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I wish there were more t's in my youth league...
I coached my 6th grade girls in a championship game on Sunday. We won 4 straight to get there. The coach of the other team was ill tempered, bad mannered and the didn't even know the basic rules of the game. He wanted calls, calls and calls. He wanted my girls ejected for tying up the ball. He wanted them to stop stealing, stop pressing, stop everything that we were doing to win. He was on the floor screaming, his group of parents were screaming. We won by 2 points in the last 45 seconds. I told my girls to stall and run the clock. He screamed for his team to foul so they did. They inbounded, we stole it, he screamed some more. Finally as time ran out he ran on the floor screaming at the ref that they lost the game for him. The parents of his players demanded a rematch for "bad reffing" and wanted the refs reported. They wanted us to replay a championship game for a bunch of 11 year old youth ball players. I wished one of the refs would have handed out a T. The guy acted like he wanted one, heck give it to him. These coaches ruin it for everyone.
I know I hear a lot that no one cares about rec ball. I do because I try to teach the kids the rules, the game, the fundamentals AND make sure they have a good experience. Then maybe the HS games that do matter will be better for everyone.
I agree that the behavior becomes worse the younger the age group. Everyone parent has a superstar and budding WNBA player in the making. I'm burned out. I'm glad we won, but glad the league and tournament is over. I have a 7th grade AAU team starting tonight. New players, new faces, new start. Change is good.
Coach Gbert
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