Sick World We Live In

This story caught my eye today when reading the news. A Father gets upset because his daughter has to run a few laps? That's worth punching another man in the face and then beating him when he is on the ground? What ever happened to self control? This Father's behavior is appalling, couldn't he have sat down and discussed this with the coach, or hey, how about agreeing that your daughter deserved a punishment for her actions. Becoming violent is a witness to the intelligence and character he lacked. As parents it is our job to protect our children from danger, not from discipline from leadership for their bad behavior.

Ind. basketball dad knocks coach unconscious because he forced daughter to run laps
By Cameron Smith | Prep Rally – 23 hours ago


An Indiana father is facing serious charges after launching a brutal attack on his daughter's assistant middle school basketball coach for the coach's implementation of an incredibly simple and traditional practice: He made her run laps in the gym.

Michigan City basketball parent Shelley Miller — Michigan City Police
As reported by South Bend-based TV network WSBT, Michigan City, Ind., basketball father Shelly Miller, aged 37, attacked Michigan City (Ind.) St. Stanislas School assistant middle school girls basketball coach Jeffrey Yackus shortly after one of the team's daily practice concluded.
According to WSBT, Yackus had punished Miller's daughter and another player who argued with each other during practice. Yet the only punishment that Yackus meted out was making the two girls run laps in the school's gym.
It appears that pushed the elder Miller over the edge. When he went to pick up his daughter later, she told the elder Miller about her punishment and he immediately attacked Yackus and punched him in the face.
That first punch apparently leveled the assistant coach, knocking him to the ground, where Miller climbed on top of him and repeatedly punched him in the face and head until he was completely unconscious.

In fact, the incident could have been much worse had it not been for swift intervention by the St. Stanislas head coach, Robert Johnson, who pulled the parent from his colleague and helped transport Yackus to the hospital.