Not sure if it is Mafia tactics, but it does sound like bullying. I find it hard to believe that the coach could not protect the freshman swimmer from his teammates so the freshman has to clear out and practice when the rest of his team shows up!? This coach still has job but that freshman swiimmer and some, and I am not clear how many, of the rest of the swimmers doing the bullying (or whatever you want to call it, as I can think of stronger language to use) are no longer on the team or at the school. The coach is still there and not even a party to the lawsuit. Seems like there must be missing information or something that just does not compute.