Hutchinson Leader - Cheer squad seeks new coach - Comments

After two weeks of debate,

Doug Hanneman — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:44:29 -0500

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You were aasked to refrain

TandT — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:49:07 -0500

You were aasked to refrain from comments like these. I would strongly suggest you listen.

were they on the

Aura_Lee — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:15:18 -0500

were they on the sidelines?
i can understand why a coach would walk out on a meeting if any of the parents are similar to TandT.

I would be interested in all

NYAchick — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:43:48 -0500

I would be interested in all the facts and not a partial story. If the coach indeed walked out because parents and cheerleaders did not agree on the coaches expectations of the team I would like to know what the expectations were in the first place. I believe that goals and expectations should be set high for all individuals regardless of the sport that they are participating in as their actions highly influence the younger kids and these athletes are being looked up to by many. Anything less is not acceptable. Maybe that is something we don't understand until we are older and wiser but none the less sports in general give kids something to look forward to, something to do, something to work hard for, something to teach them about being a team, something to strive for, potential scolorships and something to be proud of! I do not know any of the individauls that are involved and affected by the situation nor am I from the Hutchinson community BUT if I knew the whole story I might be willing to help out as a stand in coach until a permanent one can be found. I was a former cheerleader and coach but as a coach I found it difficult to balance work, home and coaching all at once but might be willing to do it through the remainder of the season. Just rambling

TandT, if you are going to

just1opinion — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:47:17 -0500

TandT, if you are going to post 'the facts' make sure those facts include both sides of the story and what the meeting was about. Stating there was a meeting and the coach walked out isn't giving the facts, that's just one detail.

Well put! Thanks go to you

TandT — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:15:39 -0500

Well put! Thanks go to you and all others who support the squad.

I had written a comment that

Shelluie — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:16:35 -0500

I had written a comment that has since been deleted along with all of the other ones. I had stated that I didn't know why the coach had resigned but I thought it was terrible that there were no cheerleaders cheering for the football game on October 5th. I also had said that I hoped they would find a new coach so that these girls could continue to cheer at games.
My son is a Senior and plays football for the Hutchinson Tigers and I have always enjoyed having the cheerleaders help get the crowd excited. When the crowd gets excited, it helps the players stay pumped. I wasn't at the game last night but I was at the Shakopee game and did see that the girls were there as a team, just not in uniform. With the playoffs starting this Tuesday, it would be really nice if we could have the cheerleaders able to dress and cheer the boys on. Instead of trying to find blame, I hope someone finds a way to work everything out.
I also hope that this thread does not go into name calling and degrading people - that doesn't solve anything. Lets all be nice. Shellie Shufelt

Aura_Lee It would apear that

TandT — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:11:22 -0500

Aura_Lee

It would apear that you did not attend and help support the game that you are bragging about. The cheerleaders were there and were as a squad. Even though the faculty of the school does not recognize them, the team and fans do. It is evedent that we can NOT count on facts from you and I would appreciate it if you would refrain from the attacks on the squad.

NYAchick As I said before, it is to bad the whole thread had to be deleeted I gave all the facts and no one could prove otherwise I will see what I can do to post them again.

hutch tigers scored 50 and

Aura_Lee — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:41:23 -0500

hutch tigers scored 50 and gave up zero last night.......wow, just think ....they did all that without cheerleaders on the sidelines.

sounds fishy to me. i find

Aura_Lee — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:28:33 -0500

sounds fishy to me. i find it hard to believe that someone would walk out on a group of kids like that without due cause. jinkies, shaggy, i bet there's more to this mystery.

(Deserting children that

flowerladytoo — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:21:30 -0500

(Deserting children that look to you for guidance is sick and twisted!!!!!)

I would really like to hear Pam Vilchis side of the story before judging her actions. We knew her several years ago when my children were students in Hutchinson and she struck me as a lovely lady who really cared about her pupils. Sick and twisted would not be words I would choose to describe her. I can't help but think she had to have a VERY good reason to walk away, and I am sure she didn't make that decision lightly.

I normally do not respond to

NYAchick — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:21:01 -0500

I normally do not respond to online posts however, I do find them rather interesting to read here and there. In an earlier post I read an opinion stating that Cheerleading is not a sport and I actually found that to be rather insulting as a former Cheerleader. I believe that there are two types of people that would make such a statement . . . a individual that never made a squad or a person that couldn't ever get a date from one. It would be nice to know both sides of the story but in the end it doesn't sound like there are any winners here. Someone has to pay for the mistakes of a few and as it seems right now it is the kids.

The story and everyone's

Matt McMillan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:28:08 -0500

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I don’t think deleting the

TandT — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:21:56 -0500

I don’t think deleting the whole thread was necessary, but if you insist than I would like to just say this. (Deserting children that look to you for guidance is sick and twisted!!!!!)

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Cheer squad seeks new coach

Lesley Christianson — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:03:35 -0500

Hutchinson High School athletics have been without a cheerleading squad for the past few weeks.