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Poky football coach benched
POCATELLO -- The Pocatello football team will have to do without the services of Tom Harrison when it plays Century for the 4A Fifth District championship at 8:45 p.m. Friday at Holt Arena.
School District 25 administration announced Wednesday the Indians coach has been placed on administrative leave. For the rest of this story, see Thursday's Idaho State Journal. Article RatingReader Comments
The following are comments from the readers. In no way do they represent the view of our paper.
highlandhater wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:24 AM: " tysom is one of the better athlets on the field. inconvient truth is they are playing football not golf. its a part of the game step up and take it. " skiidaho wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:26 AM: " tysom is one of the better athlets on the field. inconvient truth is they are playing football not golf. its a part of the game step up and take it. " bill b wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:29 AM: " You jokes at ISJ... "We encourage your feedback and dialog" Only if it is pro-Highland!!!! No wonder your paper is going down the tubes. Delete all comments that aren't 'touchy-feely' and condemn Tom Harrison. How do you even continue to exist? Why don't you go to the pro-gay comment page and delete all the garbage there???? " goindians wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:32 AM: " Right on!!!!! Everyone in Poky should call the ISJ and demand that they not keep deleting the comments on this site. They suppress the inconvenient comments that don't agree with their agenda.... Pathetic, just like trying to blackball Tom Harrison. " GuiltyasCharged wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:34 AM: " In the paper Harrison said he was worried about both players on the collision. Then why do it 3 or 4 more times. Was completely on purpose, not to mention against the rules since you cant hit the kicker until he is past the other 45 yard line. I am not even a highland "fan" but this was cheap and he deserves to sit out.Not to mention when one of the best players in the state has a college future, and you could possibly ruin his career. I am all for hitting him hard in the game, thats all part of football.But not when its a cheap shot. If its once then it might rattle Hill (even though its still a cheapshot) but four times. Don't think so, caught guilty and deserves punishment. " bill b wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:35 AM: " ISJ "Web staff" You are as bad as the whiny Highland fans that cry about their poor quarterback getting hit too hard. Actions that you don't want to see/hear?? Just delete them/Harrison. How about YOU GUYS commenting on deletions????????? " bill b wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:38 AM: " THEN TALK TO THE PRO-HIGHLAND REFEREE AND HAVE HIM OPEN HIS EYES AND CALL A PENALTY/STOP IT FROM HAPPENING IN THE GAME???!!!!! NOBODY IS CONDONING FOUL PLAY!!!!! MARIANI, DON'T PUT MR. TALENT IN FOR THE ENTIRE GAME!!!!!! IF HARD-HITTING PLAY IS NOT ALLOWED, THEN STOP IT AT THE TIME!!!! NOT AFTER-THE-FACT WHINING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD!!!!! " llama wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:42 AM: " I have not seen any deletions. I think all comments should be kept. Harrison is a great coach obvioulsy but he didnt make a good decision with the cheap hit. He has turned around many programs and i respect his coaching ability. How can you not say this was cheap. Ever seen that happen before send two of your biggest lineman to hit the kicker right after the kick. I doubt it, cuz its cheap. Even if it was not Hill still cheap after the 45 yard line down by the ball or anytime during the game. No one is saying dont hit hard, they should thats football.There also is cheap playing, this play was cheap. Dirty... " Fred Derf wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:55 AM: " K the refs were more forgiving for Pocatello the Highland. Poky could not have one even if the Refs would have cheated for them. They got beat hands down, " goindians wrote on Oct 23, 2008 12:02 PM: " Haven't seen the deletions??? You haven't looked at the comments for the last day then. "Cheap playing"????? Is that a penalty??? If the play is illegal or unsportsmanship-like, or a personal foul, then call the damn penalty!! Don't sit and speculate about what you THINK happened! To Fred Derf: What the heck are you trying to say?? Try spell/grammar check. " Tom Grbinsky wrote on Oct 23, 2008 12:22 PM: " Has anyone seen this play before. Where as soon as the ball is kicked the kicker is ran at with two of the biggest guys and hit when he is not looking. So is Harrison just a genius for coming up with the idea? Or is it cuz it was a questionable play? " HighlandJounal sucks wrote on Oct 23, 2008 12:23 PM: " Highland is a bunch of whiners. The