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DeBerry's advice to coaches: Treat players how you want your kids to be treated
Published: 1/15/2010 9:29 AM
Last Modified: 1/15/2010 9:29 AM

Three college football coaches lost their jobs because of alleged mistreatment of players.
That raises this issue: Where do you draw the line between tough love and malpractice?
"What I always challenged our coaches to do is I told them they would never put their hands on a kid," Grove resident and former Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry said.
"The other thing I told them is we didn’t use profanity. Never profane a kid because I think that causes a kid to lose his self-esteem more than anything else in the world. If you profane him in front of his peers, that really lowers his self-esteem, you know, and it makes him feel like he is not worth a dad-gum.
"But everybody has a way of doing things and I’m not saying that’s the right way. We all want results. But what I told our coaches is to treat our kids exactly how you would hope that if your son or daughter was playing for a coach at another university, how you hope that coach would treat your own kid."
DeBerry, by the way, co-authored a new book and proceeds from sales will benefit children in single-parent households. He has a book signing scheduled 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the Barnes & Noble store on 41st Street.






Reader Comments 2 Total
The Masked Assassin (3 years ago)
What if we want our kid to have their butt busted with a paddle when they need it? Our kinder and gentler society now says no. Therein lies the problem.
huricandeoro (3 years ago)
The Masked Assassin, why is it that I always agree with you?
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