CASPER, Wy. — A high school football coach in Buffalo, Wy., has resigned after distributing a mock survey entitled the “Hurt Feelings Report,” in which responses for players to check off included, “I am a pussy,” “I am a queer,” and “I am a little bitch.”
Pat Lynch
Pat Lynch, who had been head football coach at Buffalo High School for 13 years and had led the team to two state football championships, resigned from that position earlier this week, but the school board has allowed him to retain his position as a guidance counselor at the high school under administrative supervision, reported the Casper Star-Tribune.
In the aftermath, Johnson County School District 1 superintendent Dr. Rod Kessler was supportive of Lynch and the efforts to repair his reputation.
“[Lynch] screwed up, he screwed up big time,” Kessler said.
“The coaching, we didn’t want that to be the issue anymore. We wanted him to have his priority back where it was as a counselor.
“None of us are happy that it happened. It’s a black eye to the district. And it’s a black eye to Pat.”
[...]The board did, however, allow Lynch to continue in his position of guidance counselor at Buffalo High School, under administrative supervision.
“We’re going to work with Pat and have him continue doing the good things he was doing prior to this mistake,” Kessler said. “Our hope is that we can mend things we need to mend and gain back the trust and get the reputation that he needs to gain back as a professional.”
The superintendent said the intent Lynch had for the survey is not being revealed publicly, but that his “personal opinion was the intent wasn’t to harm. It was probably to be a joke or something like that.”
The community’s response to the school board’s action has been mixed, including some public outcry over Lynch being retained in the role of a counselor.
On parent said Lynch should have apologized to the players — not the school board.
The “Hurt Feelings” survey is here — click to enlarge:
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Isn’t it almost worse that he’s now a guidance counselor?
I don’t think he should be a guidance counselor.
…why is he a counselor
I agree. There is no way he is able to offer objectional advice to teens trying to figureout who they are and where they want to be in life.
This guy spews hate and bigotry in public and in front of school kids, resigns because of it, then gets re-appointed as a school COUNSELOR? WTF? Now he’s in a position to counsel students on how to hate, bully – whatever he wants – without supervision. It’s just hard to believe that this continues to happen.
Um, wouldn’t it be better to keep him as a coach but NEVER let him be a counselor?
WHAT RETAINS JOB AS A COUNSELOR HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH COME ON
This dick is a guidance counselor? Seriously? Someone tell me this is an April Fools joke or something.
How sad that I live here.
I know, they are going to let him continue as a counselor!
He shouldn’t be retained at all.
I know this was posted as an ‘outrage’ type piece, but the survey he gave to his team is actually quite funny! Un-acceptable in the context given, but amusing.
Again i say, am i the only one that feels that this country is going crazy???
Ummm. Let the dick COACH…thats just a damn game. Guidance counselor…THATS dealing with lives!
smh.. after looking at that lil report…what is its purpose? He’s probably one of those leather boys undercover thats into sexual humilation fetish cause that’s just plain ridiculous
if he’s no longer the coach, and made those remarks he shouldn’t be able to be a guidance counselor either
This shit encourages bullying. FUCK THIS!!!!!!!
i bet he´s a cocksucker himself.
this is disgusting. I would never want him to be MY guidance counselor…and I’m glad he can spell the word “easily” correctly…
Breyana your not the only one he should never have been allowed to continue as guidence counsellor after the remarks he made it is works for the kids he is counselling now
It is just as disturbing that someone with that sort of judgement will continue as a guidance counselor. Oy vey!
Has anyone been able to post his “Hurt Feeling Report”? I would really like to post it but can’t get it up loaded. It is unbelievable that he is still a counselor at his school.
seriously… as a guidance counselor?
Counseling kids how to hate properly. Yes something the schools definitely need to be doing.
Oh nice..so he gets to “counsel” the kids that would take the most offense to his fucked up survey…That school board is setting themselves up for a nasty lawsuit keeping him employed at all
This is so f’n disturbing. I just can’t even comment!! Gross!!!
This is kind of sexist too… “I have woman like hormones,” and “Girly-man signature.” Why are feminine adjectives being used as insults? He’s not only a bigot but quite clearly a sexist as well.
This man should not be a guidance counselor to any student!
Has this been forwarded to the aca or asca? He is certainly violating the codes of ethics as a counselor and would be stripped of his certification/licensure as a counselor, making it illegal to continue in his position as a school counselor.
oh yeah it says sexist in the title :P oops. didnt read the title. this still makes me mad though!
think he hates himself enough?
not surprised at all. There are so many like this idiot in this world today. what a damn shame.
