Just a word of caution.
My brother-in-law is a skating coach. He coached a young skater who went on to the Olympics.
We were talking about the swimming coaches situation, and he commented that as a coach he has to be extremely careful with his relationship with skaters and their parents. Not because of any sexual issues, but because of the THREAT of them using supposed sexual issues to get back at him if they don't like something he has said or done that is not related to sexual issues.
He's seen it happen to innocent coaches before. It's called blackmail.
I'd hate to see this turn into a witch hunt, and I would hope that those who are complaining about a coach are willing to take it to court so that both sides get their say, unless, of course, the coach admits fault. In our country you are innocent until proven guilty.
The coach that I know on this list plead quilty after nearly 1 1/2 of saying he was innocent. When faced with going to trial or agree to a plea deal with a shorter sentence, he took the plea.
Just a word of caution.
My brother-in-law is a skating coach. He coached a young skater who went on to the Olympics.
We were talking about the swimming coaches situation, and he commented that as a coach he has to be extremely careful with his relationship with skaters and their parents. Not because of any sexual issues, but because of the THREAT of them using supposed sexual issues to get back at him if they don't like something he has said or done that is not related to sexual issues.
He's seen it happen to innocent coaches before. It's called blackmail.
I'd hate to see this turn into a witch hunt, and I would hope that those who are complaining about a coach are willing to take it to court so that both sides get their say, unless, of course, the coach admits fault. In our country you are innocent until proven guilty.
The coach that I know on this list plead quilty after nearly 1 1/2 of saying he was innocent. When faced with going to trial or agree to a plea deal with a shorter sentence, he took the plea.
