HoCo coaches need better concussion training. A concussed player was sent back in the game and things clearly got worse from there. When kids take significant blows to the head they should come out of the game for assessment and coaches should err on side of caution before subbing them back in. These games are meaningless fun but concussion impacts can be serious and last a lifetime. It shouldn't take a kid lying on the ground, puking, or not knowing where he is to diagnose a concussion. Hope coaches and the league will do better for the kids going forward.
Did this happen this weekend? That is terrible.
It happened last week to the FCA fogo. Their coaching staff has many decades of experience and should know better. I hope the player is ok.
I was there… the play where the kid was injured did not appear to be much contact. Next thing we know, he’s on the sideline and they’re calling for a doctor while the game is still joking on (about 3 min left). Couldn’t understand why the refs didn’t immediately call the game, it took them about 5 min to realize what was happening on the sideline. Tough to blame coaches, I’m sure the last thing they’d have done is send a kid out who’s at risk, and the game was already well decided.
It's all on video clear as day: Kid is slashed in back of head by his own teammate who is going for ground ball. Force of the slash drives FCA player's head into turf. Kid has trouble getting up and holds his head in pain. Cameraman in crow's nest immediately calls out: "He is concussed." Refs stop game. No flag because he was slashed by his own teammate. Coaches take him out. At that point system worked. Next step should have been a grownup telling him he's done for the day. But score had gone from 9-1 to 9-6. Game got tighter. 'Old school' lax culture takes over and FCA sends FOGO back out with his 'bell rung' despite clear concussion symptoms. Someone on FCA sideline should have spoken up. Instead, grownups let that kid down. And FCA coach (assistant?) owes DCE coach an apology for chirping and saying "Good job! Hope you feel good about this" (gesturing to hurt FOGO in distress as people start calling for an ambulance). The FCA coach escalated tensions and game got chippier. Game called after dirty hit by FCA player who cross checked the head of DCE kid half his size. FCA sideline cheered wildly as DCE kid is injured. Again, it is all on tape. Hope HoCo reviews and takes action to prevent future incidents.
You clearly weren’t there and clearly aren’t involved. you’re not even half right about the initial hit, I’m sure you mean well and appreciate your concern but you don’t have a clue.
just watched the film and this looks completely accurate to me. what did you see differently?
He was hit in the head by the DCE player’s shoulder before the stick to the head. It is obvious when you watch it slowly.
You can see why the keyboard jockeys would see it differently but it was clear in the game and if you slow the video down you see there too.
It really doesn’t matter either way, the people spreading misinfo on this board never seem to apologize.
Not sure what point you're trying to make here but sure, let's explore it. If the video indicates that the DCE player caused the injury, what then? Even if you're correct (and I'll admit that I don't find the video conclusive one way or another), there was no foul on the play, so what are you trying to say here?
The real point of this is that the kid clearly took a significant blow to the head. You can tell by how he walked off the field that he was not okay. That's not just my opinion, you can hear on the audio that someone near the cameraman thought he was concussed. He should have been taken out of the game immediately, not put back in when the score got close.
And FCA can go ahead and take down that video if they want, but DCE also has video and it was filmed from the same location (top of the press box), and likely picked up the same audio. This is pretty abhorrent behavior by those coaches and if I was that kid's parents I'd be pretty hot about them putting my child at risk like that. Never mind the taunting/antics from the sideline by the staff and players and the cheap shot at the the end of the game, the simple fact that they returned clearly injured kid to the game is pretty stark here. Now go on and tell me why I'm a hammerhead "keyboard jockey" but before you do ask yourself if you would accept coaches doing this to your own child.
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