School swim coach quits after 'pulling girl from water by hair... she did not swim fast enough'

UK Daily Mail ^ | May 10, 2011 | John Stevens

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

A swimming coach has resigned after he was allegedly caught on camera pulling a schoolgirl from the pool by her hair after she did not swim fast enough.

The shocking footage appears to show the assistant coach at Roseville High School, California, reach down into the water and grab the 17-year-old girl’s hair after her team finished fifth out of six in a competition. Coach Geoff Capell was reportedly unhappy that the captain of the varsity team Jennifer McCarroll and another girl were not giving the race their best effort.

The video has caused outrage after it was posted online and Placer County police are investigating the alleged assault. The girl’s mother Tiffany McCarroll told MailOnline that she has filed a complaint with police.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

If that was my daughter, that guy would be needing a dentist and probably a surgeon about now.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

VIDEO AT LINK

[momtothree]

“If that was my daughter....”

Ditto. I am not a violent person by any means of the imagination but touch one of my kids and he wouldn’t know what would have hit him.

[OCCASparky]

If that were my daughter, he’d be needing embalming.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

The school principal is said to be investigating the incident. He said ‘bad choices’ had been made by both the coach and the two swimmers.

The idiot principal needs to be dunked into the deep end too for this sorry attempt at equivalence...

[max americana]

My sister is in high school and if that were my sis, I am sure my brothers and I would be hauled to jail due to some “events”.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[HiTech RedNeck]

Even if the swimmers purposely dogged it in the water, this looks like a coach who can’t keep his temper.

[mlizzy]

It is reported that the assistant coach was angry because Miss McCarroll and another swimmer had intentionally not swam as fast as they could because they already knew their team had been eliminated. 'They had already lost,' Mrs McCarroll told MailOnline. 'They were not going to advance to the next stage of the competition, so in the last race the girls decided to just have fun with it.'

Our daughter was in competitive swimming for 10 years, and I've seen this type of thing happen only once (where swimmers intentionally kick back) and it's the most disheartening thing for a coach to observe (like spitting in his face) and makes the school/program/him look like a joke. The coach could have given the girls a stern talking to instead of grabbing the one girl's cap/hair (which is inexcusable), but I can understand how this could happen. These girls made a very bad choice. Hopefully, they'll understand better what "teamwork" means in the future. (And the coach has to learn how to become a little less like Bobby Knight if he wants to continue to coach girls.)

[Chode]

yup, he wouldn't believe what was happening to him even while it was happening...

[Recon Dad]

Having coached swimming and been involved for many years the guy should be fired right off. Any good coach who thought their swimmer was loafing on purpose and was not ill would have made them swim a few extra laps until their arms fell off.

[mlizzy]

Having coached swimming and been involved for many years the guy should be fired right off. Any good coach who thought their swimmer was loafing on purpose and was not ill would have made them swim a few extra laps until their arms fell off.

Ha! Yes, that would have worked too! :) Did you coach in Illinois perchance?

[This Just In]

“....but I can understand how this could happen.”

That’s a load of bull. Who’s the adult in this scenario? So the girls slacked? They’re girls, not women. The coach is a real tough guy. /s

I’ve played sports for quite a few yrs. Players do stupid things, and a coach knows(or should know) that. This idiot wasn’t man enough to keep his temper, and ego, in check. Can his butt because he doesn’t deserve to coach anyone.

[mlizzy]

Yes, I can understand how someone could lose their patience in this situation. That doesn't make it right. I'm not agreeing with what he did. But what the girls did was wrong too. They set a very poor example for their team, and I imagine unless the other two girls on the relay team slacked off too (and it doesn't sound like they did), they'd be plenty upset as well.

It's not that easy being a great swim coach. We found one. He passed away way too young, though. What a gem, what a gem he was! To this day, my eyes still water just reading about him. One of his former swimmers is doing awesome and I'm sure "Beanie" is smiling from heaven in this regard. Danny is a nice kid too (just like his former coach) and a kick-a** swimmer as well; I wouldn't be surprised if you hear his name as an Olympian in the near future.

[Hulka]

” (And the coach has to learn how to become a little less like Bobby Knight if he wants to continue to coach girls.)”

To be clear, are you saying it is okay to assault little boys? Are we seeing a double standard here?

[mlizzy]

” (And the coach has to learn how to become a little less like Bobby Knight if he wants to continue to coach girls.)” To be clear, are you saying it is okay to assault little boys? Are we seeing a double standard here?

Sorry, this doesn't make any sense to me.

[SaraJohnson]

Yes, they do think it is okay to abuse boys in every way.

[Krankor]

I though that was how you’re supposed to pick up babies.

[SaraJohnson]

If they were smart, he would not know who whacked him. He would only know that two guys with ski masks came out of nowhere...