Matt Fannon (Iowa state womens soccer coach) accused of body shaming/ verbal abuse

[heitclone]

Yeah, that just seems like a really high attrition.

It does sound high but look at FB and BB, those rosters see huge turnover. A year and a half after TJ was hired, there isn't one scholarship player on the roster that was here when he started. Tough to read much into roster attrition after Covid and the loosening of transfer rules.

 

[3TrueFans]

you cant have a 300 pound midfielder out there!

Box to box midfielder, the boxes just happen to be boxes of donuts.

 

[MJ29]

17 players - something probably went down.

we have no problem telling football players/basketball players what they should weigh and what they should eat. so i think its ok to tell them to an extent.

you cant have a 300 pound midfielder out there!

The scale does not determine if someone is healthy or fit.

 

[GMackey32]

17 players left because he forced some of them out of the door. I know we had some of the worst athletes in D1 soccer when he got here and he purged a lot of them. However, some of these allegations are serious and sounds like he crossed the line.

 

[CoachHines3]

The scale does not determine if someone is healthy or fit.

but the scale determines if you can do your job on the field.

 

[heitclone]

Tell that to every wrestling program in the history of wrestling

With womens/girls wrestling gaining popularity this will likely become a bigger issue.

 

[ClonesFTW]

It's not OK to tell people what they can weigh or what they can eat (male or female). This is how disordered eating begins.

Every athletic team I played on had specific dietary plans and body composition check ins, how else do you ensure your athletes are maximizing their potential? Honest question.

 

[Mr.G.Spot]

If 17 players have quit since he arrived, there may be a legitimate problem.

It sounds like he mocked international players, had players do a drill that other coaches deemed was unsafe, they did weigh-ins before and after practices, dictated what they could eat and drink, .... yeah, it sounds bad to me.

It's not OK to tell people what they can weigh or what they can eat (male or female). This is how disordered eating begins.

We would have no football players if that was true. Also, there would be no football players in division 1 football across the country..

 

[MJ29]

Every athletic team I played on had specific dietary plans and body composition check ins, how else do you ensure your athletes are maximizing their potential? Honest question.

It's a very dangerous path. I don't know the answer. I just know so many people who have had body image/disordered eating issues. And some of it started in athletics.

 

[Mr.G.Spot]

The scale does not determine if someone is healthy or fit.

Nobody has made such a statement..

 

[CoachHines3]

Nobody has made such a statement..

those people on "my 1,000 pound life"?

healthy as a horse!

 

[carvers4math]

Looks like front page of the newspaper, not just sports page.

Trying to force breast reduction surgery seems extreme.

The allegations against the Athletic Department for not being very helpful with the complaints are concerning.

 

[crawfy54]

With womens/girls wrestling gaining popularity this will likely become a bigger issue.

why?

 

[JM4CY]

The scale does not determine if someone is healthy or fit.

I don’t know what this guy said or didn’t say but Can it be a tool to help determine health though?

 

[Rabbuk]

I wonder if the protocol should be okay for coach to comment on match fitness issues but have nutrition/medical people discuss what appropriate playing weight is for the individual.

 

[trevn]

The scale does not determine if someone is healthy or fit.

This is a very simplistic answer for a more complex question.

I think we need to know context on what exactly the soccer players were told and the reasoning behind why certain weights or eating habits were allegedly dictated. If the coach was being an a-hole just because he was in a position of power, that's terrible. If he had actual clear expectations for the athletes that were communicated to them in a non-demeaning way and provided support around them to achieve those goals in a healthy way, that's a completely different thing.

 

[carvers4math]

This is a very simplistic answer for a more complex question.

I think we need to know context on what exactly the soccer players were told and the reasoning behind why certain weights or eating habits were allegedly dictated. If the coach was being an a-hole just because he was in a position of power, that's terrible. If he had actual clear expectations for the athletes that were communicated to them in a non-demeaning way and provided support around them to achieve those goals in a healthy way, that's a completely different thing.

I think posting weigh in weights for everyone to see is being an A-hole

 

[Clonehomer]

If 17 players have quit since he arrived, there may be a legitimate problem.

It sounds like he mocked international players, had players do a drill that other coaches deemed was unsafe, they did weigh-ins before and after practices, dictated what they could eat and drink, .... yeah, it sounds bad to me.

It's not OK to tell people what they can weigh or what they can eat (male or female). This is how disordered eating begins.

I assume you weren't a wrestler?

 

[Mr.G.Spot]

I assume you weren't a wrestler?

Male or female wrestler.....

 

[MJ29]

There are ways to motivate athletes without shaming them or making them anxious about what they weigh or what they're eating.

- signed a person who used to be nervous about eating in front of people because of judgment/body image issues