Parents

[always a dawg]

Is it just me or is it when the parents dont even clap for the starting lineups that your team has gone really south.

[objbballjunky]

For the most part, parents are ignorant when it comes to a team concept. Unless little Johnny is the star, most parents want to find every "reason" he is not the star except that he is not very good. Most of the time, the parents should be thanking the coach for keeping him on the team instead of griping about coaching.

[Overton County Fan]

Sounds like "objbballjunky" has had some time in the coaching profession... You can't give all the parents a bad rep. just because their are some bad apples in the bunch... Believe it or not there are still a few (very few) parents that show alot of class and allow the coach to do his job.

[byrd62]

QUOTE(Overton County Fan @ Feb 5 2007 - 11:53 AM) 826359089[/snapback]

Sounds like "objbballjunky" has had some time in the coaching profession... You can't give all the parents a bad rep. just because their are some bad apples in the bunch... Believe it or not there are still a few (very few) parents that show alot of class and allow the coach to do his job.

 

 

Some coaches have lost the respect of the kids &parents some coaches are worried more about pleasing everyone instead of coaching some can't adment when they're wrong

[GorillasBB]

Parents are not the problem all unto themselves. Our society is set up to allow the average Joe an affordable opprotunity to taste what coaching is about. With this said, it does not just stop there, TV; specifically ESPN-ism (dah-nah-nah, pause, dah-nah-nah), has given individuals tools to criticise without recourse. Every aspect of professional and college basketball games is analyzed then overanalyzed by professional annoucers, bloggers, call in radio shows, and sites such as this. In which, carries over into daily games and practices at lower levels, which also have problems. The amount of violence at youth sporting events has risen in recent years, last week in Wisconsin a high school made national headlines due to fans rioting. Parents being involved is not neccesarily the issue, it's how to be involved without interferring with daily opperations of a program. Sure there are coaches that are not at all like the greats: North Carolina, Duke, Syracuse, Georgetown, Indiana's, to name a few great ones. Yet, they do have a passion for kids, and when left to do their job, have kids placed first. Not every profession allows scrutiny to occur AT work. Unlike parents, most coaches, if any, do not go to a parents place of business and criticize how things are working or not working. We tend to lose site that this is just a GAME, played for fun and competitiveness. The original inventor did not intend for this game to become so large and transcending in our scociety; too where shoes, clothes, and behaviors are based upon outcomes of a games events. A select few parents over step their boundaries and need to be educated as to how an individual can make their childs experience positive win/lose. Basketball is ultimately about learning life lesson in hopes it makes you a better individual.

[utvols1]

While in most cases a coach does a good job and parents have no room to complain...i have seen situations in which coaches and parents are to blame when the coach plays the kid because of who momma and daddy are in the community and not based on athletic ability and what is best for the team. The best athletes dont get to play...just the ones whose parents are "big wigs"...I have always hated the parental "politics" in the school systems...it is quite unfortunate for the players who dont get a chance...

[redbirdfan]

Will Smith said it best , many, many years ago--

Parents just don't understand

[mjuhb]

QUOTE(byrd62 @ Feb 6 2007 - 12:45 PM) 826360560[/snapback]

Some coaches have lost the respect of the kids &parents some coaches are worried more about pleasing everyone instead of coaching some can't adment when they're wrong

 

 

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