Spear and Magic Helmet Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 I know there's been a lot of discussion about COVID and the season, but this is a pretty big deal in HS hockey. https://thealmanac.net/sports/mcvay-out-as-bethel-park-hockey-coach/article_a04cc9b2-f316-11ea-a992-3bb230062fb6.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaaahockey Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, Spear and Magic Helmet said: I know there's been a lot of discussion about COVID and the season, but this is a pretty big deal in HS hockey. https://thealmanac.net/sports/mcvay-out-as-bethel-park-hockey-coach/article_a04cc9b2-f316-11ea-a992-3bb230062fb6.html Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BpHawk Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 If the reason I’m hearing caused it, it sounds borderline silly. Basically cancel culture bs. My son played varsity for him for three years awhile back. Although a lot of people and players couldn’t stand him, I appreciated his consistency and the standards he set for the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danner27 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Spear and Magic Helmet said: I know there's been a lot of discussion about COVID and the season, but this is a pretty big deal in HS hockey. https://thealmanac.net/sports/mcvay-out-as-bethel-park-hockey-coach/article_a04cc9b2-f316-11ea-a992-3bb230062fb6.html The Game has passed him by. He got in trouble 2-3 years ago for influencing his players not to get concision tested. “if you get tested you have to sit out a week, regardless of the results”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danner27 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Let us not forget the former player he put on his staff that was doing heroine in the parking lot before games. The guy turned into a BP black eye ok the court of public opinion & the school district. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis8679 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 23 minutes ago, Danner27 said: The Game has passed him by. He got in trouble 2-3 years ago for influencing his players not to get concision tested. “if you get tested you have to sit out a week, regardless of the results”. Then he should've been gone right there and then. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danner27 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, nemesis8679 said: Then he should've been gone right there and then. I do not disagree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereWithPopcorn Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 He's currently banned from entering YMCA property for his actions so he couldn't coach this season anyway. While the action may have been petty (from what I have heard), as pointed out by others in this chain, the laundry list of offenses has been stacking up over the years. Was suspended for SafeSport violations a few years back as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifelongbender Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, HereWithPopcorn said: He's currently banned from entering YMCA property for his actions so he couldn't coach this season anyway. While the action may have been petty (from what I have heard), as pointed out by others in this chain, the laundry list of offenses has been stacking up over the years. Was suspended for SafeSport violations a few years back as well. This is exactly correct. Edited September 11, 2020 by Lifelongbender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinlan2020 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 3 hours ago, HereWithPopcorn said: He's currently banned from entering YMCA property for his actions so he couldn't coach this season anyway. While the action may have been petty (from what I have heard), as pointed out by others in this chain, the laundry list of offenses has been stacking up over the years. Was suspended for SafeSport violations a few years back as well. It's one thing to be fired as coach but, I seriously doubt it was petty if he is banned from YMCA property. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BpHawk Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) What I heard - he was involved in Indian Princesses with his kids which is a father-daughter program the Y has sponsored for years. He sent a text with an offensive meme regarding Indians and somebody reported it. The BP board voted him out and the Y banned him from their facilities. In the world of Mort, this hardly seems like his worst offense over the years but clearly being a bombastic prick has caught up with him. It's sort of like when Al Capone was finally busted for tax evasion. On the other hand, the Y running a program that is screaming what the left calls cultural appropriation, and in turn, freaking out on Mort when they heard this seems a bit of a stretch. Perhaps the Indians that turned him in were from Peters Township. I honestly feel bad for his kids if they can't participate with their father anymore. Edited September 11, 2020 by BpHawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis8679 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, BpHawk said: What I heard - he was involved in Indian Princesses with his kids which is a father-daughter program the Y has sponsored for years. He sent a text with an offensive meme regarding Indians and somebody reported it. The BP board voted him out and the Y banned him from their facilities. In the world of Mort, this hardly seems like his worst offense over the years but clearly being a bombastic prick has caught up with him. It's sort of like when Al Capone was finally busted for tax evasion. On the other hand, the Y running a program that is screaming what the left calls cultural appropriation, and in turn, freaking out on Mort when they heard this seems a bit of a stretch. Perhaps the Indians that turned him in were from Peters Township. I honestly feel bad for his kids if they can't participate with their father anymore. Without seeing the meme it's hard to say how justified it was. However, if he wasn't a jerk to begin with, an apology probably would've did the trick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BpHawk Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, nemesis8679 said: Without seeing the meme it's hard to say how justified it was. However, if he wasn't a jerk to begin with, an apology probably would've did the trick. I haven't seen it either, nor has anyone that I know. I'm pretty sure that apology isn't in Mort's vocabulary. Also pretty sure that the Y wanted this to go away as fast as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinlan2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 I would love to see the meme before making