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Top "10" Excuses / Top "10" Reasons

CM Coach May1,000+ posts
#1 The coach plays favorites.
#2 I didnt play on the travel team.
#3 The coach doesnt play the best players.
#4 The coach doesnt know who the best players are.
#5 I dont work in the concession stand.
#6 I didnt help with the fundraising.
#7 My son stands up to him.
#8 I stand up to him.
#9 We dont kiss his Azz!
#10 We are the new kid on the block.

#1 Your not the best option.
#2 You dont work as hard as you need to work.
#3 You want something given to you.
#4 Its more important to your dad than it is to you.
#5 You only hustle when you think the coach is watching.
#6 You spend the off season "having fun"?
#7 Your dedicated during the season and then you need a "break".
#8 You love excuses and everyone around you loves to give them to you.
#9 No one has ever told you what you needed to hear only what you wanted to hear.
#10 Its easier to make it someone else's fault instead of yours.

After reading lately all the "Excuse" "Posters" posts lately I thought it was time to spice it up here a little. Too many kids are the greatest thing since sliced bread and then they get to HS and they have to stand on their own two feet and something terribly wrong happens. "EXCUSE TIME" "Those D@#$ COACHES".

Lets see this is what I like "Hard nosed ball players that want to earn it". "Hard azz kids that love the game because they love the game and not because someone is ready to spray them with golden praise perfume". "Kids that hate excuses and those that are standing there ready to give them one".

Soft kids that are wanting someone to give them something. Ready to cry fowl at the drop of a hat. And parents right there to do it for them.

If you think for one minute that Suzy has a prayer of making it in any college program with that attitude enjoy your HS days and forget about playing at the next level.

Tough kids, dedicated kids, disciplined kids with some talent survive and advance. The rest end up with all the excuses. "I could have but the coach @#%^^&*(! Yeah we have all hear that one all too many times have we not?"
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rz1rz15,000+ posts
Good post coach!

We all use excuses at one time or another in our lives so I guess you could say it is human nature. But at the same time I find it kind of funny that many of the most famous people in history think of "excuse makers" as rather low on societies food chain. A couple examples

quote:
Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943)

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)


As parents I think it is overlooked as a trait/habit we try to steer our kids away from, and at the same time it is a trait that kids replicate from mom/dad most often.

Do people here also notice that kids who have the most excuses usually have parents who do also?
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CADadCADad5,000+ posts
My son was injured last year and couldn't play in the field so I have no stake.

The starting 2nd baseman hit .000 for 2/3 of the season, struck out often (To be fair, IMO he was capable of hitting .200) and finished the season with a total of 2 hits, was a slow runner, was hated by the rest of the team, only hustled when the coach was watching, got out of the way of throws to second, and was a friend of the family of the freshman coach.

Funny thing is the freshman coach was a good kid (that may be my bias because he treated my son well) and is going to be a good coach someday.

There were 2 2nd basemen who were clearly better who both hit far better, ran better, fielded better and worked harder. 1 of them is the starter on JV partly because the rest of the team ran the 1st kid off the team during the off season.

Which reason does that fit?

Seems to me like you may be reacting to lots of parent complaints, possibly for a reason.

Tough, hardnosed kids with some talent is an excuse for playing favorites over the more talented kids who do their job, but don't go out of their way to pretend to fit the coach's style of play (suck up).

Did you ever consider that your second list is just a handy set of coach's excuses?

There are good parents, there are bad parents, there are good coaches, there are bad coaches. Most players get the amount of playing time they deserve, but there are those who get less than they deserve and those who get more.

Most of the time I'd go with the coach but there are a few times when the parents have it right.
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observer44observer441,000+ posts
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Got a kick out of these coach...

...but I was wondering, where did you come up with all these?...Geeze, must be real creative...people don't really says this stuff do they?

OK on a more serious note...The only two I have a problem with are these two...

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#5 I dont work in the concession stand. #6 I didnt help with the fundraising.


Are you kidding me?...somebody is "giving away" their starting positions far too cheap...Where we live it has taken either a new tractor, a full landscaping crew, a new batting cage, a seasons worth of team steak BBQues, or a storage shed to get a starting spot...

Cool 44
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CADadCADad5,000+ posts
O44,
I've seen some bias here and there but every time I see a player that other parents claim bought their position it seems to be a player with serious talent. I can remember the parents complaining about a freshman or sophmore catcher starting on varsity but he earned a D1 scholarship. I know of one mom who complained (that's right) because her kid made varsity as a sophmore. She thought the ex-husband who headed the booster club was responsible but the kid could flat out hit and has a shot at playing D1 ball. I realized a long time ago that at our HS if you are going to help out it better be because you want to help not because your kid will get any kind of preference. Right or wrong the coach plays the kids he thinks are the best.
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AcademyDadAcademyDad500+ posts
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Are you kidding me?...somebody is "giving away" their starting positions far too cheap...Where we live it has taken either a new tractor, a full landscaping crew, a new batting cage, a seasons worth of team steak BBQues, or a storage shed to get a starting spot...

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I'll see your storage shed and raise you a gazebo.


44...Believe it or not... since cadKID#2 played for the Santa Cruz Stars for a couple of "roadtrips", I actually think I know who you are talking about...

That's scarey...

How are the Rebels doing?

cadDAD

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CM Coach May1,000+ posts
CaDad I dont react to what parents do I react to what players do. I dont use excuses. I dont like excuses. You seem to think that you know me. You do not. And I dont know you so I do not make judgements about you. I speak from over 25 years of coaching experience. I play the kids that give us the best opportunity to win the game. It is that simple. At least it is to me. Those top 10 reasons are not excuses but reasons.
rz1rz15,000+ posts
quote:
Originally posted by AcademyDad:
quote:
Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943)

Saw a bumper sticker the other day that said:
5/4's Of All People Have Difficulty With Fractions


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And Larry the cable guy says

42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. Big Grin
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20dad20dad1,000+ posts
coach
i'm sure you have heard most all reason's or excuses why something did or didn't happen. in my work we make mistakes from time to time, i've always told my guys to make it right not excuses. the thing that set's you apart is what you do when things go wrong. we all look smart when things are good. you seem to have a handle on coaching,that can only come from experienceing the good and the bad. keep it up coach ,you get it.
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