Many people do not realize that much of Texas was originally settled by folks from North Mississippi and West Tennessee area. There are some places there that you would think were in the "West" except they are greener. The men wear western clothes, raise cattle and enjoy Rodeo's. There are streets in Houston named for towns in that area.
In one of those small towns, there was a large county school system that had a coach from the north (an unfortunate situation). Some of the Good-oldboys didn't care for him or his abrupt manner and some really did not like the habit of carrying around a 1" X 2" X 24" stick during footbass practice to "remind" the boys of a missed pass or blundered play.
One day, during practice, three of the locals were observing the habit and one approached the coach and said, "Don't hit my kid with that stick again." The coach almost went into a rage and told the father that is was his field and his team and none of his business and to get off the field. When the father walked up to him and he realized that he was almost a head taller, his voice trailed off and he turned and walked back to the practice. The kids, however, heard and saw what had happened and the coach thought he had to regain respect.
After some time had passed, the kid of the father that had confronted the coach missed a pass and the coach swatted him on the back side whereupon the father steped over the fence and strode over to the coach. Exactly what transpired next is still being argued by various witnesses but the medic that responded told me that was the first time he ever had to carry someone to the emergency face down on a stretcher and the doctor later, with a bit of a smirk, said that he had to invent a new term: The Paddle-rectionomy.
The three witnesses and all the players told police that it was a really unfortunate accident that occured during an altercation that was "caused by un unprovoked attack by the coach" and no charges were filed against the father. I was also told that two major changes occured: 1) the coach had to depend on a plug to be "anal retentive" and when he returned to the field the stick was never seen again. He also did now return next year.