It's funny how no one EVER has a problem when a player is praised for a good game, yet the minute you call them out for having a poor performance it's the "end of the world". :ohbrother:

 

I'm the biggest supporter of NewCath athletics on this board, but I think I am fair in my assessment, good or bad. Anybody watching that game tonight would say Alexus was having a bad 1st half. There have been PLENTY of times I've "sung her praise", and deservingly so.

 

I think Alexus is a great assets to this team and I want nothing but the best for her, just thought her performance in the 1st half was sub-par.

 

I couldn't agree more with you. Too many people on here have such thin skin. Those same people have no problem praising kids but act as if you killed someone the second you post how they are playing if it isn't their best.

 

This is sports folks. Everyone can't at grey ll the time and it happens. Lawnboy didn't say anything about a kid as a person just relayed what was going in in the game. Get over it already. As far as the parent comment, I will be the first to say if my kid isn't playing up to par. I hope he knows how to take constructive criticism, without it you can't improve.

Alexus Mayes needs to either play with some intensity or take a seat, that's all I'll say.

 

Your quote if I am not mistaken.

 

IMO I do not feel it is the place of someone/parent/adult to call out a student/athlete that is 17 or 18 years old. While I feel this forum is for objective comments good or bad, to call out a young adult if feel is just not the right thing. Is it your place to "call them out" as you put it? When working with teenage student/athletes they are just that ...... TEENAGE and impressionable and have feelings. We all know that players will read things such as this and if you think it doesn't leave a hurt feeling in that young ladies heart..... well think again. By your own admission you have a daughter, you may say you can accept if your comments such as this are made about your daughter and you may be fine, but how would your daughter feel??? Seems to me you are missing the big picture. Its not about adults, its about the teenage student/athlete you are "calling out", that's what you may need to consider.

 

To me its up to the coach to take care of "sub-par" performances. So my question is, if she had a bad first half which I witnessed and in the second half she seemed to pick it up a bit which I also witnessed, was it due to your "calling her out" or a coaches adjustment???

 

The point to my response to your first comment, was to consider the players feelings and possible damage it could not only do to her, but also team chemistry.

 

I'm sorry if you don't agree with my style, I'm not going to change. 17 & 18 year olds nowadays are "pampered" beyond belief that it's a joke. They need to be prepared for what's about to hit them come graduation. The "real world" will chew them up and spit them out if they can't handle a "call out" on a message board.

 

I have a heart, but at the same time I'm not soft.

 

My daughter couldn't care less what is said about her on this site, I try to show her stuff (even if it's about her) all the time and she simply does not care.

I couldn't agree more with you. Too many people on here have such thin skin. Those same people have no problem praising kids but act as if you killed someone the second you post how they are playing if it isn't their best.

 

This is sports folks. Everyone can't at grey ll the time and it happens. Lawnboy didn't say anything about a kid as a person just relayed what was going in in the game. Get over it already. As far as the parent comment, I will be the first to say if my kid isn't playing up to par. I hope he knows how to take constructive criticism, without it you can't improve.

 

I agree. It's part of growing up and learning there are ups and downs. Some say only 17-18 years old. I say they are 17-18 years old, they better start learning how to deal with this stuff. What if this kid has a job in two years. Are you going to go to her boss or co-worker and tell them not to provide feedback because it will hurt her feelings. What if she has to deal with an unhappy customer? In my opinion, we coddle kids too much these days and create a softness that I sure didn't grow up with. If they are always protected, they get shell shocked when they get in the real world. High school can be many of their last stops before life hits them in the face. If you "protect" them from everything, they will have problems adjusting when you're not there.

Great minds think alike. :thumb:

At one point in this update thread we went a full 11 minutes without a score. This was in the fourth quarter of a competitive game.

 

I had this post ready to go.....

 

 

"Lawnboy needs to step up the frequency of these updates or pass the phone to somebody that can get the job done."

 

 

just before I hit post reply he came with the next update.

At one point in this update thread we went a full 11 minutes without a score. This was in the fourth quarter of a competitive game.

 

I had this post ready to go.....

 

 

"Lawnboy needs to step up the frequency of these updates or pass the phone to somebody that can get the job done."

 

 

just before I hit post reply he came with the next update.

 

 

:laugh: The pace of the game was faster than I was able to keep up when posting from my phone......now if I was at the scorers table and had my laptop, well there would have been point by point updates.

Alexus Mayes needs to either play with some intensity or take a seat, that's all I'll say.

 

Your quote if I am not mistaken.

 

IMO I do not feel it is the place of someone/parent/adult to call out a student/athlete that is 17 or 18 years old. While I feel this forum is for objective comments good or bad, to call out a young adult if feel is just not the right thing. Is it your place to "call them out" as you put it? When working with teenage student/athletes they are just that ...... TEENAGE and impressionable and have feelings. We all know that players will read things such as this and if you think it doesn't leave a hurt feeling in that young ladies heart..... well think again. By your own admission you have a daughter, you may say you can accept if your comments such as this are made about your daughter and you may be fine, but how would your daughter feel??? Seems to me you are missing the big picture. Its not about adults, its about the teenage student/athlete you are "calling out", that's what you may need to consider.

 

 

 

To me its up to the coach to take care of "sub-par" performances. So my question is, if she had a bad first half which I witnessed and in the second half she seemed to pick it up a bit which I also witnessed, was it due to your "calling her out" or a coaches adjustment???

 

The point to my response to your first comment, was to consider the players feelings and possible damage it could not only do to her, but also team chemistry.

 

Geez it's not that serious, she wasn't playing well and LB called it out. The Coach did take care of that, he kept pulling her out of the game. For whatever reason it may have been, someone writing a line about you on blog should mean absolute nothing to any player and if it does oh boy they are in trouble in the real world.

719, I fully respect your opinions, but hopefully we can agree to disagree.