Mon Mar 21, 2005, 06:52pm
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Originally posted by bballrob
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Originally posted by WyMike
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Originally posted by MegatronOSU
I'm just glad when my son is of age that we aren't going to put his whole stock in a travelling AAU team. I don't think I could ever sit in the stands and let my son be treated the ways these coaches treated these kids. There are more important things when it comes to playing basketball, like having fun and enjoying yourself.....
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This should be printed on the cover of every program in every tournament. There are parents and coaches whom might have a wake up call after reading it.
Case in point. 5th grade girls are playing and I have a crying, and I mean CRYING girl running the floor in the 4th. I tell the coach to check her after we do a few trips up and back because I think she may be hurt. Coach informs me "She's alright!" as if to tell me to mind my own business. Fine.
My partner goes to adminster a throw-in where this girls is defending the inbounds pass and she's still crying. He puts his arm around her to she if she's okay and she just nods and looks over at the coach. We continue play and the game ends. Of course this team got rolled up and lost.
After the game the coach is absolutely ripping this girl in the hall out near the concessions where everyone can hear. It's the traditional "you don't want it bad enough!!!", "you're being lazy!!!", "you're letting you're team down!!!", and the best of all "do you want to play or not!!?!?!?" tantrums. The girl is still crying and we're talking solid crying for over 15 minutes now.
Then after the coach is done, mom and dad get their turn and take their shots at her repeating almost everything the coach said verbatim. Then they haul her out to the car and God knows what happened out there. It was to the point I felt like intervening as it was certainly beginning to border on emotional child abuse.
Next day, same thing. Girl is crying during the last period... I just stayed out of the hall afterwards...
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Why not do the girl a favor and find some way to "eject" her from the game.
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Because she would probably turn up "missing" the following day!
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