"But he has a good team this year that will make him look good if he will sit down and shut up."
Sorry to get off topic, but.........
My jaw about hit the floor when I read this........ This is what's wrong with middle school and high school sports. Maybe, just maybe, if the players and PARENTS would sit down and shut up, things would be different. The coach, is thinking of the TEAM. Are they setting their picks and screens, making their cuts to the basket. Taking good, open look shots and not taking shots while someone is in their face, not if little Johnny got his 20 points. This is not AAU, where a coach recruits kids, yells out a few instructions, and doesn't care if they win or lose. Again, as long as little Johnny got his 20, looked good in front of the scouts and the parents, of the kids, that got the 20 are smiling, that's all they care about. Did you win the game? Why no, BUT Johnny scored 25 had 10 rebounds and 0 assist. Again, 0 assist not a very good team player. Makes you wonder why they call it a TEAM anyways because 80 to 85 percent of the kids and PARENTS run to look at the stats when the game is done. They may have lost by 20 but did you see that throw down Johnny had over that 6'10 kid.
Point is, if parents talk about the coach like he's a dog in front of the kid, then the kid will think it's okay to dog him out, to not respect him as the coach. If the kid only hears about how great he is and not about how great the team looks when they play together, then he will think, that he should be the only one with the ball. A lot of this comes from us as parents. I know first hand, as I just about ruined my sons love of the game. Just sit back and watch them play. Enjoy it while you can because it can all be taken away it an instant.
