A Genuine Thank You
 

Hi Guys,
I coach in California and we just wrapped up our season this past weekend and I just wanted to say thanks for all that you guys do. I know it's a thankless job a lot of the time and it usually starts with me and my fellow coaches, but I want to say a genuine thanks for taking care of our kids and the game I love. All the best in the rest of your seasons and off seasons.

Thanks, Coach! But don't forget that we don't have practice at 5:30pm every day. You do. A great clinician once reminded me that coaches have a much harder job then we do. That does not go un-noticed by me. You make the game and the kids better, too. In this we are a team united.

Sometimes coaches seem thankless, and sometimes we even have to penalize this. But I've noted that 99.9% of the time no grudges are held. It amazes me how tempers can sometimes flare up to high levels (hey, we're all Type A and passionate about what we do), but then at the supermarket the next day it's a firm handshake followed by talk about the weather, traffic, or maybe even the possibility of the Cubs winning the pennant. That's pretty cool.

Thanks, and congrats are in order for you too. From what you wrote, I can discern that your team made it to the NorCal playoffs.

Plus, we have to put up with the parents for 90 minutes 2 or 3 times a season.

the coach deals with them 24x7x365x4 years (or more, depending on the feeder program specifics)

I spent 11 years as a coach and now so far, 9 years as an official. Coaching was much more frustrating at times. Also more fulfilling at other times. Higher highs and lower lows.

Leapin' Lizards ...
 

The one, and only, way that I would get back to coaching basketball would be if I was asked to coach a team of orphans. Seriously.

Not even coaches are that dumb. :rolleyes: