This may have been discussed, so I apologize in advance if this is a re-post. But, I have to ask..... Are you kiddin' ME?
This is not about politics, parents v. coaches, etc. I know how hard it is to have a job where everyone wants to complain, have their input, and hold you accountable. As a matter of fact, maybe I don't really have anything to complain about, should shut-up and thank my blessings. GED10 is on varsity, has been since he was a freshman. He starts/plays in every game. So why am I complaining?
Here's my problem:
The varsity has been given several deadlines and assignments over the past week. I have no problem with deadlines or assignments, I am a BIG fan of life lessons in baseball!! Players have been instructed to get to practice on time, have their equipment at every practice, be at early morning weight training workouts, and to "turn in" certain fundraising items by a certain date.
GED10 is usually the first player at practice, 30 minutes early, dressed and ready to go. He usually beats the coaches to the field. He has not missed an early morning workout, has his equipment, and has turned in all his required fundraising items, most of them early. Most of the team has been pretty good about their stuff, with the exception of a few. Ironically, the players who routinely don't take care of their stuff, are the guys the coaches have deemed "leaders" on the team.
Running giant triangles has been the preferred discipline of the week and apparently since the team has had to run 4 times this week, for the same players, the old-school desired result of peer accountability has not been successful. To add fuel to the fire, there have been "zero" additional concessions for the guys who repeatedly let their teammates down. No bench time, not substitution, etc. Just business as usual after the punishment. On two seperate occasions, the coaches have told the rest of the team the two main players who don't take care of business have been singled out as the only two on the team who have been "getting it done".
Now I have coached youth sports for 14 years, but I'm not a HS coach. I've never had to put food on my family's table thru coaching, although I get paid for what I do now in baseball. I consider myself a pretty intelligent guy, pretty BB savvy, but FOLKS - I don't get it!
Where am I missing it?? I know all the cliches, the reasons/rationals of the concept, but the only thing being accomplished at the "team" level is group discipline and conditioning!!! LOL
These guys don't care about social consequencies, they have each other and the coaches to clown with. They could care less about their teammates. Maybe when all else fails, and you can no longer use sound coaching concepts, group discipline is all you got left?
Sorry for the rant.... I'll concede the soap box to the next poster now.
GED10Dad
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Even the one who was the first pick in the 4th round of that year's MLB draft. And I don't think he was even part of the prank. But then, running was never a problem for him anyway. 
