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Mrs. makey,

Well if you are going to accuse me of being "meaner," "vile," and an "educated idiot," then I might as well start acting like one. First of all, "irregardless" is not in the English dictionary, the correct term is "regardless." And no where in any of my responses have I attacked women or Lowell. I have no idea where you come up with these arcane ideas. Not one sentence of the many I have written is sexist or derogatory towards women, NOWHERE! As far as my education, you are the one that keeps bringing it up and making a point of it, and I'm simply responding to it. Again, you have no idea what my education is, so stop bringing it up. And how does responding to your inaccurate and frankly inappropriate attacks on my father being hired as Hobart's soccer coach make me immature? I'm pretty sure we live in a free society where people's opinions are protected, REGARDLESS!! of what stance that person takes. Oh wait, you decided to start this thread by making ridiculous and absurd statements about my dad as coach and I responded in a MATURE and responsible fashion.

I guess since you are infatuated with this notion of education, I will go into a little more. The sole purpose of me bringing it up was to show that there is much more to coaching high school sports than wins and losses. One of those aspects is to encourage his or her students-athletes to maintain a strong academic desire. A few other aspects include but is not limited to teamwork, fair play, sportsmanship, integrity, and responsibility. For example, in the conference that I went to college, of which I will not name either, there was a team in another sport that had gotten last in the conference for that season. But, that same team had achieved the accomplishment of getting the highest GPA of any team in any sport for that same school year. And in an interview of the coach, he stated that he had been more excited and PROUD of his team getting the highest GPA of any team in the conference than he had been of any winning team he had in the past. So, AGAIN, I mention the notion of education to show that there is much more to coaching high school sports than wins and losses. And my dad, as a high school coach, focuses on the aforementioned values concurrently with his desire to win.

You need to stop taking everything that I have written as a personal attack you or women. I have not attacked you because I don't know who you are, and even if I did know who you are, I wouldn't care. YOU are the one throwing out personal attacks. You have claimed that my dad had nothing but losing seasons at Wheeler and that the losing will continue at Hobart. YOU are the one who stated that my dad was "clueless" and that Hobart needs to looks outside the "Brickie circle" in order to find a "qualified coach." YOU wrote all of these statements, and I have attempted to rebut these statements because they are not true. Just because you are entitled to your opinion, does not mean that it is truth. All I have attempted to do is show that my dad is not clueless and that he is a qualified high school soccer coach. Again, I have no made a single sexist remark towards women, or any derogatory remark for that matter.

Please humor me in showing me how my dad's legacy at Wheeler was "full of losses." As I stated, in his four years as Wheeler's soccer coach, they won over 30 games and even had a ten-win season. I don't see how that is a legacy full of losses. So if you could show me where you have found it showing that his entire tenure at Wheeler was full of losses, then okay. BUT you won't, and you can't, so stop writing it on here. You're wrong and you're lying! It is as simple as that.

And most importantly, my dad has no idea I have written any of this. For you to consciously sit there and state that my dad has ok'd my "continued assault on a woman" for speaking your opinion about Hobart selecting him as the coach is ludicrous. And that his apparent approval of this "assault on a woman" speaks volumes of both his and my character. How dare you! You clearly don't know me, and you don't know my father very well because we are a family of high moral character. Not one sentence I have written suggests anything close to a resemblance of an assault on a woman. YOU are the one who has taken this to that level, not me. I could care less if you are a child, woman, man, black, white, green, orange, or purple. But what I do care about is you making inaccurate statements in an attempt to make my dad look like a terrible choice for Hobart soccer. And all I have done is attempt to show that he is in fact a qualified coach and good fit for Hobart high school. YOU are the one throwing out attacks by calling me an "educated idiot." Please tell me where in any of my comments I have called you any sort of name -- as you have to me -- OR where I have continued to assault a woman? You can't and you won't because I have not.

I am soo happy that I have bored you and that you will stop writing these outlandish comments. And I will absolutely procreate (not pro-create, no need for a hyphen) because I am an honest person of high moral character, and this world needs more people of that sort. I just don't understand how you think I have been a "mean" or "vile" person through any of my responses, so if you decide to respond to this comment, please enlighten me as to how I have been either. Have a great day!!!!!!

January 27, 2013 4:17 pm on Hutchins hopes to revive struggling Hobart boys soccer program
Mr. makey220,

I am dumbfounded about your last two comments because I have no idea what you are talking about. You have completely missed the points I was making in my comments. First and foremost, and for the last time, the only reason I have brought up the education notion is to demonstrate that my dad will make sure that education remains a top priority for the players while participating in soccer for Hobart High School. This is all an attempt to "emulate" to a parent coming across this article who knows nothing about my father that he will push academics upon his players as much as he pushes soccer.