Journal is a bigger bunch of whiners. Taysom Hill is in for a bone crushing experience when USC's D line shows him what a hard hit really is. Good thing you can cry and whine now because you're really going to get hurt next year. " reallife wrote on Oct 23, 2008 12:23 PM: " seems like someone has too much time on their hands, coach harrison is loved and repected by his players and their parents. I do believe that the dirty play is coach harrison getting benched. Do you people have anything better to do with your time? Those boys would not go out on to feild and intentionally hurt eachother, most of these kids on both sides are friends with each other. They hang out and go to church together and yes brag who won the black and blue bowl, thats about it...its just bragging rights. " JohnnyTurbo wrote on Oct 23, 2008 12:33 PM: " Thats just it. I have never seen someone get hit like that in college. To the question earlier has anyone seen when a kicker is hit like that. good point. When USC hits him as the quarter back or anything else it will be a good hard hit and he will have to get used to it. However if he is hit like he was during the game against Poky. I bet that gets alot more News that the journal. " farmboy wrote on Oct 23, 2008 12:37 PM: " Havin been a football player at all levels, I have been asked by a coach to put a hit on someone so we could get the advantage. Did coach Harrison ask this of his kids? We don't know, but if he didn't he should have put a stop to it because it is unsportsmanlike. You do not put a hit like that on a kicker time and time again. Coach Harrison should have taken his kids aside, but he didn't. Football is a game of contact and we all understand that but it is also needs to be played with some sportsmanship and those shots were not sportsmanslike. " Wildbilljames wrote on Oct 23, 2008 12:42 PM: " Grant Union had some way hard hits. They hit Hill and he did not seem to play with the same intensity that he did before the hit. I did not hear any fans complain about those hits. Maybe that way their palyers acted but not the hits. Theres the difference to a hit the way it should be and a hit that is questionable. " Pete wrote on Oct 23, 2008 12:43 PM: " I agree with farmboy that football is a contact sport and yes people are going to get hurt. I too played football at a University and if I was on the Highland team I would have taken matters into my own hands. If someone is laying hits like that on your kicker or a quaterback than you make them pay....if you are on Highlands team you think to yourself "no one hits my quaterback or kicker like that and you make sure they regret laying those cheap shots." " Henry wrote on Oct 23, 2008 12:54 PM: " I understand a game suspension but thats about all that should happen. Nothing more than that.Harrison should not lose his job over this " lisafin69 wrote on Oct 23, 2008 1:01 PM: " You know the game is over; the decision by the school board is made and no one can change what has happened. Why don't you all grow up and quit acting like a bunch of kids fighting over who is right and who is wrong. You can bet Harrison is getting paid and he'll be back soon enough to continue to coach the best school in this town. " AGameforKids wrote on Oct 23, 2008 7:19 PM: " Hey Henry, how do you think that he should not lose his job over this? It is a game of High School Kids, and as a coach of a different sport at this level I expect myself to be fired if I intentionally went after a defenseless (KID) in attempt to "get in his head". If this was the NFL this kind of action would result in a Multiple game suspension, if not being removed from the league. YOU CAN NOT GO AFTER A DEFENSLESS PLAYER, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH SCHOOL. " Mark wrote on Oct 23, 2008 7:40 PM: " Why did my comments get deleted. It was one of the few non partisan post that you have gotten. Quit deleting the comments of your readers. If you do not then nobody will respond to your stories. " reader wrote on Oct 23, 2008 8:11 PM: " I am completely lost and unaware what happened. Shall I wait for tomorrow's paper, or can someone explain in layman's terms what happened? Sorry, I don't live in the area anymore and am out of the gossip loop. Please, facts only if possible. " UNSPORTSMANLIKE wrote on Oct 23, 2008 8:19 PM: " harrison tried to take out taysom hill. Thats all there is to it. It was the dirtiest hit I have ever seen. " FE wrote on Oct 23, 2008 8:43 PM: " Let me rephrase that it was a little harsh. Football is a game of ethics, but football isn't a game of patty cake its rough. If you get hit you get up and keep playing not whine about it forever. " bill b wrote on Oct 23, 2008 10:39 PM: " To AGameForKids: You are a clueless dork. Poor Tyson is now a 'defenseless player'??? You're right. Let's create a special penalty for other teams who dare to confront Highland's Golden Child for the year. No sacks, no trash talk, can't look at Him