Iowa Football Coach Fatally ShotBy NIGEL DUARA,APposted: 2 HOURS 19 MINUTES AGOPARKERSBURG, Iowa (June 24) -- A high school coach who helped launch several professional football careers was gunned down by a former player Wednesday morning in front of students taking part in an offseason workout, authorities said.Mark Becker, who was supposed to have been taken to a hospital psychiatric ward after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase Saturday night, unloaded several rounds into Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas and was arrested at a nearby home soon afterward, said Kevin Winker, assistant director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.Winker said he couldn't discuss what Becker's motive for the slaying might have been, or what Becker might have been up to in the days leading up to the shooting."Motive is one of those things we're looking into," Winker said.School was not in session, and Becker did not threaten any of the students in the room, he said.Thomas, 58, died at a Waterloo hospital. His shooting stunned the rural community of 1,800 residents 80 miles northeast of Des Moines, and it reverberated through NFL circles, where he was remembered as much for his faith as his winning record."Coach Thomas was very special to me and many other young men from the Aplington-Parkersburg communities," said Green Bay Packers linebacker Aaron Kampman. "His legacy for many will be associated with his tremendous success as a football coach. However, I believe his greatest legacy comes not in how many football games he won or lost but in the fact that he was a committed follower of Jesus Christ."
6/24/2009 8:22:41 PM
o wow
6/24/2009 8:24:02 PM
well, RD is a pacifist for sure but he does look kinda like that guy, except with a haircut
6/24/2009 8:53:30 PM
It would require leaving your moms basement to go kill someone....So not RD.
6/24/2009 8:55:40 PM
RD's mama won't let him grow his hair like that, so no
6/24/2009 8:56:44 PM
i have a literal fear of RD at this pointlike someday im going to make a comment about him,or post this picture to win whatever i am taunting him aboutand he is going to columbine me just look at him watching me through his computer[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 9:04 PM. Reason : .]
6/24/2009 9:02:10 PM
but you already lose at life by having voted for George W. Bush and John McCain
6/24/2009 9:51:26 PM
whod you vote for, bev perdue
6/24/2009 9:52:55 PM
I VOTED FOR FREEDOM MOTHERFUCKER
6/24/2009 9:53:28 PM
lolthat wasn't an option last november
6/24/2009 9:54:23 PM
or was it!!
6/24/2009 9:55:17 PM
no, it wasn'thasn't been for a long time
6/24/2009 9:56:28 PM
so you're saying GWB was not the republican candidate in 2000 and 2004, and John McCain in 2008?just making sure we're on the same planet herebecause I don't remember specifying "last november" anywhere in my post ]
6/24/2009 9:57:30 PM
lets get back to that guy lookin just like RD
6/24/2009 10:00:33 PM
he reminds me of a mix between myself and Spontaneous or something
6/24/2009 10:01:19 PM
hahahahahahaMr Grace just won the FUCK out of this thread
6/24/2009 10:05:25 PM
chowley ITT
6/24/2009 10:05:40 PM
rowley is next
6/24/2009 10:11:20 PM
the next to kill stupid motherfuckers like miss grace and mr. phlegm-pee (emce) that is
6/24/2009 10:13:09 PM
:crack: :crack: :crack: :crack: :crack: :crack: :crack: :crack: :crack: :crack: :crack: :crack:
6/24/2009 10:31:02 PM
6/24/2009 10:32:04 PM
ew that guys teef are gross
6/25/2009 8:31:51 AM
nah that grill is tightttt
6/25/2009 12:09:08 PM