'Hostile' social media intensifies sting of parents' beefs about high school coaches

Parental grumbling about high school coaches is getting louder and more disruptive, fueled by growing use of Facebook and Twitter to spread displeasure with decisions as basic as about who plays and who starts.

Two longtime coaches who resigned last month both blamed, in part, parents using social media to amplify their vitriol. Coaches who counsel their players on the long-term damage caused by careless social media behavior are now increasingly reaching out for help to counter parents in need of similar restraint.

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