wrong, and don't intercept any of His perfect passes. He has a mighty career ahead of Him, so don't even think of messing it up. Everyone else is trash and won't amount to anything in life. You morons have never even played the game, nor do you understand that what was done was perfectly legal; performed in High School, college, and the NFL. That is, except for the illegal and intentional chop block by Highland. Mariani should not be coaching tomorrow, Harrison should. " Life Lessons wrote on Oct 23, 2008 10:46 PM: " I am not from Poky, but I know that I want my son to play for a coach that teaches young men to play hard, hit hard, and most importantly play with integrity and sportsmanship. I will just say that I would not allow him to play for Harrison. " bill b wrote on Oct 23, 2008 10:49 PM: " You don't even know Tom. He's a great coach and a great guy. " Life Lessons wrote on Oct 23, 2008 10:54 PM: " I do know Tom. He is not a great guy. I have been around him for 15 years. Many people get blinded by success and overlook many important character flaws when involved with his programs. He knew he was being unsportsmanlike in his game plan that they practiced all week. I don't appreciate or condone a win at any cost attitude. Just my opionion though. People do have a choice who they let influence their children. " Life Lessons wrote on Oct 23, 2008 10:58 PM: " Bill B - you have no clue! It was illegal on every account. The kicker has protection since he is vulnerable while kicking. Nobody, I repeat......Nobody can hit the kicker until he has went five yards past his free kick line or the ball has touched the ground or another player. Also Poky blatently encroached their free kick on the first three HHS kicks. It was missed on the first kick and flagged on the second and third. Nothing legal about it! " Life Lessons wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:02 PM: " By the way. I was not there rooting for Highland. I was at the game sitting with Poky friends and family. We were all appalled at the strategy. I felt sorry for the kids who were asked to be a part of this fiasco. I also did not condone in any way, shape, or form the hit that the Highland kid put on the Poky kid while trying to protect the kicker. " Spudman wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:06 PM: " As to the article about Poky's football coach, it would be nice if the ISJ would print enough of their stories to judge if subscribing is worthwhile. I'm afraid of what I'd get, based on this three sentence blurb. " conserned student wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:06 PM: " it's football like any other sport injury can happen. it's football your being tackled and you expect to not get hurt. harrison is one of the best football coaches.harrison doesn't deserve to loose his job over a game that any injusry can happen on " UNSPORTSMANLIKE wrote on Oct 23, 2008 11:27 PM: " dirty harry is just that DIRTY! I honestly dont think you really agree with the tactic, its just that you still havent gotten over the rivalry since high school. " dreambigID wrote on Oct 24, 2008 5:10 AM: " The hit WAS ILLEGAL; so was the chop blocking. As was the return team offsides everytime Hill kicked, so they could get their running start at laying him out. Each one should have been penalized each time! Why wasn't it? " Jen wrote on Oct 24, 2008 11:44 AM: " In response to the comments that posts were deleted. I will do my best to explain. This story was posted online several times. Some of the comments were posted after the story was posted the first time. Then, after the story was posted a second time (I am assuming with more information) our system tried to re-direct all of the comments but there was a glitch and some of them did not transfer over. I can assure you that this was absolutely and positively not intentional. It was a computer glitch and nothing more. If you did post a comment that somehow got lost in the shuffle, please feel free to post it again. The people here that handle the web stuff honestly have no bias what so ever to any football team in the area, heck, we just do the web stuff! We have no reason to delete any posts on this forum unless they contain profanity etc. " HardHit wrote on Oct 24, 2008 12:13 PM: " There has to be more to the story than Harrison getting suspended for just this incidence. Another point is there are always what could be called "illegal plays" in football. Coaches always tell their wide receivers to "crack back" or blind side a linebacker on a given play, players are told to make sure the fastest player on kickoff is hit hard on the kick off, or that the quarterback is hit hard every time he pitches or hands off the ball. Players are being blind sided on hits all the time. It is part of the game. Should we tell our defense not to hit a wide receiver or running back until he catches the ball, turns around, and sees the defender coming. Facemasking is also illegal in football