The students always hit the sign when they walked up the hill before home games. (not after the game like someone said earlier)
It was never a safety issue; It was never a liability issue (only an absolute maniac would suggest that)
No one ever said anything re: hitting it or not hitting it until after that day.
It never needed to be replaced prior to that day.
It wasn't destroyed, just knocked off the post.
Some sad person secretly filmed it and sent to EA administration.
The players who could be ID'd were gonna be suspended for their Malvern Game
There is no precedent that made that decision justified and Coach Bates defended the boys.
No one should have been expelled - that would have been an insane and psychotic move.
EA did not do the right thing.
Ive played with and against Malvern kids since Stoga youth ball. Great lacrosse players, but Coach Bates has more Augustinian Values in his pinky finger than all of them combined.
Nothing in the above post is true.
1st guy here has it right, it is all true - my son was a senior on the team. HM and AD enraged over 50 school parents by taking reckless action against the students over a trivial matter and all the while deflecting responsibility. Sadly this seems like a pattern of behavior. The cover up, however, does not seem to be going as planned and the recent letters outlining the dire situation seem to be leaking. Any reasonable parent understandably would be very concerned if a school was interfering with the academic and athletic future of their child. Some of the leaked emails to the school from parents seem to be outlining significatn concerning HR problems with several admins (#metoo).
