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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been traveling and just now saw some of the recent discussions.

Trig - Those who call his approach abusive will be wiping your kids' noses when they are in their 20's and 30's. He expects his players to be tough and resilient. He really does not care about the parents. That has been his consistent philosophy over many years. By being tough on his guys in practice and during games, they will be able to withstand pressure and deliver when times are tough. Not for everyone, but I think he is consistent. Those calling him a scumbag are just off base. My kid played for him and got considerably better and tougher as a player. He would run through walls for Trig.

Bullis - Absolutely a renegade program in most sports. The IAC continues to tolerate this aberrant approach to prep school sports. Not sure why. The football coach at Bullis is beneath contempt. In lacrosse, I think they are actually closer to playing by the rules, but there are certainly some questionable behaviors out in Potomac. [/quote]

I think Pat is a great guy and a great coach. I have heard nothing bad about him either. Care to elaborate why he is "beneath contempt"? Not attacking, just curious. I do agree w the rest of your comments regarding Bullis. Its academic and admissions standards continue to decline.

Re: Trig, completely untrue about the "wiping your kids' noses" remark. I had a collegiate coach spent every practice screaming at and berating us. It made us no better as athletes/a team and many of my teammates attributed his traits and treatment of us as part of the reason we never hoisted a trophy on Memorial Day weekend in spite of getting there twice. And my success post-college is in no way attributable to the treatment I received at practices. Trig is a worse version of that and at a lower age level. He isn't tough on kids, he is verbally abusive and has a terrible habit of finding things his kids are most insecure about and exploiting it. As an opposing coach I saw it many times and it sickens me. He is a more calculating, less obvious version of Giblin. He is on par w Cabbell except Maddux (in spite of being a better businessman) isn't as intelligent as Trig. Glad your kid had a positive experience w him, but he was an outlier. [/quote]

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