Westport girls' soccer coach resigns after exposing self to teen

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coach didn’t have his finger on the pulse of his program, especially of his coaching staff. The only way he stays is if he discovered it and went to police himself, other than that bye, bye!! Staples needs to take immediate actions and suspend the entire coaching staff until they can have a formal investigation on the program. These kids also play club ball for the coach so there might be players who knew things and were afraid to come forward.

Coaches need to be responsible for their programs and who they bring in and out of them.

You are charged with being an idiot in the 1st degree.

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You are charged with being an idiot in the 1st degree.

I would think this Barry responding, but he isn’t awake yet. Varsity coach exposed himself to a child on the street and probably going to be implicated in a Norwalk case. Isn’t that exactly what a sexual predator is? Or should just look the other way. You must be from Penn State or Michigan State. This is going to get really big if They don’t handle it correctly

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I would think this Barry responding, but he isn’t awake yet. Varsity coach exposed himself to a child on the street and probably going to be implicated in a Norwalk case. Isn’t that exactly what a sexual predator is? Or should just look the other way. You must be from Penn State or Michigan State. This is going to get really big if They don’t handle it correctly

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I would think this Barry responding, but he isn’t awake yet. Varsity coach exposed himself to a child on the street and probably going to be implicated in a Norwalk case. Isn’t that exactly what a sexual predator is? Or should just look the other way. You must be from Penn State or Michigan State. This is going to get really big if They don’t handle it correctly

Just stop. They fired the guy immediately as soon as they found out. He no longer works there. Should the police all be fired too bc they didn’t catch him when it happened? Good lord. Relax.

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coach didn’t have his finger on the pulse of his program, especially of his coaching staff. The only way he stays is if he discovered it and went to police himself, other than that bye, bye!! Staples needs to take immediate actions and suspend the entire coaching staff until they can have a formal investigation on the program. These kids also play club ball for the coach so there might be players who knew things and were afraid to come forward.

Coaches need to be responsible for their programs and who they bring in and out of them.

And how are they supposed to do that if a person has no record whatsoever (the school has a mandated background check btw) and didn't have people whispering about him? Even then prior employers won't say anything out of fear of lawsuits. Until people get busted it's very difficult to know about this ahead of time. Often times you never know what a person is like privately. Employers can't be mind readers. This happened dozens of times before with athletic coaches and teachers. Stop trying to put all the blame on the Staples coach.

- Not from Staples

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I would think this Barry responding, but he isn’t awake yet. Varsity coach exposed himself to a child on the street and probably going to be implicated in a Norwalk case. Isn’t that exactly what a sexual predator is? Or should just look the other way. You must be from Penn State or Michigan State. This is going to get really big if They don’t handle it correctly

Districts know how to handle it and it's already been handled. He's out. Ours had a janitor a few years ago and the local police told the superintendent before he was arrested so he could get ahead of it. If a person has no record there's only so much a background check can find

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Just stop. They fired the guy immediately as soon as they found out. He no longer works there. Should the police all be fired too bc they didn’t catch him when it happened? Good lord. Relax.

Based on the FFLD PD Press release he was not fired:

"was a girls’ soccer coach for Staples High School, from which he resigned after his
interview with Detectives"

Appears though her resigned. Big difference as far as Staples is concerned.

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Maybe he did, maybe he didn’t. Regardless, he’d never been caught before so there was no way of knowing he was a perv. Background checks would have found nothing.

Columbo.....glad you are on the case.

How do u know he never got caught before?

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He resigned after he met detectives, is that after the arrest?

Did he tell the Coach, if he did than there should be no resignation, it should be termination!

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Columbo.....glad you are on the case.

How do u know he never got caught before?

Hey Sherlock, it would have been mentioned in the article if he had been arrested before for something like this. It also would have shown up in his background check when he was hired, unless of course he was exposing himself to girls in Costa Rica or Belize. Glad you’re not on the case.

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Sparky,

Coach is responsible for his staff. When your working with kids and coaching sports your held to the highest standard possible. I’m sure there are going to be stories coming out about this guys history, it may not be fair but too bad, surround yourself with people you trust with your life, because that’s the price you pay!

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Sparky,

Coach is responsible for his staff. When your working with kids and coaching sports your held to the highest standard possible. I’m sure there are going to be stories coming out about this guys history, it may not be fair but too bad, surround yourself with people you trust with your life, because that’s the price you pay!

Hey Slappy, first of all, learn how to spell. Second of all, why would the coach not trust him? Should everyone assume that everyone else is a sex offender even if a background check comes back clean? How would you have done things differently?

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Sparky,

Don’t hire “one of the boys“, cause if they go down so do you. It comes with managing a department.

Staples should investigate this and dig deep. Ensure that there was never any locker room banter that this guy may have been a part of. Chances are there were signs and people missed them.

This isn’t the EPL, this is an Institution of learning, soccer is a privliage not a right. So a head coaches are responsible for their staffs and ensuring kids safety. It’s not fair but the school can’t take a chance that there is a smoking gun somewhere. Just clean house and start fresh, not worth the liability that they could be exposed too.

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Sparky,

Coach is responsible for his staff. When your working with kids and coaching sports your held to the highest standard possible. I’m sure there are going to be stories coming out about this guys history, it may not be fair but too bad, surround yourself with people you trust with your life, because that’s the price you pay!

Do ever watch the news? How many times do people say "Gee he was a nice, pleasant guy. Never any trouble. I had no idea he was a serial killer."

Even people who do this for living may not read a potential criminal right. A criminal who is good at what he/she does gets very good at hiding what they do. Perhaps this guy was smart enough to never do something around kids he coaches but just strangers? Maybe this was the first time he did this? How would there be rumors in the soccer community about his private life? Do you really expect a soccer coach to be able to read someone's mind? You're expecting way too much and clearly are very mistrustful of people in general. The vast majority of people are not criminals.

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Sparky,

Don’t hire “one of the boys“, cause if they go down so do you. It comes with managing a department.

Staples should investigate this and dig deep. Ensure that there was never any locker room banter that this guy may have been a part of. Chances are there were signs and people missed them.

This isn’t the EPL, this is an Institution of learning, soccer is a privliage not a right. So a head coaches are responsible for their staffs and ensuring kids safety. It’s not fair but the school can’t take a chance that there is a smoking gun somewhere. Just clean house and start fresh, not worth the liability that they could be exposed too.

Legally it's the school's responsibility to run background checks. If he had no record then he had no record. Prior employers most times will not state anything beyond dates of employment and salary. If they say more they could get sued. Why should others lose their jobs if they knew nothing about this guy? That is patently unfair to innocent people. The school and the police will, however, likely talk to players to make sure nothing happened to any of them.