Losing is for losers

SCITUATE, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts youth soccer coach told parents in an e-mail his team of 6- and 7-year-old girls would be known as "Green Death," encouraged them to feed their daughters "undercooked red meat" and said "losing is for losers."
Coach Michael Kinahan has since resigned from the Scituate (SIH'-choo-et) Youth Soccer League. He says he was joking in last week's season-opening e-mail.
League official Chris Park tells the Patriot Ledger of Quincy that Kinahan has a "wry, sarcastic" sense of humor and some parents understood the e-mail's tone. But others didn't and complained.
Kinahan also wrote he would heckle referees, expected players to "bleed a little" and wanted parents to cheer, not sit on the sidelines "sipping mocha-latte-half-caf-chinos."

I like this guy. He wants these little girls to understand important lessons. In life, everyone doesn't get a trophy. In life, people keep score. In life, there are winners and there are losers. You won't get anywhere if you sit on the sidelines. Those are really nice sentiments. While he's at it, maybe he should let these little girls know that life doesn't prepare perfect orange slices for you either. And life certainly doesn't wash your pink and/or turquoise jerseys after you put them in the laundry hamper. No, you have to do that yourself when you are a big girl. Maybe he should also tell them that men are pigs and Big Brother is watching their bank accounts and internet activity. Let's just take all the fun out of being a child. We should really start doing doing that early in life.