ethical coaching behavior

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by jellybeads
We notified at least half of the parents by phone to share the news, some also expressed their own concerns and many thanked us for our courage. We have discovered 2 parents who are very concerned and one who is thinking of pulling her daughter.
In the meantime, we've been told by the director that he will NOT continue a dialogue with us since I quote "Your daughter is no longer in the program"......geeez, can they keep digging the hole deeper for themselves, or what? Oh, did I mention my 12 yr. old son is in the boys travel league and my husband is one of 3 coaches of that team?
As someone famous once said (let me know who):
IF NOT ME, THEN WHO?
IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN?

If you can't get any satisfaction any other way, just pull out completely and start your own league. When other parents have a choice, they may very well prefer your way of doing things. See if you can get the local high school coaches to work with you. Just in terms of sheer practicality, abuse usually doesn't get the desired results. If you can produce teams with about the same win-loss record as "the other guy", and let the girls enjoy that, you'll definitely win the war in the long run.