tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056864276358088063.post1256594333712264595..comments2023-06-17T07:24:58.693-07:00Comments on Varsity Team Coach Huddle - A BSA Coach's Thoughts: Lawsuit Speaks the TruthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056864276358088063.post-80557786751318786402012-09-11T08:45:16.352-07:002012-09-11T08:45:16.352-07:00I know!!! I wonder though if it is a possibility....I know!!! I wonder though if it is a possibility. I really wish the Church would come down with a "you HAVE to call a Scout leader in this fashion" check list. I know Packer's talk SHOULD be enough but maybe we need to spell it out in black and white for Bishoprics. <br /><br />How can we create quality control on training?Fishguttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03341241565019533579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056864276358088063.post-82354875424800597132012-09-11T08:18:44.425-07:002012-09-11T08:18:44.425-07:00THAT is a frightening idea.THAT is a frightening idea.Eric the Half-beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14709170303854711662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056864276358088063.post-58537623946780020982012-09-11T07:15:50.950-07:002012-09-11T07:15:50.950-07:00Eric, one last question.
Do leaders not get train...Eric, one last question.<br /><br />Do leaders not get trained purposely so they can use that as an excuse?<br /><br />"Well, I didn't know.........."Fishguttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03341241565019533579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056864276358088063.post-1857737025717174102012-09-11T07:13:16.444-07:002012-09-11T07:13:16.444-07:00Thanks for more excuses. I added them because I h...Thanks for more excuses. I added them because I here those too. <br /><br />I am extremely fearful that this won't be a wake up call. We, as members of the Church, continue to think because we are "the Lord's people" we should be free from trials and tribulations or just out right use the "it won't happen to us" excuse. This sickens me. I personally will not live with a boy's death on my conscience plain and simple. I know we are supposed to "tough it out" but there is a very clear line for me. Rain is one thing. Lightening and tornadoes (in Texas) are another. You don't mess with it.<br /><br />The Scout leader in the lightening strike SHOULD have known to get them to shelter and not their camp sight on a hill if he had taken the bad weather training. And he should have always been the last one to camp making sure EVERY boy makes it to camp. I mean they were not in the middle of no where hiking and didn't have a structure to go to. They were at a Scout Camp. I don't know how he missed that in the bad weather training but I wasn't there. I don't know the circumstances. <br /><br />My heart goes out to all involved.Fishguttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03341241565019533579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056864276358088063.post-82789509508617111142012-09-11T06:57:07.691-07:002012-09-11T06:57:07.691-07:00Fish,
I'll add a few more reasons:
• I was a...Fish,<br /><br />I'll add a few more reasons:<br /><br />• I was a scout as a kid, so I know what I'm doing. I don't need to get trained.<br />• I've been set apart; the Spirit will tell me everything I need, so I don't need training.<br />• The Church is dropping Scouting in the near future anyway, so I don't need training.<br /><br />These very sad circumstances should serve as a wake-up call to all bishops, YMPs, etc all down the line to re-emphasize Elder Featherstone's 4-Ts. <br /><br />This is what I've been trying to accomplish with all of my Ward Scouter Training discussions - to help each person understand the duties involved in Scouting callings (using Scouting as an umbrella term). These recent incidents serve to validate what I've been saying for nearly a year and a half. Having properly trained leaders will go a very long way toward mitigating risk. Especially on those "priesthood-not-Scouts" outings, including Treks. We owe it to our sons, and our neighbors sons, to take this deadly serious. <br /><br />And, you have to keep in mind that the Tribune is Utah's "Gentile Paper or Record." You've probably noticed that most of the comments reflect an outright, open hostility to all things LDS, even on the most tenuous of connections. I only read it for the articles.Eric the Half-beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14709170303854711662noreply@blogger.com