No one expected this to happen within the North Delta Minor Hockey Association and it’s hoped that this is only one person’s views and no one else follows.
Coaching kids in any sport is one thing, but trying to impress your own idealistic views on them, is not only morally wrong, it goes against any Coaching philosophy you ever learn.
So in our own back yard we hear about a 33-year-old minor hockey coach who calls Langley his home has been fired by North Delta after posting “a series” of Nazi propaganda images to his Facebook page, which has since been taken down.
Christopher Maximilian Sandau coached (past tense) players in North Delta before league officials were alerted to his posts, to which some questioned the Holocaust death toll and suggest prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camps were well-cared for.
Another post features a swastika and reads, “If this flag offends you, you need a history lesson.”
The North Delta Minor Hockey Association issued a statement confirming Sandau was let go over the weekend and condemning the material he shared online.
“The posts contained extreme and objectionable material believed to be incompatible with an important purpose of our Minor Hockey Association: To promote and encourage good citizenship,” president Anita Cairney said in a statement.
“The NDMHA requires that our coaches present themselves as positive role models for our children athletes.”
The association said it won’t be commenting further on the advice of its legal counsel, but that alternative coaching arrangements have already been made.
Keep your views to yourself – YOU’RE COACHING KIDS!! Out of respect to our Vet’s who fought in the Wars – I WILL NOT POST ANY IMAGES OF THE SWASTIK
Great to see NDMHA take immediate action, but to date I have not seen any press release from the PCAHA.
Story done by CTV News:
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-minor-hockey-coach-fired-over-pro-nazi-facebook-posts-1.2088881
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