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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
I'd quit right away.
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Rich -- you miss my point. I love the varsity atmosphere, too, and the whole routine. Believe me, I want to move up!!
What I'm disturbed about is the hostility and vituperation that spills forth at the lower levels. And the assaults both physical and verbal that occur at all levels. It is all completely inappropriate.
Watched a game tonight where the book person was the wife of the coach of the "home" team. She said, if they didn't win, he might get fired, because the school was putting so much pressure on him to win this particular tournament. They did have a couple of really good players, who choked a little, and they lost--not by much, and they played great. But she is truly worried about her financial situation, because some 13 and 14 year old boys acted like 13 and 14 year old boys. This guy has coached there for 20 years, and they are going to fire him because his team came in 2nd at an 8th grade tournament, that they had travelled two days to reach??
Completely, totally out of line. Where is the perspective? What are we teaching our kids? Abusing and assaulting refs is just part of this larger problem, and it's only going to get worse.