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[Karl F]

I saw the father interviewed... all of a sudden, I feel sympathy for the coach... guy comes across as an asshat.... feel bad for the kid.. he will be hearing it for the rest of his school days.. coach walked dad away from everybody, and the guy only remembers the coaches coat coming off... after he called the coach a fat bastard....

laps... it's what ya do... late to practise.... run yer ass...

never forget... my son's HS coach... kid that was habitually late... talk about a way to solve stuff... one day... the kid comes on the field 15 minutes late...coach calls all the guys in off their drills... tells the late kid to sit down, and get comfortable in the middle off the field... here is some water... then... the rest of practise...everybody else run laps.... life was not good for that kid for a while... i happened to be there... and it was actually fun watching him squirm out there in the field... I doubt he'll ever be late for anything else the rest of his life....

[Raven]

i am very happy i don't have kids.

Coaches SUCK period.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by Raven

i am very happy i don't have kids.

Coaches SUCK period.

Wrong Raven, for the most part.

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Raven

Coaches SUCK period.

Coaches are there to teach kids....not only a sport but important life lessons.

things like how to work w/ others, be on time, Teamwork....and most importantly, if everybody does what they are supposed to....the results are usually good.

The big issue is the parents that hope to retire off their 13 year old son's professional baseball career because little johnnny could throw 40 mph when he was 9.

priorities are skewed now-a-days.

I see it in scouts all the time...here is a program that focuses on self-reliance, Organization and Leadership....and I gotta plan around the Soccer Schedule.

[Raven]

the purpose is to have fun
it's supposed to be a game after all
not a professional sports competition

to many times i see both the parents and the coaches
acting like or with Bill Bellichick seriousness and the kids are
just treated like crap while the adults scream obscenities
at one another.

while i agree with some of the feedback
to my comment of disatisfaction

some of these people are just sickening to me

i have met so many people that are experts at
SPORTS and the sports trivia but are absolutely clueless
on how to use a shovel without breaking the handle
couldn't chop a log in half if their life depended on it
can't rake leaves without having to bend over to pick them up
and those kind of things that i personally think are every bit as valuable.
So -> don't mind me... i have no kids so i can't relate.

[stcroixman]

As a youth travel softball coach for 10 years, I have always had the same rule when a player is late, run a lap, no big deal as it actually becomes something the coach parent and player get a laugh out of. The coach should have told the dad to take his kid and go home if he didn't like it.

Who knows, maybe this kid is late all the time? Did the coach tell the parents and kids of this policy at the start of the season? Is the coach running a boot camp for young kids? No fun = No team.

Some facts are missing here.