Texas little league coach fired after getting rough with players

[Sugar Cookie]

After his team lost a little league game, a Texas coach from the losing team — who also happens to be a cop — was recorded getting rough with children from the winning team over the weekend, according to local reports.

Kenneth Wendt can be seen forcefully slapping the children’s hands and even bumping one kid during the end-of-game handshake line on Saturday, video from the Houston game showed, according to a report by local TV station KHOU.


The boys who were slapped can also be heard commenting on how hard they were hit.

“That coach pull me back,” says one child in the video. Another boy says he got hit in the head.

“Nothing in the world gives you the right to do that to kids,” Victor Torres, a coach for the winning team, told KHOU.

Wendt, who coached a team called the Scorpions for kids 9 years old and younger, was officially removed from his position as a coach the day after the game.

“His actions were unacceptable and do not align with our organization’s values. We removed him from coaching and from our club about 8:30 a.m. Sunday,” said the team in a statement to the TV station.

The video has also caught the attention of the Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s Office, where Wendt is a sergeant, according to the constable’s Facebook page. The office was was investigating the video, according to the local station.

Texas little league coach fired after getting rough with players: video

What a poor sport. A Texas volunteer little league coach was caught on video roughing up opposing players after his team lost over the weekend, according to local reports.

nypost.com

 

[Satanica]

Great example of good sportsmanship. NOT!

Oh, good, he's been removed from the program.