Mar 31, 2009 9:15 am US/Eastern
Scituate Coach Quits After Letter Outrages Parents
SCITUATE (WBZ) ―
A youth soccer coach in Scituate has quit after a letter he sent outraged several parents.
In the letter to his players and their parents, Michael Kinahan called his team of 6-and-7-year old girls "Green Death," and urged them to win at all costs.
Here are some excerpts from the letter:
"I expect that the ladies be put on a diet of fish, undercooked red meat and lots of veggies. No junk food. Protein shakes are encouraged, and while blood doping and HGH use is frowned upon, there is no testing policy."
"But it is imperative that we all fight the good fight, get involved now and resist the urge to become sweat-xedo-wearing yuppies who sit on the sidelines in their LL Bean chairs sipping mocha-latte-half-caf-chinos while discussing reality TV and home decorating with other feeble-minded folks. I want to hear cheering, I want to hear encouragement."
Read: Coach Kinahan's Letter
Last week, Kinahan quit in the wake of the uproar over his letter.
He addressed it in
his resignation letter.
"Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that some parents and the Board of Scituate Soccer failed to see the humor in my pre-season email."
"I also respect those parents who were offended as I am sure they acted in the best interest of their children. While I may question their sense of humor, I have no right to question their judgment regarding their children."
"And while I am sorry some people failed to see the humor, I do not apologize for my actions; I wrote it, I think it's funny and I do have a distaste for the tediousness of overbearing political correctness."
League registrar Chris Park told
the Patriot Ledger that some parents understood the tone of the e-mail.
Others did not, and complained.
Park said Kinahan has a "wry, sarcastic" sense of humor, but may have gone too far when he showed disdain for referees.
Kinahan told
the Boston Herald, "I stand by my comments. This isn't two hours of free babysitting."
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