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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
I would also point out that parents are usually the worst problem. They have less understanding of what is going on than coaches and are less aware of sportsmanship concerns,player development issues, perspective based on age level and level of competition, etc.
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I absolutely agree with this. The really bad attitude coaches wouldn't last a week if the parents would pull their kids. But too many of them have stars in their eyes and rocks in their heads. Your description is so charitable, but I have become quite cynical about a lot of this. Even so, it's not all of them. I did have a dad apologize once. And I heard a mom after one game that almost made me break my rule about not volunteering to talk to aprents: Her daughter's team had lost by about 35 or so, but she said, (with unfeigned enthusiasm) "Great game, honey!! That cross-over dribble looks fabulous!" The girl was grinning sheepishly, but she was feelin' no pain. No, she won't end up at UConn or in the WNBA, but neither will the kid of the #$%&*%* who says, "Only 10 points tonight son? Didn't get enough sleep last night?" (Okay there are some gender issues in that last sentence, but you get my idea...)
WOW! Way emotional! Just finished a game with a very awful parent on the score table. Very awful. Very awful. Feelin' anti-parent at the moment...
[Edited by rainmaker on Jan 6th, 2001 at 02:08 AM]