Assistant Kneeling

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BryanV21

The coaches response to what I said (screaming and getting in my face), which may not have been delivered with kids gloves on but absolutely wasn't done so in an a-hole manner either, shows me that no matter how I said what I said things weren't going to go smoothly.

That is the mythology of what we do. We think if you are nice and speak in these wonderful tones, that coaches and players react in a certain fashion. They often have an issue no matter what. The coach I was talking about from jump looked like he did not want to be there (the team was winless in like 5 games and lost by 50 last night too). So the idea that you will just speak in a way and makes everyone comply is crap. Some coaches especially just want to challenge stuff and there is nothing you can do to say it. You have a right to tell a coach the rule and be direct about it. It is up to them to take the information and to comply or challenge what you are saying. This is business, not personal much of the time.

Peace