and probably more dangerous than a hard hit. Maybe after every high school game the all school districts should get together, look at game tapes to see what illegal plays or hard hits happened, whether called by the refs or not,(blocking in the back, chop blocking, face masking etc) and then suspend the coach of the team the following week. This is all a joke! There has to be more that has occured in the past for a coach to be suspended for some hard hits. Plus why weren't the referees on top of this. If it was too illegal and happened several times the coach and kids should have been kicked out of the game as soon as this happened. " phs alum wrote on Oct 24, 2008 12:26 PM: " I have been trying to watch the game, in which this incident happened, but have been unable to. From what I gather maybe the refs need be be suspended if the actions of Poky were illegal and not called. Maybe both coaches should be suspended until the whole story comes out. I don't know about the rest of you but, I think some people are jumping the gun-think guilty until proven innocent-and perception is everything. I for one have watched all 3 of my kids play football, get called for illegal acts, and be injured due to other players. If I had told the school district that the other team should no longer play because someone is being to rough what type of response do you think I would have gotten? I think it is unfair to penalize someone until all the facts are in and they are found guilty. way to go School district 25 for supporting your only high school. " bill b wrote on Oct 24, 2008 12:41 PM: " Here, here. The last two comments sum it up very well. It is always has been one-sided when it comes to Highland. As for "Life Lessons", if you know Tom, and he is so bad, lets see your resume and critique your wonderful life in front of everyone and see how sparkling it is. Sounds like you not only should be coaching, but refereeing and making the calls for the school board also. Taking Tom out of coaching because of whining, clueless parents is more illegal and wrong than the 'strategy'. " phs alum wrote on Oct 24, 2008 12:49 PM: " TO: Life lessons: I also, know Tom Harrison as he coached my oldest son for 1 year before my son moved to a different town. My son was taught to play as a team player, do your job, and support your team. You may not like Tom for whatever reason, but you are prejudging him and the whole Poky football team before they even have a chance to defend themselves. If anyone knows where I can go to watch the game please let me know. I would like to see what exactly happened so that I can form my own opinion. " Phs alum wrote on Oct 24, 2008 1:35 PM: " Just went to another website and read a blog from Taysom Hill about the game. Wow, cudos to this gentleman. He was clear about cross town rival games being messy and hard hitting. Thats just the way they are(his words not mine), doesn't understand why the board suspended coach harrison-not warranted, everything should have been left on the field. He also admitted that HHS had more cheap shots than PHS. This should help settle any arguement anyone has over what actually happened on the field. I do hope that Ben Dahl will be able to play after the cheap shot he received in retalliation. My only take is that since no flag was thrown on the hit to Taysom the punishment is to suspend the coach while the hit on Dahl did draw a flag therefore no suspension of the coach. Does this sound about right? " Referee wrote on Oct 24, 2008 1:35 PM: " Granted, it is only the first Poky hit on Taysom on the opening kickoff, but if you go to youtube.com and search for "Taysom gets rocked", you can see for yourself. For a former collegiate and pro football player who now officiates, let me be frank. The hit on Hill on the opening kickoff was in fact illegal. First of all, the hitter was beyond the 50 yard line at the time of the kick (thus being offsides) and the kicker was struck before he had crossed the 45 yard line, which is the boundary designated to protect a defenseless kicker. Beyond the 45, the kicker is fair game. Second, while it's not on youtube, yet, the consequent retaliatory blocks below the waist on the part of HHS were also illegal, and equally unethical. If the school district had any bit of fairness in mind, they would also suspend the HHS coach for retaliating with an equally illegal play. The fact is, while Harrison is a terrific coach, this is not the only issue the district has with him professionally. I was told by a very high rankning D25 authority that this was just the straw that broke the camel's back. I don't know what these other things are, and I don't care. What I do believe however, is that a suspension for these football actions from both teams do not warrant an indefinite suspension without an equal suspension for the opposition's coach. Clearly, D25 has a Highland bias. The unfortunate loser in all of this is the kids on both teams who were not