re: Vandebelt Catholic High hit with penalty in Andrew Robinson case.

I suggest let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start…

2015
The Robison family looks for employment and in hind sight a place for their son to be the football star. The father is touted as an exceptional coach and teacher, to which he ended up being neither, perhaps VCHS didn’t check enough past history. Perhaps too VCHS did not realize at this time they had been scouted and shopped for the student athlete, hind sight again is 20/20. The student athlete receives the name “Golden Arm” and excels in every aspect, athletically, socially and I would assume scholastically at VCHS.

Spring 2018
The father is fired from VCHS for what we can imagine is just cause. Only VCHS administration and Mr. Robison know the truth, but we can all speculate there was valid reason. What everyone (including VCHS administration, Athletic Directors and Coaches) also knew is that Andrew Robison would not stay at the school his father was fired from and no one can blame him for that. So, to say that the VCHS coach did not expect Andrew to leave would be way off base. He would have no reason to be vindictive, as he knew this would be the result of his father’s firing. Did the coach cross the line? None of us know but the coach and Andrew, it is one word against another. To say the VCHS coach’s actions were sketchy, etcetera how do you know? Because the Robison family said so? The family who falsified documents? Want to talk about sketchy!

Late Spring 2018
Again, the dad “shopped” around looking for a place for his son to play. Some say, “stay put go to Terrebonne High and say hardship.” Very logical, except have you checked out Terrebonne’s stats? I would suspect there would not have been a place for him to have playing time. So dad needed to look elsewhere for Andrew to play.

A significant amount of commentary sure has hung the VCHS community & coach with only the word of the Robison’s. The same people that we do know falsified documents that in the end were the catalyst to all of this mess. Perhaps they were honest mistakes, we can only assume that is what the arbitrator that made the final decision thought. But none the less… that was wrong and not completely honest. Putting blame back on VCHS for the parent’s mistakes and lack of following correct protocol is inappropriate.

No one is perfect, we all should get that. But the mud-slinging that was initiated AFTER Andrew was ineligible to play seems erroneous. If it was so bad, why did he express such strong admiration for his experience at VCHS in late May after he was no longer a student there. IF it really was a toxic environment that he had left and he did not care to report it, he could have simply said thank you and walked gracefully away without applauding and praising. It just does not make since and neither does the ugly generic statements that are being made on this site regarding VCHS. I would bet that none of those making statements really know the heart and soul of the VCHS community. For that you should be ashamed.

Glad the kid got to play and apparently had a good game. No one wishes ill will on him, but parents we should all take note and play by the rules! They are there for a reason.

Signed,
"Holier Than Thow" (never railed on the kid!)