Rob T posted:Buzzard05 posted:mdschert posted:bballdad2016 posted:I dont think you're confused Rob. I think you're starting to pick up on it, actually.
bballdad2016 - Why would you go there? Why question my integrity? Why does it have to get ugly like that?
...because that is how a good portion of this board works. If you question a HS coach, you are most likely wrong, uneducated, playing favoritism toward your son, etc. I have seen a TON of these threads and they ALWAYS make this turn the longer they go on.
The point is in this case, it is coming off a parent showing he is smarter than the coach - while presenting facts that don't support this contention.
The facts presented run contrary to the way the vast majority of programs operate - and serve only to highlight the OP's contention that the coach needed his "help". There are numerous other factors at play that are being swept aside in order to fit the narrative.
There are certainly bad coaches out there, politics often come into play - I don't think anyone here who has been through the HS experience would deny that. However, these things are often used as a crutch when a parent doesn't see their kid getting whatever playing time/respect that the parent expects. So, when a poster jumps in with a recycle of "I'm smarter than the coach" - it's going to be looked at with a critical eye.
Coaches don't like dealing with parents because 99% of the time, the parent is looking through rose colored glasses at their child - and reality is at odds with what they believe. How many times are they supposed to entertain conversations with parents over the same topic? Parents don't realize that the coaches owe them nothing. If anything is owed it is to the player. The coach is there for them - not the people in the stands, not the people who show up on game day but never see hours of practice, not the people who don't have to make the difficult decisions but love to criticize them.
One of the reasons you hear posters say to let your kid handle the baseball issues, is because you are supposed to be teaching them how to be an adult. They are going to need to be able to navigate the world without you holding the rudder for them.
If you have to deal with baseball issues - what's next? Talking to college professors, talking to future employers? At some point they have to take responsibility for their own path. If they can't handle doing it with something as trivial as high school baseball - when are they going to learn?
For the record, my son hated the coach that headed his HS program for the past 2 seasons. I don't think he came home from practice a single day without some issue. My response was always the same - what are you going to do about it? I knew many times that he was right - but they weren't my battles to fight.
According to you I am presenting facts that don't support my contention? What would be those facts? Ding, ding, ding, the coach got it wrong. Why is that so hard to accept?