Subj : Re: All Blacks
To   : Bucko
From : ogg
Date : Sun Sep 04 2022 22:28:46

 Bu> I too coached my son from age 6 till he was 21 in Baseball and for 3
 Bu> years in Football.. The crap I put up with at the younger ages was
 Bu> pitiful! I had parents pissing on me because I played their son where he
 Bu> belonged and not where they wanted him. All kids are shortstops in their
 Bu> fathers eyes.. Worst I got was a father called me out during a game,
 Bu> came into my dugout during the game and started pissing on me because
 Bu> his son was on the bench. Screaming like a lunatic! The umpire finally
 Bu> called Time out and told the father to get out of the dugout. I said Ok
 Bu> I put his kid at shortstop the next inning, we were getting our butts
 Bu> handed to us anyway. First ground ball hit to him goes between his legs.
 Bu> The next pitch, the kid on first takes off for 2nd, and the "shortstop"
 Bu> is standing on 2nd base and didn't catch the throw down! I looked at the
 Bu> father and shook my head! After the game I took the father into the
 Bu> parking lot and told him point blank his son will NEVER play shortstop
 Bu> again, nor will he play the infield because his son can not catch a ball
 Bu> or field a ground ball! If he doesn't like it too damn bad! Then I told
 Bu> him point blank next time he comes in my dugout yelling at me he better
 Bu> be ready to back up his words because we will come back out to this
 Bu> parking lot and settle it like men! He never said another word to me. I
 Bu> never drafted his kid again either, even though the kids mother asked me to
 Bu> 
 Bu> Jeez..

It's amazes me what you have to learn as a coach that's not related to the sport.  Parent management should be discussed in every leagues' pre-season coaches meeting.

ogg

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