual, physical or verbal abuse, people now seem to have gained confidence to report issues, mostly because employers are actually acting on these due to public perception instead of brushing them under the rug like they often used do.
I had a wildly inappropriate co-worker who was always very flirtatious with co-workers, I had heard many stories through the years about his behaviour. About a year after the whole #MeToo stuff started happening, one female employee had had enough and was confident enough to report him, after an investigation by HR, he was fired.
