@Oscar de la Mayer: At least at Rutgers we did get training on all of the proper ways to use the lifts, after all, it's the kids themselves that are operating them.
Did we take it all 100% seriously as a bunch of early-twenty-somethings? No, but in weather like that, the video coordinator or head coach had to know it wasn't safe for Declan to be out there.
I had the same job at Rutgers for a few years...there were times that we were scared up there but it was never this bad. Agreed that this is entirely the coaching staff's fault. R.I.P. Declan and may your family be compensated as much as possible by Notre Dame.