When did this happen?

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Originally posted by Brad
I feel that the kids tried to mirror the attitude of their coach

I think that I will paraphrase this (if you don't mind)

Players mirror the attitude of their coach

and put it on a plaque and sell it!!!

This is an undeniable truth about sports. The worse the coach is, the worse the players and fans will be. Period.

I agree entirely with that comment Brad. But, I will also say that I have had some experience where using the captain, we have been able to calm the coach down. That's why I made my original point about Giving Respect to Get Respect (you and I will just have to agree to disagree on that point).

If the players see that you a)smile at the captains meeting, b)say a friendly word to 2 or 3 of them during pregame warm-ups, then c)you are more likely to garner their respect, which leads to d)being able to really rely on your captains (even if it's not the student-athlete that appears at the circle) to help calm players and coaches down.

That was really the intent of my original post - but in hearing JRut's full explanation of the game situation I felt like he tried to handle things in much the same way I would have and sometimes the tricks just don't work. Some kids are just A-holes plain and simple.

Jake