Of soccer and coffee: Save money on coffee by skipping the fancy stuff

Maybe this over-the-top youth-soccer coach should have gone with the decaf.

Last week, before the start of the current soccer season, Michael Kinahan sent out an e-mail to parents of the girls' soccer team he was coaching in Scituate, Massachusetts. But it wasn't the usual rah-rah, we're-gonna-have-a-fun-season note.

Instead, in what Kinahan said was "largely (albeit not completely) meant in jest," according to The Patriot Ledger, he wrote parents all manner of outlandish comments about the team he called "Green Death," including:

• "We do not cater to superstars, but prefer the gritty determination of journeymen who bring their lunch pail to work every week, chase every ball and dig in corners like a Michael Vick pit bull."

• "The kids will run, they will fall, get bumps, bruises and even bleed a little. Big deal, it's good for them (but I do hope the other team is the one bleeding)."

• "And speaking of meat, I expect that the ladies be put on a diet of fish, undercooked red meat and lots of veggies. No junk food."

Read the rest of the e-mail on Deadspin.com.

Some parents and the Scituate Youth Soccer League weren't amused, and Kinahan resigned. Perhaps those parents were offended because Kinahan implored them to not be "yuppies who sit on the sidelines in their L.L. Bean chairs sipping mocha-latte-half-caf-chinos while discussing reality TV."

In the spirit of Kinahan's coffee commentary, we'd recommend that Scituate parents check out our report on ground 100 percent Colombian coffees (available to subscribers). In the caffeinated category, we found that Eight O'Clock Coffee 100% Colombian served up the best combination of taste and price. And given its modest cost—only 15 cents per cup—it's definitely less pricey than a coffeehouse concoction.—Kimberly Janeway e-mail | Twitter

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