Mass. Youth Soccer Coach Resigns Over E-Mail
A soccer coach says he was joking. But when parents didn't get it, Michael Kinahan resigned from a Massachusetts youth soccer league. He sent an e-mail saying "losing is for losers." He said the team would be known as "Green Death," and that parents should cheer instead of sitting there "sipping mocha-latte-half-caf-chinos."
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A Massachusetts soccer coach says he was joking, but when parents didn't get it, Michael Kinahan resigned from a youth soccer league. He sent an email saying losing is for losers. He said his team of six and seven-year-old girls should bleed a little and eat undercooked red meat. He said the team would be known as Green Death. And parents should cheer instead of sitting there sipping mocha-latte-half-caf-chinos.
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