Hutchinson ? Some critics of Randy Dreiling, Hutchinson High School football coach, are questioning whether he is being given preferential treatment after a minute-long tirade to his team in which he used the “F” word 16 times.

High school administrators learned of the tape by a recording first posted months ago on The Wichita Eagle’s Web site.

Dreiling was given a reprimand, though few details have been released by the administration.

Players were participating in a team camp at Pittsburg State University in June when someone recorded Dreiling’s shouting rant.

Dreiling has endeared himself to a lot of Hutchinson High School football fans since taking over a losing team in 1998 and leading it to its fourth straight Class 6A football championship last year.