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PTC man wanted after youth football tirade

Mon, 09/17/2007 - 11:02am
By: John Munford

A Peachtree City man is wanted on several criminal charges revolving around a tirade at a Packers youth football game Saturday, Sept. 8 and fleeing from a police officer at Riley Field two days later.

Gerren Gamble Smith, 39, is charged with five counts of disorderly conduct after he used abusive, vulgar and profane language “in the presence of numerous persons under the age of 14 ... who were attempting to engage in a Peachtree City youth football game,” according to one of the arrest warrants. Smith was upset that his son wasn’t running the ball enough, police were told by witnesses.

Smith is also charged with obstructing a police officer after he drove off from Riley Field Sept. 10 although the officer told him to come back so he could be issued a criminal trespassing warning, the warrant said. Smith was also driving with a suspended license and is charged with hitting a fence and barricade with his 2007 Ford Expedition before he left the area.

The officer was attempting to serve a criminal trespassing warning because recreation officials had decided to ban Smith from the fields in light of Saturday’s incident, police said.

No physical threats were made during the confrontation between Smith and his son’s coach, police said.

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This man
Submitted by JoAnn on Tue, 09/18/2007 - 3:31pm.

This man should be in jail. If not just to show ALL those over-active parents what could happen. I love my children. They do the best they can do. If they are not given the "plays" that I think they deserve. It's maybe the coach, maybe not. Either way, it is the same in the working world. Is a child to think that "my father" will get me out of this? Even when I am Forty. And I think my boss hates me because I didn't get the promotion. Grow up - Parents. It's your dream. Let your children learn on their own.

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How Typical
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Submitted by TonyF on Tue, 09/18/2007 - 5:57am.

How sad. The word "vicariously" comes to mind. I coached youth sports for a while and this is nothing new. Loser dads "trying to recapture a little of the glory"(B. Springsteen")they probably never had in the first place. I think these kind of parents should be made to wear cheerleader outfits and work the parks picking-up trash and cleaning the outhouses. It's a shame the child is probably the one who suffers the most. I wonder, in these cases if the child even wanted to be there or is this the parents "fantasy" leauge? Get a grip people.

"The memories of a man in his old age, are the deeds of a man in his prime.You shuffle in the gloom of the sick room,and talk to yourself as you die."
(R. Waters)


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PTC youth football
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Submitted by Fyt35 on Tue, 09/18/2007 - 5:15am.

This man is a disgrace, I hope by now he is sitting in jail. It’s always the over zealous parents, coaches and spectators who leave a bad mark on youth sports. I used to concern myself with the amount of time my kids would play; one of them told me one day not to make a big deal about it because he was having fun with his friends. That’s all it took to put in perspective!
Mr. Smith probably thinks his son is a Division 1 prospect and will be an NFL first round pick, how narrow minded! I can’t imagine the kind of pressure he puts on his kid.


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