involved, because other than this fiasco, the game was a tough, well palyed game. Also, who knows, perhaps this rivalry will be shut down in the future. Sad. " pokyfan wrote on Oct 24, 2008 2:57 PM: " I can't beleive the school board would do this to Harrison and the Poky football team. This would never happen to a Highland coach. they are playing fffooottbballl not knitting sweaters. No flag on the play no foul. If I where Harrison I would be getting an attorney and filing injunction against the schoolboard so I could finish out my season. How dare the schollboard do this mid season with less than curcumstantial evidence. Harrison can't control the thoughts an actions of his players while on the field, anymore than I can control the weather. " kelly c wrote on Oct 24, 2008 3:34 PM: " It is about time to say enough! I am a Highland alum and and football player and a lifetime Highland supporter. My heart was broken when my kids decided to go to Poky, but life goes on. I have coached youth football for years and soon became a Poky, and Tom Harrison fan as he took the time to work with kids beginning in the 5th grade. He has taught sportsmanship and class from everything I have ever observed. I have been the locker room following wins and losses. In his wins he always gives credit to the kids, when he looses, Tom accepts the blame as his fault. My opinion of him is that he saved a dismal program he inherited from Gino, who, without the most talented staff in Idaho, and the best athletes year in and year out, could not coach his way out of a wet paper bag. In any event there is a lot of blame to go around on both sides and this argument is un-winnable as to which coach is mostly to blame. When Highland played Grant Union earlier in the year I noticed that nobody cheered more for them than the Poky football team. I have witnessed the same from Highland players during Poky games. Following the game the kids were fine, it is the parents and an idiotic administration that are the problems here. True, there should have been some discipline. The school admin should have had Gino and Tom in their offices on Monday morning and let them both know privately that behavior on both sides was unacceptable. Enough said. We should be thankful that none of our kids were hurt in this game, and that the kids have taken the roll as the adults in this matter. We should encourage parents on both sides to grow up to the level of their kids. " HHSwhiny wrote on Oct 24, 2008 4:40 PM: " Check the youtube clip folks, he doesn't cross the 45 until the kick. Maybe the Golden Boy shouldn't be kicking off if he can't take a hit. Come on this is football not soccer! The kickoff is the most violent play of the game. If your opponent cheap shots you on the field, you settle it on the field not by crying to the school board. That is the dirty play in this. POLITICS, nothing more! Enjoy the PAC-10 Taysom, I am sure that they won't hit you! Hard to hit a guy sitting on the bench! " UNSPORTSMANLIKE wrote on Oct 24, 2008 5:47 PM: " It is the receiving teams 45 you IDIOT! Learn the rules! DIRTY HARRY IS EXACTLY right! HHSWHINY you really are showing how TRULY JEALOUS you are. Where is your kid going to be playing? Just for your info the back yard doesnt count! " Get over it already wrote on Oct 24, 2008 7:47 PM: " Bill B.- Seriously. Get over it already. Take off the beer goggles, step away from your keyboard and breathe dude! Don't you have a job or do you just argue high school football all day? The game is over. The guilty have been punished. It's a new freakin' day so chill the freak out brutha. " Poky parent wrote on Oct 25, 2008 12:38 PM: " I agree with Kelly C. that the problem here is the parents!!!! The kids are the adults here.....We shouldn't forget the fact that many of these kids grew up together and are friends. They want it left on the field and I respect that as should the rest of you. Let's move on and Highland, we will see you on the field next year. To the School District....let it go and reinstate Harrison. Enough is enough.... " justreinstatehimalready wrote on Oct 25, 2008 4:12 PM: " Fouls on both sides. Live with it and play on. The students want to...let the adults play too " HardHit wrote on Oct 25, 2008 11:22 PM: " I am not taking sides but we have been talking a lot about the illegal hit on Hill but check out Gino's retalliation by having a guy line 10 years back on kickoff and take out #71 at the knees. If parents want to complain about Harrison. This hit is just as bad if not worse. Taking out someone's knees. Gino needs to be suspened. Definitely intentional! