devashish_paul wrote:
Can we all step away from making all of this personal and the name calling and refrain from the personal bashing and instead just engage in an intellectual discussion about the topic at hand? If we can summarize this thread (or the discussion that spawned after the OP):
- Sutton banned from coaching any age group in Oz for his crime in the past
- By all accounts he has not repeated his crime.
- He has chosen to coach in countries that don't care to reciprocate (or can't reciprocate) the Aussie coaching ban
- Almost everyone who posted agrees that he should not coach minors
- Some also say (just like Triathlon Australia) that he should not coach any age group, having transgressed a fundamental responsibility of a coach
- Other feel that everyone deserves a second chance in life, and to reform, and once reform they should be able to return in a limited capacity to their profession (in this case coaching), provided that he is not put in a position where he was when he committed the crime on the first round (coach minors).
- Lots of high caliber athletes ranging from Chrissie Wellington down to entry level pros have entrusted their athletic development to him at some point in their career knowing the background and either believing in second chances, or putting their career growth ahead of that and being willing to look beyond that based on the man they have engaged with "today"
- Team TBB has entrusted the head coach position in their organization to him noting the past and believing in second chances. According to TBB, he does not directly coach any minors in their athlete development program. Many on ST feel that his position at the helm of the organization still provides him with a position of authority over these minors and are against it.
- Finally as Mr. Bok mentioned, Sutton is gradually moving away from hands on coaching, sadly due to health not being optimal (I think we can all agree that we wish all humans good health...at least I hope so).
Did I miss anything in the last ~ 100 posts?
And the fact that keeping Sutton from coaching children is to prevent the suggestion of impropriety those who know the man and a lot about his history know there is no actual risk to the child.
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avagoyamug: Jan 13, 13 14:21