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Florida's Soccer Coach Out, Players Complained He Pressured Them On Eating Habits, Bodies

by Larry Leo

April 27, 202225 Comments

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After one season as the head coach of the Florida Gators women’s soccer team, Tony Amato is out. In his statement, Florida athletic director Steve Stricklin cited “challenges with relationship building and communication” as as well as a “disconnect” between Amato and the athletes he was in charge of...

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“My thorough evaluation of the soccer program is that there is a disconnect between Tony and his athletes,” Stricklin said, via WUFT.org. “We have worked diligently with Tony since last fall when I first became aware of challenges with relationship building and communication. As the issues continued to be brought to my attention, it became apparent that sufficient progress was not being made and Tony was not a fit for the University of Florida.”

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CanebreakCajun•36 months

So, I guess that Billy Napier doesn’t monitor the diets, work our routines and tell Florida football players if they are out of shape?

HarryBalzack•36 months

shite, I would have destroyed their program for half that price. Looks like they are firing him for cause, so why pay him?

ncinthenext3•36 months

fight like a girl to stay thicc

bengalman•36 months

Gator athletic dept consists of a bunch of lil bitches

tigerterrace•36 months

Well it is Scott Sticklin and the author called him Steve twice.

Glorious•36 months

Pics of soccer players’ bodies?

Philzilla2k•36 months

For real, what the hell is going on?

Solo Cam•36 months

The coach wanted them to exercise and eat right and he was fired!??

TigahJay•36 months

In case women's sports wasn't already bad enough of a product, now they want to be fat and out of shape too

KCSunshine•36 months

Wasn’t he coach that used to have national team?

LSUtoBOOT•36 months

Dude should have just picked up a bunch of trans men and dominated.

AtlantaLSUfan•36 months

Meanwhile you can say anything you want to men.

Porter Osborne Jr•36 months

Didn’t they fire the women’s bball coach over the same thing?

O P Walker•36 months

Bunch of fatties not willing to work..

ConfusedHawgInMO•36 months

maybe they were just big boned

atltiger6487•36 months

I don't have a clue exactly what this guy said, and he may be a jerk, but also maybe he just wanted his players in better shape.

jatilen•36 months

Now where is the outrage when coaches do this for male athletes?

TheWalrus•36 months

Probably not the whole story but a coach monitoring the nutrition of his players seems reasonable

XbengalTiger•36 months

I'm sure this is the whole story. This is the victim mentality that the left is cultivating in all university settings. So, having a strict nutritional plan for athletes is body shaming. Wow. Smh. Can't wait to see these fatties play.

imjustafatkid•36 months

Imagine the nerve of him to expect athletes to be in shape.

bgator85•36 months

Amato was not well liked. By anyone. It wasn't just athletes complaining about he talked about them. It was another blunder of a hire by Stricklin.

Billy Mays•36 months

Gonna be a common thread in women sports as time goes on. Society/culture is going to outpace some of the traditional/unpleasant coaching techniques we all grew up with.

Placekicker•36 months

And, that will be society’s loss. Just think about how much we gained by being challenged, rising to meet that challenge, overcoming adversity, etc… Without all of that in my past, I never could have overcome what I did and become what I am today.

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