My next quandary is why you insist on attacking my upbringing and how those attacks have anything to do with my father coaching Hobart? Again, the only aspect of my upbringing I have mentioned is how education was an essential value to my brothers and me. However, you state that my responding comments are "quite evident" of the kind of upbringing I have had and that I "bully" people when I don't get my way and they don't agree with me. This is nonsense and makes no sense. And please enlighten me if you can about how attacking my upbringing pertains in any way to Mr. Peters's above article? You're wasting the readers' time by writing these nonsensical comments that have nothing to do with my dad, his coaching ability, or the article.

And lastly, why do you find it necessary to insult my family in your attempt to mock the fact that my brothers and me were raised properly. You mockingly suggest that my family is the "epitome of family life" that all other families should imitate. This is entirely unnecessary and uncalled for given the context of Mr. Peters's article and its proceeding comments. And then to suggest that if not for my dad, no parent would want to stress education upon their children. As you have so eloquently stated, this is "a bunch of hooey!!" Since you obviously cannot comprehend the point I have been trying to show, I will explain it to you in the simplest of terms. My dad, as the Hobart High School varsity soccer coach, will not only coach soccer, but also stress the importance of other factors of life including but not limited to education. I'm not suggesting this to demonstrate that my dad is a godsend and if not for him, none of the Hobart soccer players would be able to survive, as you suggest. But what I'm suggesting, again in simple terms, is that my dad is a good fit for the head coaching position because he stresses the importance of other factors of life alongside soccer. I say this because I want a parent of one of the players who does not know my dad and who comes across this article to have some kind of idea about the coach he is because you decided to write a borderline libelous comment to Mr. Peters's article. Yes time will tell, and if history repeats itself, within a couple seasons, Hobart will have a decent soccer team once again. And to answer your question about what history, I am referring to when my dad took over the Wheeler team and within three seasons they had went from virtually winningly to 10 wins.

Also, you tell me to grow up, but you are the one continuing to attack my dad and our family with inaccuracies and mockery. Maybe it would be in your best interest to move to somewhere like Lowell and get out of Hobart since both the high school and the city seem to never make you happy. You don't offend me by telling me to grow up, and you certainly don't offend me by calling me "Mikey." I've dealt with much more offensive people thus far in my short career, so you're no big deal. However, It would be nice and "grown up" if you could actually focus your comments on the article rather than trying to insult and mock people. Thank you for your precious time Mr. makey!

January 27, 2013 3:11 am on Hutchins hopes to revive struggling Hobart boys soccer program
Mr. mak220,

I would like to begin by stating that Gboy1002 makes many great points that I fortunately do not have to repeat. Further, I am very calm and relaxed, and realize that your comments are factually inaccurate. And as a side note, I don't play with toys anymore, so I don't need a new one to break, but thanks for the suggestion.

Now to respond to your third, often incompetent comment below, I have included this link, http://dictionary.reference.com/, so that you can research some of the words that you incorrectly included. You state that I have spewed "venom" in my response to your original comment. Please enlighten me and any other reader as to which part or parts of my comment resembles anything that is poisonous in effect? Nothing I included in my lengthy response refers to anything that is poisonous in effect. I simply rebutted your earlier comments with personal and truthful information about my dad's career as a soccer coach that suggests he in fact qualified to be the varsity coach.

You also suggest that "all this negativity is vented" on my behalf because you don't see my dad as a "great program savior." Again, where in my original response is negativity vented? If you actually understood the response you would see nothing but facts as to my dad's soccer coaching career without any true "negativity" being vented. These facts merely demonstrate his coaching history and what he brings to the varsity program at Hobart in order to hopefully improve the program and nothing more.

In looking to my "self professed education" that you so eloquently stated in your third comment, the only reason I mention anything about my personal education -- which you know nothing about -- was to demonstrate to an uninformed reader that education was always top priority in our household alongside our involvement in high school sports. Further, as I stated in my original comment, my dad carries that education-first mentality over to his players. So, the point of all of this was to show a Hobart soccer player's parent reading your ridiculous comment that my dad will make education a priority in conjunction soccer with their children much the same as he did with my brothers and me.

You say that I have a lot of "growing up to do," yet your original comment does nothing but throw unwarranted and factually incorrect jabs at both Hobart and my dad for him being hired as the coach. Please tell me how that is in any way a "grown" up thing to do? Now I think the problem is that you are bitter is some respect and thought the best way to take out your frustration was to write your comment. But what you did not have in mind was someone such as myself taking offense and responding with truth. Oh and speaking of truth, you said in your third response that my feelings got hurt "with a little truth" on your behalf. I wasn't aware that your opinion equated to truth. You made comments in an attempt to make my dad look terrible, but they were entirely incorrect. The bulk of your comments are aimed at taking personal attacks on my dad and anyone writing in response to your comments.

