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Old Thu Nov 29, 2012, 02:13pm
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Coaches Dealing with Parents

I'd like share a quote from another board from a coach who had to deal with a less-than-skilled player and his more-than-delusional parents. As much as we like to grumble about coaches, THIS is the reason why I have such respect for coaches. So much work, so little pay, and so much crap.

Parents get mad at us for 5-10 seconds, then move onto the next play. On the whole, I believe coaches have it worse. Some parents hold grudges against coaches.

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I once was confronted by parents that were quite upset that their Senior son was not getting enough playing time(hard to imagine I know). After they called me every name that one could think of, threaten to have me fired and dad assault me I calmly explained this.
Your son is actually a good athlete, an honor student, a gentleman and son that all of us would love to have as our own....BUT he is not a good basketball player. I further explained that he had a bright future and would undoubtedly get his 15 minutes of fame and much, much more. I assured them that because he wasn't a good hoop player it was not reflective of them or in any way failure for him or them. On the contrary they were very good parents that were simply guilty of not being able maintain objectivity due to being so emotionally invested.
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