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(68,868 posts) Thu Sep 24, 2015, 05:34 PM Sep 2015

Texas High School Football Coach Recants Statement Saying He Ordered Players To Hit Referee

Source: Huffington Post

UPDATE -- Thursday, 12:30 p.m.: John Jay High School football coach Mack Breed has recanted an earlier statement saying that he ordered two players, Victor Rojas and Miguel Moreno, to tackle a referee during a game earlier this month, according to Kens5.com, a Gannett subsidiary. Breed has also resigned, ESPN's John Barr reports.

In a new statement, Breed writes that he "never told these players to hurt or injure anyone in that football game."

Breed went on to claim that during the bus ride home after the Sept. 4 game between John Jay High School and Marble Falls, he decided to commit to a false statement to protect Rojas and Moreno.

"I did that hoping the kids would still be able to play and not get expelled from school," Breed wrote. "Now that I have seen the video and see how they hit the referee, I can no longer take the blame for the incident," he continued.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/texas-high-school-football-mack-breed_5602d364e4b00310edf97f54?utm_hp_ref=sports&ir=Sports&section=sports

This guy is quite a character.

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Texas High School Football Coach Recants Statement Saying He Ordered Players To Hit Referee (Original Post) geek tragedy Sep 2015 OP

so, you either lied then, or you are lying now. either way, you are not fit to be a coach. niyad Sep 2015 #1

No shock they lost the game jberryhill Sep 2015 #2

His statement possibly mitigated their exboyfil Sep 2015 #3

So the racist words claim, to justify a violent attack, was a lie too? uhnope Sep 2015 #4

Yup. Igel Sep 2015 #7

that was always pretty obviously a lie nt geek tragedy Sep 2015 #9

Hmmmm, GGJohn Sep 2015 #11

That one is playing a game. geek tragedy Sep 2015 #13

Friday Night Clown. kairos12 Sep 2015 #5

And now he's an ex-coach. Igel Sep 2015 #6

Sounds like he talked to a lawyer. Mr.Bill Sep 2015 #8

The coach is a liar. Now, the court needs to determine which of his statements is the truth. /nt NCjack Sep 2015 #10

So they all lied. Fire the adult & the kids earned the suspension. Sunlei Sep 2015 #12

A football coach hasn't reviewed film of the game? awoke_in_2003 Sep 2015 #14

Or watch the news tammywammy Sep 2015 #15

coach throws kids under school bus. nt Javaman Sep 2015 #16

niyad

(113,323 posts)

1. so, you either lied then, or you are lying now. either way, you are not fit to be a coach.

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 05:40 PM

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jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

2. No shock they lost the game

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 05:43 PM

Sep 2015

"I want you to pass... no, no, no, I mean run... no, I mean, uh, punt..."

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)

3. His statement possibly mitigated their

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 05:47 PM

Sep 2015

punishment by the school. They should reopen that decision in light of these new facts.

As far as he is concerned. He has already admitted to conspiring with the players in an assault on the referee. He should still be charged.

Needless to say he should never be in the school system in any capacity going forward. He should not be around children.

uhnope

(6,419 posts)

4. So the racist words claim, to justify a violent attack, was a lie too?

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 05:51 PM

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Igel

(35,317 posts)

7. Yup.

Reply to uhnope (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 06:47 PM

Sep 2015

Convenient excuse for sympathy and justification.

The coach is black, the players Latino, so claim that the coach uttered slurs against Latinos and blacks. Them's fighting words these days, so it's something that would immediately cause people to sit and ponder. "Poor guys, ethnically slurred like that. We can't understand what that's like unless we've been in their cleats, so how can we judge them?"

Having billed them as good Germans, he now hangs them out to dry. The coach is a liar. Question is, Where's the lie?