Also, I appreciate and welcome all difference of opinions. What makes our country so great is that we can voice our differing opinions. However, when your opinion, that is you specifically mak220, is based on inaccuracies, I cannot sit by and let other readers be misinformed by your incompetence. It was and will continue to be imperative that myself and anyone else confute against all of your inaccuracies. There are many people in the area who are aware of some of the things my dad has contributed to youth soccer, and know what he offers to the Hobart program. And your attempt to tarnish that reputation is both childish and distasteful. But I guess when you can hide behind a veil of anonymity, those are pretty easy acts to attempt.

Lastly, I never use the phrase "your dad" in my first comment as you attempt to quote me saying in your third comment. Since I never use the phrase, you don't need to attempt to quote me as writing it. Plus, you don't even quote it correctly, and you don't have to use all caps to make something sound more important. Also, you've got to learn the difference between an exclamation point (!) and a simple period (.). Just thought I'd use some of my "self professed education" to use.

January 26, 2013 4:52 pm on Hutchins hopes to revive struggling Hobart boys soccer program
Mr. mak220,

I would like to begin by stating that Gboy1002 makes many great points that I fortunately do not have to repeat. Further, I am very calm and relaxed, and realize that your comments are factually inaccurate. And as a side note, I don't play with toys anymore, so I don't need a new one to break, but thanks for the suggestion.

Now to respond to your third, often incompetent comment below, I have included this link, http://dictionary.reference.com/, so that you can research some of the words that you incorrectly included. You state that I have spewed "venom" in my response to your original comment. Please enlighten me and any other reader as to which part or parts of my comment resembles anything that is poisonous in effect? Nothing I included in my lengthy response refers to anything that is poisonous in effect. I simply rebutted your earlier comments with personal and truthful information about my dad's career as a soccer coach that suggests he in fact qualified to be the varsity coach.

You also suggest that "all this negativity is vented" on my behalf because you don't see my dad as a "great program savior." Again, where in my original response is negativity vented? If you actually understood the response you would see nothing but facts as to my dad's soccer coaching career without any true "negativity" being vented. These facts merely demonstrate his coaching history and what he brings to the varsity program at Hobart in order to hopefully improve the program and nothing more.

In looking to my "self professed education" that you so eloquently stated in your third comment, the only reason I mention anything about my personal education -- which you know nothing about -- was to demonstrate to an uninformed reader that education was always top priority in our household alongside our involvement in high school sports. Further, as I stated in my original comment, my dad carries that education-first mentality over to his players. So, the point of all of this was to show a Hobart soccer player's parent reading your ridiculous comment that my dad will make education a priority in conjunction soccer with their children much the same as he did with my brothers and me.

You say that I have a lot of "growing up to do," yet your original comment does nothing but throw unwarranted and factually incorrect jabs at both Hobart and my dad for him being hired as the coach. Please tell me how that is in any way a "grown" up thing to do? Now I think the problem is that you are bitter is some respect and thought the best way to take out your frustration was to write your comment. But what you did not have in mind was someone such as myself taking offense and responding with truth. Oh and speaking of truth, you said in your third response that my feelings got hurt "with a little truth" on your behalf. I wasn't aware that your opinion equated to truth. You made comments in an attempt to make my dad look terrible, but they were entirely incorrect. The bulk of your comments are aimed at taking personal attacks on my dad and anyone writing in response to your comments.

Also, I appreciate and welcome all difference of opinions. What makes our country so great is that we can voice our differing opinions. However, when your opinion, that is you specifically mak220, is based on inaccuracies, I cannot sit by and let other readers be misinformed by your incompetence. It was and will continue to be imperative that myself and anyone else confute against all of your inaccuracies. There are many people in the area who are aware of some of the things my dad has contributed to youth soccer, and know what he offers to the Hobart program. And your attempt to tarnish that reputation is both childish and distasteful. But I guess when you can hide behind a veil of anonymity, those are pretty easy acts to attempt.

Lastly, I never use the phrase "your dad" in my first comment as you attempt to quote me saying in your third comment. Since I never use the phrase, you don't need to attempt to quote me as writing it. Plus, you don't even quote it correctly, and you don't have to use all caps to make something sound more important. Also, you've got to learn the difference between an exclamation point (!) and a simple period (.). Just thought I'd use some of my "self professed education" to use.

January 26, 2013 4:48 pm on Hutchins hopes to revive struggling Hobart boys soccer program
***DISCLAIMER***

I had no idea Lilhutch82 had written his comment when I posted mine. So no, we did not write these in conjunction with each other.

