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The Annual Talk from an Attorney: Helping our guys make good decisions

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One night after an away game, I get off the bus to go in my office and I have an unexpected visitor, who had followed our busses home.  It was the mom of a female student from the HS of our opponent.  She was not happy with one of my players and began to make threats. A good friend of mine was an attorney in town. So I called him, around midnight, to get advice on the best way to proceed.  Fortunately, there was nothing for her to pursue and my player had done nothing wrong. I can speculate as to why she made that trip. But, from the incident, we began an annual meeting with this attorney and my players. He said he didn't want any more midnight phone calls! So, first at Mason County, and now at Mercer County, once during our preseason "camp" an attorney will come in during lunch and talk to our kids about what types of stuff will get them in trouble. It usually gets real quiet. You can tell by the looks on their faces that they are often surprised at what choices can lead...