BleedGopher
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It sounds like he feels there were some cheap shots in the prior games that went unpunished. Certainly possible and have to stand up for your team but why the counseling session on the middle of the field. That was strange. Not sure what the message was - be strong by walking away and quitting the tourney? Need more details.
I'm not sure how much TC is trying to make a name for himself versus him just not having the best judgement.
He forfeits a game and then talks for a couple minutes of why football is important. Seems contradictory, but this probably isn't worth investigating further.
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Really? Some children don't have that option. I think that maybe some of the players come from challenging environments. Listening to the video, I think that it might play a role here. We don't know. He might be trying to save a childs life. Until proven otherwise, I'll trust Tyrone Carter.A. Super high stakes here (5th grade football game) and you put yourself above the players and their opportunity to play. They're too young to care about principles/morals/etc. at this point - they just want to play some football.
B. A guy who thinks he is qualified to coach college football is coaching a bunch of 5th graders? LOL! Nothing like putting your time in and showing that you want to earn the opportunity!
In both cases - it's all about Tyrone!
Carter doesn’t seem right in the head. Wonder if he’s another former player with CTE.
Football tournaments at any level are just plain stupid! Outside of keeping kids busy and giving the opportunity for them to have fun, they offer no positives for the players. They play multiple games per day and put them at higher risks for injuries.
I've played football from 3rd grade through college and coached at the HS and college levels since. Football is the one of the few sports that don't have to be picked up at an early age for high levels of success. I've had players come out for the first time as sophomores or juniors and graduate with football scholarships. Parents think they're doing their kids and their communities a great service by taking teams to tournaments for extra games against better competition, and it means nothing in terms of football success down the road!!
It's fun for kids but at the risk of increased injury. IMO that's not a risk I'm willing to shoulder!!!!! Bodies aren't meant to take the beatings of football--especially young bodies playing 3-5 games in a 2 day stretch. Injuries are part of the game; why make it more of a risk?
Lecture over.
Football tournaments at any level are just plain stupid! Outside of keeping kids busy and giving the opportunity for them to have fun, they offer no positives for the players. They play multiple games per day and put them at higher risks for injuries.
I've played football from 3rd grade through college and coached at the HS and college levels since. Football is the one of the few sports that don't have to be picked up at an early age for high levels of success. I've had players come out for the first time as sophomores or juniors and graduate with football scholarships. Parents think they're doing their kids and their communities a great service by taking teams to tournaments for extra games against better competition, and it means nothing in terms of football success down the road!!
It's fun for kids but at the risk of increased injury. IMO that's not a risk I'm willing to shoulder!!!!! Bodies aren't meant to take the beatings of football--especially young bodies playing 3-5 games in a 2 day stretch. Injuries are part of the game; why make it more of a risk?
Lecture over.
A. Super high stakes here (5th grade football game) and you put yourself above the players and their opportunity to play. They're too young to care about principles/morals/etc. at this point - they just want to play some football.
<b>B. A guy who thinks he is qualified to coach college football is coaching a bunch of 5th graders? LOL! </b>Nothing like putting your time in and showing that you want to earn the opportunity!
In both cases - it's all about Tyrone!
It's youth sports, supposed to be fun and sportsmanship and learning the game in 5th grade. Sounds like the coach in this case TC, is implying or indicating that tournament organizers of the Big Lake football tournament treated his team different because of where they were from. Either scheduling games wise, or the teams they played treated them,b his football team with less than equal sportsmanship. That or the referees were not calling the game the same way because his kids are from Minneapolis or kids predominantly African American. It's obviously speculation, but he is clearly implying the tournament in Big Lake was a major negative for his team. I could be reading more in to it than I thought or is their, but he forfeited the game obviously for some type of substantial reason. It's to bad it sounds like his kids were not treated the same way by organizers or the opponents possibly because of where they are from. Could have been a jerk opponents coach too who was having his players over celebrate or acting different to because the volunteer coach appears on TV and has celebrity because of where he went to school. To bad he felt the need to forfeit game because, kids like to play games, and they practice hard for that. I hope on this instance no parents were acting foolish.I’ve never in a million years would think I would have to forfeit a game that love!!! But seeing what @BigLakeFootball tournament have did to my kids for two straight game I refuse to allow my kids hard work getting overlooked and treated unfairly because where they are from! pic.twitter.com/BK2u3hXq8w— Tyrone Carter (@TyroneCarter954) October 22, 2018
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At higher levels yes, but 5th grade football isn't quite filled with grueling contact. It is a lot of running around and shirt grabbing.
I'm aware of how the game is played at that level, and I'm also aware that weary bodies/minds bring about poor technique and missed assignments allowing for more danger and more chances for "real" tackles. There is a reason pediatricians don't recommend tackle until 7th/8th grade. Furthermore, many communities nationwide don't have tackle programs until then.
The Osseo coach was not disrespected on purpose. He TC has beef about the back judge the larger ref throwing flags well after play is over, and the late hits and cheap shots were pretty late in field of play. After 4 cheap shots i think I would have been more than a lite pissed. On the fumbles punt by St Francis is clear recovery by MPLS kid until pig like at the end. Adults lose their cool in this situation, but ref and parents yelling at each other. One I will say is I have seen a lot more yelling at youth soccer games, and chewing out the umps at youth coach pitch and tball then parents were doing in this game. Flags seemed to be unevenly called in the Instagram post. Still it's youth football supposed to be more about fun then screaming and yelling. All parents should teach the game is about having fun with your buddies, having a good time, not life or death. No sense in hitting someone late or malice.It appears that he ended up cheating some poor little kids out of a football game so that he could give a speech(which conveniently was ready to be filmed) and put it on Twitter. Narcissism at its worst.