January 26, 2013 1:16 am on Hutchins hopes to revive struggling Hobart boys soccer program
In DIRECT RESPONSE to mak220 (all others thank you),

I would like to premise this comment by first saying that I am Michael Hutchins, Coach Hutchins's youngest of three sons. I say this only because you (mak220) or another reader would likely believe that Coach Hutchins himself created a bogus Times screen name to rebut the borderline blasphemy (and often confusing) language contained in your comments to Mr. Peters's article. Secondly, since we are all "entitled" to our opinions, I am going to give a very objectively powerful, yet factually accurate opinion about Coach Hutchins because I take direct offense to the ignorance displayed in your comments.
Being that I am a former player for Portage rec., Portage Soccer Club, Portage High School, NWI Futbol Club, Millennium Soccer Club, Indiana Olympic Development Program (ODP), and division three soccer, I have been a part of more teams that I can honestly count, which has given me a pretty concrete notion as to what is and is not a good head soccer coach. Now you are probably naive enough to think that this entire comment will be highly biased because he is both my dad and was most likely my coach for most of those teams....WRONG! In fact, he was only my coach for one of my Portage Soccer Club team s (U-14), and my Millennium team from U-15 thru U-19. With that said, I believe that a head coach of kids at any level for any sport has multiple responsibilities for his or her players outside the playing field. For example, a good coach, like my dad, strives to have education as a top priority alongside their athletics. In our household growing up, this was something that became second nature to my two brothers and myself by my mom and dad. As a result, all three of us graduated from college with two of us actually playing in college. Now if you read Mr. Peters's article carefully, you will notice him directly quoting my dad in saying that his "main goal" in coaching is to get kids into college. I mention this because student-athletes should always be reminded of how important school is and how beneficial college is. As a Hobart soccer parent, they should feel very comfortable and confident that their young man is being taught the importance of education alongside their soccer growth. So when you say "way to go Hobart," I completely agree with you.
Moving on to your next ridiculous statements about him being a part of the coaching staff the last three years and being "clueless at coaching soccer" -- that is just plain malarkey. The only truth is that he was the JV coach. However, he is in no way clueless about the game of soccer because of how the Hobart Varsity team performed during his tenure as JV coach. Maybe you are uninformed about how the hierarchy system works in high school sports, but you have the Varsity, Junior Varsity, and sometimes Freshman coach. The Varsity coach is 100% responsible for what the Varsity team does, and although the JV coach can give as much input as possible, the Varsity coach doesn't have to listen and is fully responsible for their success or failure. So you cannot correlate him being the JV coach the last few years to how the Varsity team will now perform, since he had absolutely no say over what the prior head coach did with the team. And as far as him not being clueless about the game of soccer, I'm not exactly certain of all of his soccer coaching experiences, but what I am certain of is he : (1) has at least one coaching license; (2) has coached my middle brother's travel team for at least two seasons; (3) has coached my Millennium club team for five seasons (each having high has school players); and (4) was president of the Millennium Soccer Club for a few years while training various teams during that tenure, just to name a few credentials. As a side note, two of those five Millennium teams he took to the Indiana State Cup Final Four. But I guess over fifteen years of coaching at various levels outside high school soccer makes him -- or anyone for that -- matter, “clueless” about the game. I think the only “clueless” person in this equation is you and your lack of understanding him as a coach, and the English language and how to type a coherent sentence.
I must next address this incredibly inaccurate information about him only winning one game in his first two seasons as Wheeler’s coach. And since you addressed it, I will correct you in saying that he had only won one game in each of his two seasons as Wheeler’s JV coach (so 2 total), and then had won a combined over 30 games in his four seasons as Wheeler’s Varsity coach included a 10-win season being his best.
And lastly, you boldly claim that you "feel sorry" for any community players, parents, and members for the humiliation they will surely see their school’s soccer team endure. The only people I feel sorry for are your children because I am sure that they were not taught certain life lessons if even their father or mother (whoever mak220 is) can’t appreciate the kind of man that has been brought in not only to coach the community’s student-athletes, but to also instill life lessons (education) as well. If you had ANY idea about my dad’s involvement with the youth, you would know that he was a driving force in getting the middle school soccer teams going a few years back. You would know that he got heavily involved in the Union Township youth program while at Wheeler. And you would know that he has already been getting involved with the Hobart youth program. Oh, and as another side note, he is currently voluntarily coaching a youth team at one of the local YMCA’s (not Hobart’s) simply because they need another coach.
All-in-all, when I read your comments, I was revolted. I wasn't disgusted about you disagreeing with Hobart’s administration and addressing that opinion in an anonymous and public forum. And I wasn't disgusted about you disagreeing about my dad as a soccer coach. Throughout my many years of advanced education, I have come to appreciate a quality disagreement, especially when it is accurate and even if it is about you personally or your family. But when you come across as knowing what you are talking about through completely inaccurate information about my dad, I take serious offense to that. Also, I agree with mak220 that John Hutchins “is a great man,” and that I have shed some light that he has been a great coach, and will continue to be a great coach.

January 26, 2013 1:13 am on Hutchins hopes to revive struggling Hobart boys soccer program