re: Hahnville QB "hearing" Thursday

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Vandebilt Catholic is a shite school. I knew that. But the coach is a prime time dickhead.

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Throughout the hearing, the Robisons did their best to explain why they left Vandebilt, attempting to make it clear they were not welcomed back. Colyer Robison described the May 1 firing of her husband as the catalyst to the move and that not only would they no longer to be able to afford Catholic school, but that "the environment in Houma became toxic."

She alleged soon after her husband was fired and it became clear Andrew wished to leave, Vandebilt offered Drew a job as a volunteer coach and Andrew could remain at the school tuition free, which would be in violation of LHSAA rules and that "we wanted no part of that."

Andrew Robison said not only did he "not have a school to attend for my senior year," but that Vandebilt coach Jeremy Atwell became "verbally abusive" toward him on several occasions and said he would not be welcomed back to the Terriers football program. When the Robison family chose Hahnville, Andrew said he was taken out of class "almost every day" over the final weeks of his junior year by Atwell for hours at a time for one-on-one meetings which "started as discussion, moved into debate, and eventually he became verbally abusive in an attempt to intimidate me by threatening me."

"Coach Atwell promised me I would be fully eligible at Hahnville if that's what I wanted to do," Andrew testified at the hearing. "A couple of weeks later when it was clear I was interested in Hahnville, he told me, 'I would never be eligible, and I would make sure of it.'

"I learned that during the next two weeks, Coach Atwell called at least two college coaches who were actively recruiting me to let them know I was a low-character recruit and to take me off their list. He later told me, 'I hope your team has a terrible season so I can say I told you so.' "

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