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Monday, September 21, 2009
Trotwood-Madison won’t punish Douglass for post-game comments
TROTWOOD — Football coach Maurice Douglass won’t be punished by Trotwood-Madison High School for comments made to the Dayton Daily News criticizing officials following Trotwood’s 21-19 loss to Wayne on Friday, Sept. 18, but it’s unclear if sanctions could come from the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
Athletic director Jim Ladd said Monday afternoon he had spoken to Douglass about the comments and and they are “moving forward.”
“Basically, my feeling is I wish he would’ve given himself an opportunity to cool down before he talked in the article,” Ladd said.
Douglass criticized the officials after spending nearly 30 minutes following the game talking to his players.
His comments included:
“That was the worst-officiated game. They took the game out of the kids’ hands,” said Douglass, after spending nearly 30 minutes in the locker room with his players. “They made a lot of calls because the guy on the other sideline, Jay Minton, has been coaching more than me and doesn’t look like me.”
Douglass is black, and Minton is white.
“That dude right there (pointing to an official) was on Jay Minton’s side and made that call — because Jay Minton said, ‘Make the call,’ ” Douglass said.
“Every time we did anything positive, they mysteriously came up with a flag. … The guy on our sideline … works in our building. He works in our district. We didn’t get a call all night even from him.”
Greater Western Ohio Conference commissioner Eric Spahr said Monday he had talked to “all parties involved” and addressed the issue. Spahr declined to specify whether the conference had punished Douglass.
“I’m not at liberty to discuss that,” Spahr said. “We did address it, we’ve talked to all parties involved, and the conference does not condone that type of behavior.”
In July 2008, the Ohio High School Athletic Association suspended Douglass for three weeks and placed the school’s football program on probation for two years after a seven-month investigation into recruiting and residency issues.
Ladd said Douglass has been committed to acting properly following the suspension and during the probationary period.
“He cares for his kids,” Ladd said. “His kids were hurting after the game, and he spoke what was on his heart.”
A spokesman for the OHSAA said the organization had not reviewed the comments but released a statement that said, “Any allegation by a coach of bias or favoritism from contest officials is something the OHSAA takes very seriously. The OHSAA will look into this matter further to determine if sanctions against Coach Douglass are warranted.”
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Just got an e-mail from USA football, which studied the opening-weekend rosters for each NFL team and came up with some interesting facts.
First, states that produced the most NFL players.
Ohio is fourth, with 90, behind California, Texas and Florida.
The list:
California (205)
Texas (179)
Florida (176)
Ohio (90)
Georgia (80)
Louisiana (80)
Alabama (53)
South Carolina (51)
Virginia (51)
Pennsylvania (50)
Michigan (49)
North Carolina (46)
Maryland (43)
New Jersey (43)
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