A guidance counselor…….*blank stare*
damn, what next people. are people in charge of our youth really that ignorant! i think so!
eh… It just looks like something he found online, thought it was funny, because it is a little, and distributed it as a joke. You know how coaches are, they have to really lay on the alpha male thing like crazy to get the results they need. If he did create it, then that’s a different story. Ether way, it’s not cool. Even just as a joke, it’s just not cool. He should know better, and he should be punished, but I don’t think this alone qualifies him as an anti-gay monster, and I don’t think he should be crucified just to make an example of him. Let the man keep his job.
Maybe he can counsel Joe Paterno.
This is just sad that he is allowed to continue at the school in any function. It is just outrageous that they allow him a chance to save his reputation. If he was that worried about it then the jackoff should have never given his players that survey.
What a sensible, endearing ‘human being’..
lee rodgers at http://radiorodgers.com is saying gay people are to blame for Gerald Sandusky molesting and raping boys. Check it out! What a loser.
Okay, I read the “Hurt Feelings Report” and I personally thought it was kind of funny. Feminine adjectives are a little insulting to me, as a woman, but I can understand how men would use them. It’s natural. It’s a bunch of freakin’ football players. It was probably designed as a joke, something to get the testosterone pumping. I don’t see why everyone is so upset about it. However, AS A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, he should have known better. If he were just a football coach, and none of the students themsevles were offended, then I wouldn’t honestly have cared at all. Since everyone DOES seem so upset, the school probably should have sacked his guidance counselor job, and let him continue coaching. It sounds like he did make a great coach. Just a really poor counselor. But that’s just my thoughts. I agree with most people: Has the world gone totally crazy?
Really? He is fired from coaching but gets to be the guidance counselor? Pretty much guarantees that none of the LGBTQ teens at that school are going to go to the counselor’s office, ever.
R u serious he’s a guidance counselor? The excuse is that was a joke? Who the f.. is laughing? With guidance counselors like that no wonder kids are been bullied and killing themselves.. What the f.. is wrong with people?? They are going to supervise him as he ‘guides’ this kids?? I am so stuned. He’s not a coach anymore but continues as GC?? WTF??????
I think he needs a guidance counselor.
he’s being retained as a counselor? that’s insane!
They are letting him continue to be guidance counselor? Seriously? He ought to be fired!
If he was anti-gay, then he should resign!
He looks like his night job might have him wearing a white hat and sheet.
This guy shouldn’t work with kids in any way! Get him out of the school where he can do no more damage! <3 maria <3
Have you seen the “This Coach Needs to Go Petition!” at Care2? The goal of “We demand equality and respect for Gay people in Wyoming” is 1,000 signatures: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/this-coach-needs-to-go/
he should’ve been fired altogether but i did find that survey funny :P
This is so absurd why is this man working in schools at all?
guess now he can guide the into homophobia, what a a hole
They called this a “mistake”? A mistake is putting bleach in your bright colored laundry load.
he’s a counselor??? and somehow that’s better?
Oh sure that makes perfect sense…idiots!
I can’t believe you can’t see this was a joke! Football players are not supposed to get hurt feelings when playing or practicing football. I believe the coach used this joke form to make a point in a funny way. There is no way this form was to be treated seriously because it is so offensive. I believe the point probably was that when the coaching staff yells, screams and has a fit because you screwed up a play, you are only supposed to try much harder, not take it personally and cry and run home an tell mommy. Also, the man in question is a counselor who also coaches football, not a football coach that got fired as a coach so was hired back as a counselor. Coaches at the high school level don’t get paid much and usually do it because of their love for both the game and the kids. I really think you good people have blown this mans moment of poor judgement in his career out of proportion.
He should lose his job as a counselor too!
I feel I should add that if this guy is really homophobic, he should not be counseling kids. I just can see how a mistake in judgement like this can happen. He should be in trouble, but treated fairly. I am sure his reputation as a counselor was and is under great scrutiny and rightly so!
Yeah that is definitely better. Idiots.
This guy is resigning for sexist, anti-gay survey though will retain his job as a GUIDANCE COUNSELOR??? If there’s a where one should be empathic, it is guidance councelor. That guy should be fired from that position.
He isn’t fit to Guide anyone.
I feel horrible for any LGBTQ child or young woman who winds up with HIM as their counselor… Good God.
I think that this survey is awesome. It is a shame that we have so many thin skinned people. I love the part where it says “I am a queer”…. LOL that is hilarious