Coach suffers crushed face after "ambush" by opposing team, fans

Warren County (Ga.) High School football coach David Daniel had reconstructive facial surgery over the weekend. Daniel was struck in the face with a football helmet while trying to break up a brawl between his players and players and fans from Hancock (Ga.) Central High School. WRDW-TV provides a more detailed account of last Friday's melee in the video below (email subscribers click here).


Coaching football should not be a dangerous profession. David Daniel should not have had a tear duct removed or metal plates inserted into his face. No one should be investigated by the authorities for anything that happens at a football game. Some of us have completely lost it. As someone who earns his living in sports, let me tell you something. Sports are not life or death. Sports exist to help develop our kids, our communities and bring us together. The kids and fans who perpetrated this horrific act accomplished nothing positive. They only prompted the Warren County Superintendent to completely wipe Hancock Central off the sports schedule.

The basketball, tennis, and volleyball teams will lose the opportunity to play because of the football team. Thanks, guys. This is what happens when we are selfish, disrespectful, and uncivil. Our poor decisions adversely affect others. We must do better - for our own sakes and especially for the sake of our children. Until next time...

Be a Good Sport!

-Sol