Over the past few weeks, there have been a ton of nasty tweets directed at University of Miami assistant coaches were sent by parents of players in the football program. This really shouldn’t shock anybody since parents have been acting like this since the dawn of time.
The most recent incident came shortly after Miami’s blowout win against Georgia Tech last week.
Freshman cornerback Khamauri Rodgers’ father Marcus ripped into Hurricanes’ secondary coach Jahmile Addae, saying, “you are a piece of work but it’s all good. I’m going to pray for you and your family; you obviously have serious issues.” That tweet has since been deleted.
A few weeks ago, Key’Shawn Smith’s mother took aim at offensive coordinator Josh Gattis by sharing:
“If you an offensive coordinator who walks in meeting tells his team they are the Worst Team ever! Would you still want to play for him. I heard of tough coaches but [that’s] just stupid. I wonder if USC coach [talks to] his team like that.”
Head coach Mario Cristobal has seemingly had enough of the slander directed towards his coaches, so he sent a pretty blunt message to those parents.
“I haven’t had a parent do that with me. I haven’t had somebody come up to me with it.
“I’m a parent myself, and it’s important to teach our own children to handle stuff like adults in a face-to-face manner.”
“A parent is free and welcome to pick up their son if they’re not happy with their playing time,” was his simple solution.
The rebuild continues for Cristobal at Miami this weekend as the 5-5 Canes hope to get bowl eligible as they head to Clemson Saturday before wrapping up the year home against Pitt.
