cabbagedad posted:Dealing with a nasty, temperamental or mean coach (which, again, happens more than many think) is really just another item on the long checklist of challenges to overcome.
This the kind of comment I really don't understand. Why should he subject himself to that? He wouldn't have to in the corporate world, at least not outwardly and certainly not in light he has described things. Plus the coach doesn't want him, he made that clear by his actions and then again by his conversation and follow up.
I have suggestion for the coach, man up, call the boy (remember he is 19 and the coach in theory is a grown mature adult) into your office, tell him the problem, what is not acceptable and what needs to happen moving forward...or cut him loose.
Don't be 30 or 40 50 year old hiding behind your job title, man the hell up and deal with an uncomfortable situation like an adult. This not to much to ask for and the fact that any coach doesn't do that is a poor reflection on the coach as person and school as an entity.
This is basic common sense and communication 101. He doesn't have to be nice he only has to be professional.