judgement, but I met him at a coaching clinic and was not impressed with his personality. I was trying to be nice to him by complimenting the way his team played during the games that I witnessed. He seemed to think that he was above talking to me, being the big-time varsity coach that he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pucktime Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 On 9/11/2020 at 7:22 PM, BpHawk said: What I heard - he was involved in Indian Princesses with his kids which is a father-daughter program the Y has sponsored for years. He sent a text with an offensive meme regarding Indians and somebody reported it. The BP board voted him out and the Y banned him from their facilities. In the world of Mort, this hardly seems like his worst offense over the years but clearly being a bombastic prick has caught up with him. It's sort of like when Al Capone was finally busted for tax evasion. On the other hand, the Y running a program that is screaming what the left calls cultural appropriation, and in turn, freaking out on Mort when they heard this seems a bit of a stretch. Perhaps the Indians that turned him in were from Peters Township. I honestly feel bad for his kids if they can't participate with their father anymore. This here except not an Indian meme. Was a meme of a black kid crying and it said f$#k fathers day. Stupid ass white holiday. It was sent to a group text that included black parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinlan2020 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 20 hours ago, Pucktime said: This here except not an Indian meme. Was a meme of a black kid crying and it said f$#k fathers day. Stupid ass white holiday. It was sent to a group text that included black parents. Thanks. I found that meme. It's incredibly offensive, as I figured, since it's one thing to get fired but being banned from the entire premises is quite a step further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaverFalls Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 20 hours ago, Pucktime said: This here except not an Indian meme. Was a meme of a black kid crying and it said f$#k fathers day. Stupid ass white holiday. It was sent to a group text that included black parents. If true, one couldn’t be much dumber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pucktime Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 31 minutes ago, BeaverFalls said: If true, one couldn’t be much dumber. never met the guy personally. Heard he is an arrogant prick. Wouldnt surprise me if he sent it and didnt care who he offended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaverFalls Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 14 minutes ago, Pucktime said: never met the guy personally. Heard he is an arrogant prick. Wouldnt surprise me if he sent it and didnt care who he offended. Interacted with him once. He definitely has a passionate love affair with himself. No one is irreplaceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadday4hockey Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 It doesn't appear that many if any, former players or families of players are rushing to defend his {lack of} character. BP hockey, SHAHA and the Pittsburgh hockey community are all better off. I had heard that there had been numerous previous attempts to secure his ouster, but that he had an iron-clad contract which prevented it from happening. I'm sure the lawsuit papers are already being drawn up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pucktime Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 20 minutes ago, sadday4hockey said: It doesn't appear that many if any, former players or families of players are rushing to defend his {lack of} character. BP hockey, SHAHA and the Pittsburgh hockey community are all better off. I had heard that there had been numerous previous attempts to secure his ouster, but that he had an iron-clad contract which prevented it from happening. I'm sure the lawsuit papers are already being drawn Based on the latest offense and everything listed here, Any board or hockey organization in the area that backs him up after the laundry list of offenses that keep growing, with the latest one being one of the worst, really puts a black eye on that board or organizations reputation. If my children were still playing age and in an organization I sure wouldnt want him being the mentor and role model teaching my children. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danner27 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 18 minutes ago, Pucktime said: Based on the latest offense and everything listed here, Any board or hockey organization in the area that backs him up after the laundry list of offenses that keep growing, with the latest one being one of the worst, really puts a black eye on that board or organizations reputation. If my children were still playing age and in an organization I sure wouldnt want him being the mentor and role model teaching my children. The latest is pretty bad, to me the worse thing he has done was talk players out of concussion tests. That is playing with kids lives! he was suspended for a few weeks by mid am 2-3 years ago, does anyone remember why ? It might have been the concussion stuff, I can’t be sure nor, remember. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereWithPopcorn Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 14 hours ago, Danner27 said: The latest is pretty bad, to me the worse thing he has done was talk players out of concussion tests. That is playing with kids lives! he was suspended for a few weeks by mid am 2-3 years ago, does anyone remember why ? It might have been the concussion stuff, I can’t be sure nor, remember. Concussion protocol, verbal abuse and locker room issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifelongbender Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 15 hours ago, Danner27 said: The latest is pretty bad, to me the worse thing he has done was talk players out of concussion tests. That is playing with kids lives! he was suspended for a few weeks by mid am 2-3 years ago, does anyone remember why ? It might have been the concussion stuff, I can’t be sure nor, remember. He was fired by the boosters in 2004 and successfully sued to get his job back, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pucktime Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 47 minutes ago, Lifelongbender said: He was fired by the boosters in 2004 and successfully sued to get his job back, I've heard rumors of SHAHA backing him to the fullest no matter how much of a black eye he is bringing to the org. If I was a SHAHA parent I'd be pulling my kid and taking them elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now