Quote:
Originally posted by coachgrd
The conduct of coaches continually amazes me, particularly at the middle school level you spoke of. I have coached two seasons a year of bball for 15 years (girls in the fall, boys in the winter) and am constantly amazed at how my opposing coach conduct him/herself. Perhaps I'm just to slow and dimwitted to worry about both my players AND the officiating. If a young coach ever asks me for advice (I don't see a line forming yet) I think the first words from my mouth are going to be "just shut up and coach. You are a PROFESSIONAL! Act like one!" If some of my collegues would just remember that they are role models, particularly at the 5/6 & 7/8 grade levels, perhaps we wouldn't have 16 year olds who taunt, bait, disrespect opponents and officials. God this stuff irritates me...sorry to go off but you struck a chord.
|
Nice to hear this coming from a coach.
What makes the situation worse is these young hot heads are paired with new refs (mostly) who don't know how to handle this type of thing in a professional manner themselves.
Quote:
Originally posted by rainmaker
Wish you worked in Portland. We have a couple coaches here, who act like you do, and they are so nice to work for. One game I had one like you and one of the other kind. The Other Kind says, "He's just trying to butter you up." I thought, "Yea, maybe so, but if it works, shouldn't you be trying it?"
|
Seems it might have been the perfect thing to say to him, you might have gotten the chance to see the lightbulb go on over his head.
btw, you think coach meant to use the big G or the little g in his post?
