A Genuine Thank You

BDevil15 · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:34pm

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.

crosscountry55 · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:44pm

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Originally Posted by BDevil15

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.

Nevadaref · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:45pm

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.

bob jenkins · #4 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 18, 2016, 07:26am

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Originally Posted by crosscountry55

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.

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)

A Pennsylvania Coach · #5 (**permalink**) Fri Mar 18, 2016, 08:07am

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Originally Posted by crosscountry55

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.

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.