Coach and Player Confrontation

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Old School

I do not ride a horse nor carry a big stick. I would have step between the player and coach and tried to talk the player out of it. I would have at least given that a try and not access any technicals if successful, but warned the bench. I said this before, I am pro-players and against the coaches actions here. You should not push a kid that far. It's just a basketball game. I agree with the arguement of making the players tough, however, I disagree with driving them crazy to do so. I guess since you didn't see the look in his eyes, you couldn't understand that, rightfully so. But you should comprehend the fact that this is a 17 year old. Can you imagine what must be going thru your head at age 17 to go after an adult? And of that, how much of it is rage and how much is emotion? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see this is not a good situation for this kid and I made need to get involved from a parents prospective. You guys may disagree with that, but that's just how I feel inside.

So let me get this straight.
You're going to insert yourself into what you think is a situation where the player needs you to protect him from his coach's verbal abuse? You see this kid once, for a total of what, an hour? And now you think you're qualified to ascertain the health of this coach/player relationship? Furthermore, you think you can step in and shield this player?

You've got no idea of the history between these two, and unless you've got more contact with them than you're letting on, I'd go so far as to say you probably have no business getting involved. It's for the players, parents, and coach to hash out later.

The only involvement I can justify is if either of their behavior warrants a T. Tell them to save it for after the game and move on.