High School Parent Shoots Coach

Mr Play · Post by **Mr Play** » April 7, 2005 12:43 pm

The Athletic Director at my wife's school knows the coach that was shot. He considered going to work as this school's football coach over the summer.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... afba4.html

CANTON, Texas - An East Texas high school football coach was shot on the campus Thursday by a student's father who claimed to have a hit list. Schools in the district were locked down while police searched for the shooter.

Gary Joe Kinne, who is also the Canton High School athletic director, was shot at least once and airlifted to a hospital in nearby Tyler, Don Martin, spokesman for the Tyler Police Department told The Tyler Morning Telegraph.

Information on Kinne's condition was being withheld at the request of Canton police, said John Moore, spokesman for Trinity Mother Frances Health System in Tyler.

The Governor's Office of Homeland Security identified the shooter as Jeffrey Doyle Robertson, a father of a Canton High School student. He fired an AK-47 and fled the scene in a 2004 black Dodge pickup.

Robertson had other weapons in his truck and had made a statements that he had a hit list and would not be taken alive, said Sophie Yanez, a spokeswoman for the state Homeland Security office.

Kinne reportedly was shot at the school's athletic field house in Canton, about 60 miles east of Dallas.

Amanda Sheperd, owner of Backwoods Bar-B-Que in Canton, said she was alarmed when she heard about the shooting because her ninth-grade grandson, Ty Sheperd, plays baseball and has a class in the fieldhouse. She believes he had left the fieldhouse and gone to band class before the shooting.

"I talked to the school just now and they said the kids were taken care of, and they're not letting anybody in or out," said Sheperd, who was continuing to serve lunch customers as news helicopters hovered overhead the school about a half-mile away. "The guy's on the loose, so they're out looking for him."

Kinne took over as Canton coach after leaving Mesquite High School before the 2003 season. His son, G. J. Kinne, was the AP 3A All-state honorable mention quarterback last season.

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » April 7, 2005 12:47 pm

Great... It's dangerous now to be a high school coach.

What's wrong with this world? I just can't handle this story...

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » April 7, 2005 12:57 pm

iuparrothead wrote:Great... It's dangerous now to be a high school coach. What's wrong with this world? I just can't handle this story...

It's Tejas, everyone is a little "Off" down there.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » April 7, 2005 1:03 pm

PHBeerman wrote:
iuparrothead wrote:Great... It's dangerous now to be a high school coach. What's wrong with this world? I just can't handle this story...
It's Tejas, everyone is a little "Off" down there.

you just keep on giving me reasons to kick your butt when I come to Boise

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » April 7, 2005 1:05 pm

ph4ever wrote:
PHBeerman wrote:
iuparrothead wrote:Great... It's dangerous now to be a high school coach. What's wrong with this world? I just can't handle this story...
It's Tejas, everyone is a little "Off" down there.

you just keep on giving me reasons to kick your butt when I come to Boise

I can run really fast.

RAGTOP · Post by **RAGTOP** » April 7, 2005 1:05 pm

sounds like hockey dads here in Boston

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » April 7, 2005 1:08 pm

You people really do take football a little too serious.

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » April 7, 2005 1:12 pm

PHBeerman wrote:
iuparrothead wrote:Great... It's dangerous now to be a high school coach. What's wrong with this world? I just can't handle this story...
It's Tejas, everyone is a little "Off" down there.

Yeah, but I've been physically threatened by a parent before over his daughter's playing time... so this story is really scary to me.

DonnaKayDunbar · Post by **DonnaKayDunbar** » April 7, 2005 1:14 pm

Parents need to chill the f*** out.

Brown Eyed Girl · Post by **Brown Eyed Girl** » April 7, 2005 1:24 pm

DonnaKayDunbar wrote:Parents need to chill the f*** out.

Agreed, DKD, but parents also need to stop living THEIR lives vicariously thru their children. I see this every stinkin' day at school...and I'd say more than half are involved in sports and other activities that they don't really want to be in but their parents are making them participate. Then they keep them out of school so they can catch up on all the work they owe since they don't have time to do it because of all the activities. What's wrong with this picture?

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » April 7, 2005 1:31 pm

GEE, I'm surprised we haven't been bombarded by all the gun control freaks on this one.

However, I definately agree with the last two posts (by D.K.D. and B.E.G.)-parents ABSOLUTELY need to chill the f--k out, and QUIT living their lives through their children and let the kids be THEMSELVES!

Hopefully when the catch this c--ksucker, they'll give him some real, honest-to-God TEXAS justice.

DonnaKayDunbar · Post by **DonnaKayDunbar** » April 7, 2005 1:33 pm

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:
DonnaKayDunbar wrote:Parents need to chill the f*** out.
Agreed, DKD, but parents also need to stop living THEIR lives vicariously thru their children. I see this every stinkin' day at school...and I'd say more than half are involved in sports and other activities that they don't really want to be in but their parents are making them participate. Then they keep them out of school so they can catch up on all the work they owe since they don't have time to do it because of all the activities. What's wrong with this picture?

Indeed.

