August 20, 201511 yr Despite what many people believe team sports are still competitive, not everyone will be successful and sometimes HS kids get their feelings and pride hurt. It is also not a HS coaches responsibility to make sure little Jimmy gets x number of reps so the college coaches see him. A HS coach has NO OBLIGATION to explain his/her decisions on playing to anyone, even the players involved. He/she may choose to do so but he/she may also not choose to do so. Back in the first post of this thread this line jumped out at me: Considering this can create uncertainty and eventual hostility between two players who are vying for playing time, this should be a common courtesy, right? If a player can't handle the fact that a coach my opt not to play him/her, regardless of how "entitled" that player feels they are to playing time and would then become hostile towards the person that "took their spot" I would submit that maybe I wouldn't want that person on my team as they likely have no concept of what a team is. Maybe they should harness that hostility and work harder to improve themselves so that the coach will have no choice but to play him/her.
August 20, 201511 yr I'd say that's probably not feasible in the least. Let's say it's two QB's splitting time...so you would sit them both and start the 3rd string qb? Most high schools don't have 2 capable qb's...much less 3. It was a joke...
August 20, 201511 yr Should the coach say something? Sure, why not. Does the coach need to say something? Not at all. If the kid is upset he is playing 50% of the time, how upset would they be if the coach played them 0% of the time? Playing 2 players (especially if one is younger) is a good way to get valuable experience for both players. You never know when you'll need an experienced player. Say the playoffs come and the coach was playing only 1 of the kids all year but now that kid gets hurt. Now the coach is playing a kid with zero experience.
August 24, 201511 yr No they don't have to. They could, but they don't have to. Hostility (controlled hostility) through competition is a good thing. My guess here is it bothers the parents a whole heck of a lot more than it does the players, which isn't exactly a shock in this day and age. Heaven forbid one mommy gets to post more "Look at my kid" stuff on Facebook than the other parent.
August 24, 201511 yr How many participation trophies does the upper classmen in question display in their trophy case? The younger guy? Important distinction...
August 24, 201511 yr Up to the coach. Spilting time could be just to keep a fresh kid in the game. If you have 2 kids playing NT it makes sense to have a good rotation.
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