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D36wJnc9fNE " CONFUSED wrote on Oct 26, 2008 12:41 AM: " After living in California, and moving to Idaho I heard about all the excitement of this game so I decided to attend. I have now been to several of the Black and Blue Bowls and have never been so disgusted in what I saw last week. This includes the numerous NCAA and NFL games I have watched and attended. The hit on the Hill kid was as cheap as they come. Was the chop block dirty? Yes! Was it necessary? Probably so as the PHS player was again coming after him with a head of steam . I can't fathom how a fan or parent of PHS can support this play. Coach Harrison in the paper stated he was worried about both players. Is that why he sent two players and then three players to ATTACK the Hill kid? I was very IMPRESSED by the Hill kid as he was MAN enough to shake the PHS players hands after the game. Maybe we can all learn from this young mans maturity. Im sure several of the PHS coaches, parents, and players could! Good luck Taysom and if I get back to California I will cheer you on. Your MATURITY has made me become a fan of you. " Parent wrote on Oct 26, 2008 9:51 AM: " Since the school district has seen fit to eliminate ALL medical care for our kids perhaps they need to watch this kind of think more closely. " Character Counts wrote on Oct 26, 2008 2:19 PM: " Harrison may have not had a part in the initial hit on Hill, but two facts keep appearing: 1). Poky hasn't done this before Highland this year to my knowledge. Clearly this was "special". 2). Harrison obviously didn't due anything to stop it from occurring over and over. Whether your for or against either school doesn't matter to me. what matters is what our kids take away from the sports they play. Football is tough, but certain rules exist to protect our kids from unacceptable risks- like the "halo" area to catch punts, when punting or kicking the ball, and when a player calls for a fair catch. The refs messed up by not flagging the playthe first time Hill was hit-and have been chastised, I'm told, by the State High School Activities Association. Harrison has no defense to allowing it to continue-PERIOD. Lastly and sadly, this is not the first episode in the questionable character of Harrison. We easily forgot his DUI arrests, his controlled substance use, and his tirades with our children. All because we respect a coach who produces winning football teams- at all costs. Those Poky kids are great players, as are the Highland kids. However, some lessons are more important than wins and losses on the football field. CHARACTER COUNTS- FIRE HARRISON!!! " Moroniboy wrote on Oct 26, 2008 5:01 PM: " I'm just glad he wasn't injured and that it won't affect his Mission Call. Boy, that was close! " EGo wrote on Oct 27, 2008 9:00 AM: " Like I said before, they start them at an early age, the Pocatello Patriots from the Southeast Idaho youth football league are the same way, its the parents yelling to take out certain players!! They want to win and will take out anybody just so they can! " hans wrote on Oct 27, 2008 12:16 PM: " The block is illegel. The referees missed the call. You cannot hit a kicker until he is five yards away from the place he kicked the ball, or until the ball is caught or hits the ground. The rationale for this rule is the same as roughing the punter, the kicker on a field goal attempt or roughing the passer. It is a matter of safety. It is appropriate to suspend a coach that deliberately instructs a player to break a rule intended to prevent injury. " Ross wrote on Oct 27, 2008 12:25 PM: " Hey everyone? Can we just freaking drop this and move on? Yes, the hit was dirty. No, Harrison is not a bad guy. Yes, the punishment was justified. No, Poky doesn't have character issues. Alrighty? Some time was needed for everyone to vent out their frustrations. Now, let's move on. Otherwise, everyone's TRUE character will be revealed. " Poky pride wrote on Oct 27, 2008 2:51 PM: " To Character counts....yes it does and Coach Harrison does have great character. It sounds like you are attacking his character so what does that say about your own? There are plenty of us out there that think he rocks!!!!! We want to move on but with him coaching the team!!!! " piper wrote on Oct 28, 2008 12:52 AM: " If you are trying to protect your "star quarterback" keep him off the field. The accusation regarding intent, was speculative at best. Maybe this kid should take piano lessons instead. " jub wrote on Oct 28, 2008 8:05 AM: " Wow, you Poky fans are amazing - I have no connection whatsoever to either team, and can say without question that was unbelievably dirty... And it happened 3 or 4 times? Yeah, I would tell people to 'move on' to if I supported a scumbag like that coach! Oh, and you football geniuses who keep talking about how the game is rough, and to take piano lessons, etc - that has absolutely nothing to do with totally dirty plays obviously attempting to injure. The rules are there to protect players while allowing the game to be rough - would you prefer no rules at all, just deck anyone, anytime? If so, I say start with sending a sideline blitz on the Poky coaching staff!!! " Go Indians wrote on Oct 28, 2008 2:15 PM: " The hit was dirty but it was not an attempt to take out Hill'S knee's . Highlands was a attempt to take out Dahl's.Is Taysom a better person than Dahl? Poky should be punished and Highland not.I dont think so! If Harrison is let go and Gino is not the District can count my vote as no on every money issue that comes forward.I am not alone on this,I have talked to many people who feel the same way. " its not even football... wrote on Oct 28, 2008 3:07 PM: " firstly, you people cant even name your sport aptly (i.e when do they use their feet? a total of 5 or so plays in a game?). point is the kid got lit up like the christmas tree in times square...for ALL to see. only moronic coaches let it happen to their team more than once. what happens when you get a punt blocked? you put a protector back there... what happens when you get fooled by a Wildcat offense? you adapt. for as good as this Hill kid is supposed to be, obviuosly he isnt being coached well on the field or in the classroom. fool me once, shame on you....fool me twice, shame on me. shame on highland for being high-land. learn to adapt...sodding prats. dont " Its done wrote on Oct 29, 2008 10:28 AM: " What's done is done! You all need to stop whinning and get on with your life. The coach wasn't fired, he was suspended for one game, a slap on the wrist if you ask me. No one suffered from it except maybe Harrison and his EGO! " number5 wrote on Oct 29, 2008 2:54 PM: " Harrison is a great coach just look at his record he did not break ANY rules it's football so highlands "goldenboy" got put in his place. Big deal the whole POKY teams was punished by taking their coach away not only on seniors night but their last game for districts. It's football no matter what position you play YOU'RE GOING TO GET HIT!! and when Taysom is playing not only the whole game but just about all positions he's going to get taken down a few times. Suck it up if you're going to play college ball you better learn how to take a hit and get your butt up. " UNSPORTSMANLIKE wrote on Oct 29, 2008 6:14 PM: " #5 They did break the rules! Learn the rules before you open your trap " Its done wrote on Oct 30, 2008 9:00 AM: " #5, if you actually watch the play there is no way you can say it was not intentional and illegal. Why else would he have been suspended. There are a couple of Poky parents who were not afraid to tell the truth and they knew what he was doing was wrong. And how dare you take this out on a student. Harrison is an adult (I guess) he should know better. But I guess looking at his past would suggest otherwise huh? None of you know the real Harrison, maybe you should do some digging and you will find out what is really like. My son wouldn't play football for a coach with 2 DUI's. " goindians wrote on Oct 30, 2008 12:11 PM: " OK you whining Highlanders (It was actually Taysom's parents who complained and got Harrison suspended) Funny that Taysom is acting tougher than they are.... Anyway, shut up about this whole thing!!! You got your way, and so what if your wimpy loser kid won't play for Tom. Probably wouldn't start anyway! Teach your refs to throw a flag at the right time, and it wouldn't have reached this point!!! You must be very very 'worthy' as you can cast stones at someone you don't even know. Good for you. Now shut up. " getthefacts wrote on Oct 30, 2008 5:14 PM: " Actually Taysoms parents didnt complain so get to know the facts! Lets blame it on the refs for a dirty play! " former high school player wrote on Oct 30, 2008 5:24 PM: " the game is football plain and simple. you have to be ready for anything. defend yourself. no one else will do it for you. If you can't live with getting hit cheap shot or not do not play if the hit was legal(leading with shoulder and above the waist) there shouldn't be any reason to complain about it. If it was an illegal hit, call a penalty and move on with the game. Don't forget it is football. " Ram a Dam Dam wrote on Oct 30, 2008 8:30 PM: " Wasn't Harrison involved in the $25000 pot bust last week? Didn't he and Stocking get caught together at the Ramada Inn? " Its done wrote on Oct 31, 2008 9:20 AM: " Harrison is dirty all the way around. Who are you "goindians" pick on an adult some Hill. He is a kid playing football, awsome player. His parents didn't complain it was Poky parents who turned Harrison in. Call the School District and get the facts. For your information I don't have a son but I bet my daughter could take you and your mouth down! " goindians wrote on Oct 31, 2008 2:31 PM: " Uh, uh. My sister can beat your daughter up!! So intelligent. Who are YOU, "Its done"? Obviously an HHS alum who can't spell or use correct grammar. The District is in bed with Highland. You have no clue what the facts are. Look at your partner's comments above. "Ram a Dam Dam". What brilliance. " Submit a CommentCommenting RulesWe encourage your feedback and dialog. All comments are subject to deletion by our Web staff.
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DIRTY PLAY wrote on Oct 23, 2008 2:13 AM: