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Chris Hine, a sports writer for the student newspaper at Notre Dame and a NEPA native, writes about how he learned to be a pro by seeing how Kellar and Konopki handled the story of his father, a high school coach forced to retire. A nice piece.
His father should be very proud of him. Editor-in-chief of newspaper at a very prestigious school. Mr. Hine was one of the best teachers I had. We all know it was the McCarthy's who drove him out. He should have fought back.
The McCarthys are the ones that run Holy Redeemer,all bought and paid for!The principle and so on take orders from them and the one son is a basketball coach..ahhh the power of money...I WILL DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!1
Jerry Kellar, may he rest in peace, had a thing for columnists going after coaches. The most notable example, in the 1980s, concerned Don Zimmerman of the Sunday Independent and Coughlin's J.P. Meck. A lot of WVC coaches lived in fear of Zimmerman after that. Jerry would usually come to the defense of a coach if he thought the coach was being treated similarly to Meck.
Must be a different McCarthy than the one who used to work at the TL. She was a suck up, got fired anyway. Maybe it was coming in late every day and taking two hour lunches with her friends that did it?
His father should be very proud of him. Editor-in-chief of newspaper at a very prestigious school. Mr. Hine was one of the best teachers I had. We all know it was the McCarthy's who drove him out. He should have fought back.
ReplyDeleteI make a motion we nominate "stay classy" as the blog's most overused phrase. Is there a second?
ReplyDeleteThe error has been corrected. Apologies.
ReplyDelete5:25, I nominate "asshat" as the most overused phrase. It was funny the first time, the second time it was corny and now it's just lame.
ReplyDeleteMakes me miss the days of "man up."
The McCarthys are the ones that run Holy Redeemer,all bought and paid for!The principle and so on take orders from them and the one son is a basketball coach..ahhh the power of money...I WILL DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!1
ReplyDeleteTwo classy guys,(R.I.P. Jerry) and two good writers i should know their (Dave) my competition.
ReplyDeleteColumn was OK and all ... but, if they "had the truth" ... they should've printed it.
ReplyDeleteVictims have to relive terrible ordeals all the time when "suspects" are "called out" to face the truth.
People say coaches are forced to retire all the time ... but no one ever hears the other side.
Jerry Kellar, may he rest in peace, had a thing for columnists going after coaches. The most notable example, in the 1980s, concerned Don Zimmerman of the Sunday Independent and Coughlin's J.P. Meck. A lot of WVC coaches lived in fear of Zimmerman after that. Jerry would usually come to the defense of a coach if he thought the coach was being treated similarly to Meck.
ReplyDeleteJerry was a class act, I agree. I miss the guy.
ReplyDeleteMust be a different McCarthy than the one who used to work at the TL. She was a suck up, got fired anyway. Maybe it was coming in late every day and taking two hour lunches with her friends that did it?
ReplyDeleteRIP, Jerry
ReplyDeleteso foul
ReplyDelete11;39/1;03 no class.no style.
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