My mom was awesome. She never made me do things I didn't want to do, save for chores, and really supported me when I did want to do something.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » April 7, 2005 1:35 pm

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:
DonnaKayDunbar wrote:Parents need to chill the f*** out.
Agreed, DKD, but parents also need to stop living THEIR lives vicariously thru their children. I see this every stinkin' day at school...and I'd say more than half are involved in sports and other activities that they don't really want to be in but their parents are making them participate. Then they keep them out of school so they can catch up on all the work they owe since they don't have time to do it because of all the activities. What's wrong with this picture?

I'm kind of mixed about this. Elizabeth and I were talking about it the other day. She grew up doing just about every sport available. I was allowed to join and quit sports at a whim.

To this day, she is more goal oriented than I have ever been. She sees life as more of a competition and challenges herself to do better. Myself, I just kind of go where the wind blows me.

If I ever have children (which is a scary thought), I would much rather them to have that drive to be the best. I never got that motivation because I was always allowed to quit.

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » April 7, 2005 1:38 pm

iuparrothead wrote:
PHBeerman wrote:
iuparrothead wrote:Great... It's dangerous now to be a high school coach. What's wrong with this world? I just can't handle this story...
It's Tejas, everyone is a little "Off" down there.
Yeah, but I've been physically threatened by a parent before over his daughter's playing time... so this story is really scary to me.

I was threatened by a father over the phone once because I would not play his son in the position that he thought his son should play. He came to practice the next day and was as nice as could be.

(My boss was a former pro who is about 6-9 350lbs)

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » April 7, 2005 1:40 pm

Wino you know wrote:GEE, I'm surprised we haven't been bombarded by all the gun control freaks on this one.

Well, this story certainly supports the argument for "us freaks"...

DonnaKayDunbar · Post by **DonnaKayDunbar** » April 7, 2005 1:40 pm

land_shark3 wrote:
Brown Eyed Girl wrote:
DonnaKayDunbar wrote:Parents need to chill the f*** out.
Agreed, DKD, but parents also need to stop living THEIR lives vicariously thru their children. I see this every stinkin' day at school...and I'd say more than half are involved in sports and other activities that they don't really want to be in but their parents are making them participate. Then they keep them out of school so they can catch up on all the work they owe since they don't have time to do it because of all the activities. What's wrong with this picture?
I'm kind of mixed about this. Elizabeth and I were talking about it the other day. She grew up doing just about every sport available. I was allowed to join and quit sports at a whim.

To this day, she is more goal oriented than I have ever been. She sees life as more of a competition and challenges herself to do better. Myself, I just kind of go where the wind blows me.

If I ever have children (which is a scary thought), I would much rather them to have that drive to be the best. I never got that motivation because I was always allowed to quit.

There's a difference between your parents forcing you to stay with one thing, and another forcing you to DO everything and stick with it.

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » April 7, 2005 1:42 pm

land_shark3 wrote:I'm kind of mixed about this. Elizabeth and I were talking about it the other day. She grew up doing just about every sport available. I was allowed to join and quit sports at a whim.

To this day, she is more goal oriented than I have ever been. She sees life as more of a competition and challenges herself to do better. Myself, I just kind of go where the wind blows me.

If I ever have children (which is a scary thought), I would much rather them to have that drive to be the best. I never got that motivation because I was always allowed to quit.

I tell my son that if he doesn't like something, he doesn't have to play NEXT YEAR he signed up for it, and he will finish what he started.

I laugh because I can always point out the fathers that will be the problem. They are always under 6 foot tall. That is why men under 6 ft should not be allowed to breed.

DonnaKayDunbar · Post by **DonnaKayDunbar** » April 7, 2005 1:44 pm

PHBeerman wrote: I tell my son that if he doesn't like something, he doesn't have to play NEXT YEAR he signed up for it, and he will finish what he started.

I laugh because I can always point out the fathers that will be the problem. They are always under 6 foot tall. That is why men under 6 ft should not be allowed to breed.

Hey, quint is short. And he'll be a great dad!

chibears · Post by **chibears** » April 7, 2005 1:45 pm

PHBeerman wrote:
land_shark3 wrote:I'm kind of mixed about this. Elizabeth and I were talking about it the other day. She grew up doing just about every sport available. I was allowed to join and quit sports at a whim.

To this day, she is more goal oriented than I have ever been. She sees life as more of a competition and challenges herself to do better. Myself, I just kind of go where the wind blows me.

If I ever have children (which is a scary thought), I would much rather them to have that drive to be the best. I never got that motivation because I was always allowed to quit.

I tell my son that if he doesn't like something, he doesn't have to play NEXT YEAR he signed up for it, and he will finish what he started.

I laugh because I can always point out the fathers that will be the problem. They are always under 6 foot tall. That is why men under 6 ft should not be allowed to breed.

So true Phbeerman. I take it you are referring to "Short Mans Syndrome"

I see it all the time. LIttle guys that walk around like hard @sses. Luckily for me, I stand about 6'8".

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » April 7, 2005 1:47 pm

DonnaKayDunbar wrote:
PHBeerman wrote: I tell my son that if he doesn't like something, he doesn't have to play NEXT YEAR he signed up for it, and he will finish what he started.

I laugh because I can always point out the fathers that will be the problem. They are always under 6 foot tall. That is why men under 6 ft should not be allowed to breed.
Hey, quint is short. And he'll be a great dad!

Is he over 6 ft?

If no, then he should really consider a vascetomy now.