“Better a ruined zman than a ruined bachur.”
I could get behind that. But here a we multiple bachurim that got ruined, so it’s a non starter.
“Not buying it.”
They weren’t interested in dealing with these boys. They saw them as in the way of what the yeshiva was trying to do.
PS I wasn’t retreating. I was thinking about the fallout to the yeshiva scene in general. As we got more specific (I don’t know why you think a specific story would prove or disprove a movement.) I focused more on this one yeshiva. My statement still stands. Instead of just saying don’t get caught up in today’s nisayon (phone addiction), tell them what they can achieve instead (growth in Torah).