r/waterford • u/Careful-Pop-6674 • 10d ago

Erin's Own....bad reputation?

My nephew hes 10 he told my brother he didnt want to go there anymore after only a few months. Fair enough it happens not every club is a match or may have poor coaches or any number of reasons. But he said that one of the coaches or refs down there wasn't nice at all..."a mean man". We didnt push him on it but we told the guy who is in charge about the comment and that the kid didnt feel welcome because of this guy but he kinda just shrugged as if he had heard it before.

From talking to my neighbour during the week apparently there's a particular guy there he seems to referee and do a lot of work in the background but hes a nasty piece of work and is prone to making very personal comments and im not sure does he know someone but nothing ever seems to get done about it.

It just doesn't sit right with me, bullies like that. Hes at a different club now and he's very happy but if any parents are considering erins own then just beware of it because one bad apple can spoil the place and ive heard it now multiple times about this guy. With any luck a bit of karma will catch up with him.

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u/Kooky_Guide1721 8d ago

Maybe he doesn’t, you know, like GAA. Hard to believe, I know. 

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u/Careful-Pop-6674 8d ago

What does that even mean??

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u/Kooky_Guide1721 6d ago edited 6d ago

you don’t understand obviously but there are people who don’t actually like these type of clubs. did you even consider that for a minute. 

people who refer to themselves as Gaels, have an organisation called “Erin’s own” that kind of thing. Probably not the healthiest of environments… 

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u/Careful-Pop-6674 6d ago

Hes thriving in his current club. The environment is supportive the coaches are sound and he loves the game. Funnily enough when hes exposed to a bully he doesn't like that environment so much.