There's nothing like randomly seeing your player's name in the police log of your local paper. A professor emailed me a newspaper article about somebody (Santa) who had the same name as one of our players that also happened to live in the same town. I read the article and figured there was no way he could've actually done what he was accused of.
I was an Assistant Coach at the time, so I forwarded the article to the Head Coach. He reacted as I did after reading it. We decided to meet with Santa to see if he was, in fact, the perpetrator.
(HC - Head Coach)
HC: (handing him the newspaper) Is this you, or just an odd coincidence?
Santa: (takes a quick look at the article and makes a face)
HC: Are you shittin me? Really?!?! What were you thinking?!?
Santa: You don't know what it's like to be broke wit 2 kids, man! I was desperate!
HC: What?!? Don't bring your kids into this!
Santa: I did it for them! I can't find a job! Nobody will hire me! What you want me to do?!?!?
Me: (speechless) I hear all that, but why didn't you come to us first? We could've helped.
Santa: How's a man gonna ask another man for shit! I gotta provide! I'm the father!
Me: I understand, but now you're going to court for this and could get in deeper trouble.
(Everybody in silence...)
Santa was caught speeding away with a pine tree in the back of his pick-up truck after cutting it down in the yard of a Christmas Tree shop.
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