Por (Hector Jimenez) on January 07, 2010 (Suggest removal)

What a joke…...hope most the poeple on that staff were fired!

Por (Scott Carter) on January 07, 2010 (Suggest removal)

As far as I know, none of those coaches are still at the school. I just remember being shocked the first time I saw that. I’ve been in pleny of locker rooms in my life, seen some confrontations, but never coaches so far over the line as that. Feel sorry for those kids because they probably think that’s how coaches are supposed to act.

Por (Hector Jimenez) on January 07, 2010 (Suggest removal)

Scott….when can we expect this to end? 

This is getting absurd.  Personally, I would like to see him gone for other reasons but the fact that it has taken so long indicates to me that they have something(s) on him and want to be crystal clear before they move.

Por (Scott Carter) on January 07, 2010 (Suggest removal)

Hector, that’s definitely the million dollar question at this point. It’s been exhaustive hearing so many conflicting stories the past couple of weeks.

While it’s best for the investigation to end sooner rather than later, I do hope the investigators ask every question and look under every rock. I’d hate to see anyone fired if they are innocent.

As for when? The people who will ultimately decide that answer aren’t talking to the press. Believe me, I’ve tried. I hope we get a final answer soon.

Por (Capone2424) on January 08, 2010 (Suggest removal)

Growing up in SFLA, that was the norm. I’m not even talking about just in high school, some of the toughest SOB’s were optimist coaches. Football in SFLA is very extreme, from the coaches to the fans/parents and players. If you haven’t experienced it, then it would be difficult to understand. I am not saying it is acceptable but football is an emotional sport and when dealing with emotions things tend to get out of hand sometimes. Most of these kids grew up without a father figure and the closest thing they have is there coach. Words do not always work. Although in college I feel they have passed that stage.

Por (Capone2424) on January 08, 2010 (Suggest removal)

Football is a violent sport and emotionally draining bringing the best and worst out in people. This could have been Leavitt’s break down, but to me it says something when PLAYERS say it was blown out of proportion. Especially the one involved in the incident.

Por (Dan Alatorre) on January 08, 2010 (Suggest removal)

First of all, that one kid is HILARIOUS, patting down the player to see if he has any pizza on him! Second, I guess I’m conditioned to watching violent stuff in movies, so I wasn’t too surprised by what I saw until the one coach cheap shotted the player and took him to the ground to fight, and then all the coaches came over to re-explain what had just happened. That’s some BS in my neighborhood: lawsuits and firings. But in Miami, maybe they try to say it’s a different culture and that lots of these kids have no father in their lives. I don’t know about that.

Por (Hector Jimenez) on January 08, 2010 (Suggest removal)

I grew up in SFLA, taught and coached sports at the HS school level and that is unacceptable. 

That is the problem when you get “Optimist” coaches and not professionals to do a job…..and while that may be the norm in rec leagues, such as Optimist, it is clearly over the line and should not be tolerated as part of the culture.  That “style” works so well look how succesful the kid became as a result of this type of mentality and coaching.

Por (Hector Jimenez) on January 08, 2010 (Suggest removal)

CJL is gone…...no more speculation!

Por (Sam) on January 08, 2010 (Suggest removal)

Thank you Leavitt for the foundation you have built for us.  I hope wherever you end up, you learn to coach with class and discipline.  Best of luck to you.

I hope that USF can bring in a coach who can take us to the next level.  Maybe Jon Gruden or TOny Dungy would be interested.  At the least, I’d like them to go after Tommy Tuberville who coached as a prestiges school in the toughest league in the nation!