haha, my dad got in a fight with a coach once cause my sister wouldn't stop picking flowers in the outfield
Some people just have issues. I was at my nephews tackle football game over the past weekend and the coaches there all were very positive, which was good to see.
We have good coaches in football this year too, it is flag football, but they are firm and positive for the most part. Nothing bad etc.....it seems that baseball has been the worst by far. DD
Youre always complaining about your kids league and other parents yet you need a 'code word' when you get a little too excited. Hmm. I remember when playing sports (baseball, football and basketball) with my friends was fun. We played in the street. No parents involved. Good times.
I grew up playing soccer my entire childhood, so I've pretty much seen every type of coach imagineable. It's disgusting how some parents and coaches don't understand that being louder and rougher does not equate to being a good coach. I'm not a big fan of the "everybody is a winner" mentality, but when there are a bunch of 9 year olds out there, the only real goal is for everybody to have fun. My brother actually got ejected from one of my games a long time ago because he threatened the opposing coach. The d-bag had told his biggest player to basically manhandle me the entire game, and he would cheer loudly every time this dump truck of a kid would throw me down, and keep me from getting the ball (I was twice as fast as everyone on the field, so goals came pretty easy to me). Needless to say, after the game, this little coward of a man used his team as shield, and held a "team meeting" right at his car, so my brother never got a shot at confronting him one on one. Freaking pansy.
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Times have changed a lot MoBalls, We did exactly the same thing, now everything is organized, there are very few sandlots etc... It is sad really, I remember being out till dark just playing with my friends. And the code word is for body language etc.....and I am complaing because I care about the kids.....and that is pretty big in my life right now. DD
now that i think about it, my dad was the coach. in a coed league that picked their teams, my dad picked all the girls cause no one else would lol. so one game my sis is in the outfield picking daises and this parent starts getting all upset yelling and stuff, i think he actually ended up coming onto the field too. so long ago though. another funny story about coaching and my dad. soccer tournament, different sister, she was complaining about her foot and my dad told her to suck it up and play. she ended up having a chipped bone, when he sent her back out there she tore a ligament in her foot. it's not funny...but it is
I've talked about it on this board before, but I was an assistant coach for my younger brother's soccer team when he was 6-9 (I was 15-18). This was back in the late 80's and early 90's. I witnessed dads nearly coming to blows because they felt one kid didn't make a pass to an open teammate. I saw dads berate referees about calls. I was a ref, and I was on receiving end of those tirades once after calling an off side. They scored a goal because the kid was off side, I called the penalty, negated the goal, and actually feared a bit for my safety (I was a 95 pound 17 year old at the time). We once lost a game by a goal. That goal was scored on a pretty wretched non-call by the ref, and I told the kids "good try, but for that one call we might have one". I got chewed out by a dad over that because I shouldn't give losers excuses for losing. I remember at the time thinking that parents were freaking insane. Now that I'm in my late 30's and have a pair of kids, I hope that I can keep them isolated from that kind of bs. I know a lot of leagues have behavior clauses now and have banned some parents for over-the-top antics. That kind of nonsense has no place in little league sports.
DD its called father/mothers trying to live vicariously through their kids. I've seen it in every sport (soccer, basketball, volleyball, baseball/softball), boys and girls, at every age level. Try being a good coach, who doesn't yell at the kids, and having the parents yell at you because they think you're doing it wrong... their kid doesn't play enough... you favor certain kids... you don't have them practice enough... you aren't telling them the right way to play etc etc etc. I got to the point where I had them sign an agreement at the beginning of each season saying that they wouldn't act like morons at the games. I have had parents screaming at their kids from the stands. I've had parents telling their kids not to do what I say and instead do what they say. I've had parents tell me that I'm a bad person. Maybe that's why people who are thick-skinned and yellers themselves stay coaches while people like me end up getting frustrated and moving on. I can see why you would take your kid out of that situation though. Sounds like it's time to take on the club if you are afraid to sign up your kid for the season because of this guy though.
When I was a trainer, I made the parents sign a letter at the beginning of each season that basically said the coach and I were the only ones who would speak to the refs during the games...and if they didn't like it, they could watch from their car. I explained to them that they paid me to do a job and they were going to let me do it. Worked out pretty well. Never had 1 issue with a parent losing his/her mind.
Thankfully, I never had a baseball coach like that (except for during all-star/select team stuff). I always found it ridiculous. I never found the all-star stuff fun simply because the coaches tended to be Dbags. And all-star selections were a joke. Every single coach's son was selected no matter what. There was me and one other kid that were not coaches sons that were always on the all-star teams growing up. Its completely meaningless.
This happens a LOT.....at our baseball fields. I coach too, and I was getting tons of folks going "Vote for my kid for the "A" team and I will vote for yours" I said "We are sitting out this all star season, and I have all the kids ranked completely on a scale of merit"..... The votes at least were private, but the politics.....oh man, the politics.... And I don't care about the "A" team....I mean....I want my son to have fun and play with better players so he gets better, but not at the expense of the fun part. DD
Why should how good or "better" the other players are for your son to play? Are you just saying that worse players should not mix with good players? You're full of irony here, sir.
