tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418255805011610396.post5178581907102743606..comments2023-12-18T14:09:27.498-08:00Comments on The Screaming Viking! Swim Show: Can We Please Admit We Have a Problem?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418255805011610396.post-14773176900864351942011-10-04T09:34:20.642-07:002011-10-04T09:34:20.642-07:00SwamiM,your in Utah? get yourself an at home team....SwamiM,<br>your in Utah? get yourself an at home team. grab a few wives. get on state and fed assistance and in a few years you will have all your relays filled and loads of cash under the beds. when in Rome.... ;)hydronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418255805011610396.post-91979710947299026622011-10-03T20:49:26.604-07:002011-10-03T20:49:26.604-07:00"things that make you hhhmm?"this proble..."things that make you hhhmm?"<br><br>this problem is common everywhere! i have spoke with friends, neighbors, and fellow coach associates. the men in general just cant seem to understand why there is any problem with the a coach-swimmer relationship, at least once the swimmer is 18. but that is why the water is so muddy. because 18 is no different that 17 and 200 days or 16 and 150 days. its an arbitrary number. The real question we need to address is, do we allow coaches to date their athletes? it is not that off of comparing the hypothetical, is it okay to date your niece? or your step daughter? (if its okay then maybe we should all look into adoptions ...i jest)<br><br>most of the men i spoke with had no issue with any of those ideas and said sure no problem. many i spoke with have daughters of their own and said it wouldn't bother them if their 17 year old dated her 35 year old coach, who she has answered to since she was 13. A good number favored it.<br><br>Maybe its time for society to evaluate old statutory laws in light of today's teen being rather sexually active at a much earlier age than 50 years ago, and decide if the rules still work. If black is the new white, 50 is the new 30, perhaps 13 is the new 18. ;)hydronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418255805011610396.post-84560384442490539992011-09-09T06:29:44.209-07:002011-09-09T06:29:44.209-07:00Dear USA Swimming,1. Please clairvoyantly identify...Dear USA Swimming,<br><br>1. Please clairvoyantly identify all potential creeps before they act out and get rid of them based on instinct, not proof.<br><br>2. Please address and solve gender dynamics, reassign gender roles that have been in place for centuries, and absolve all women from the career-family dilemma.<br><br>3. Please restructure the sport of swimming to make it more conducive to 'good people' ... Oh and please come up with a magical way to identify these good people and make that 'list' available for clubs so they can hire coaches.<br><br>Do those three things and maybe I'll write something positive. Shouldn't be too much trouble, thanks!<br><br>xoxo<br>Chris D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com