As a former principal of mine (and former Lincoln football coach) loved to say, "there are two sides to every story...and the truth lies somewhere in the middle."-

As a former principal of mine (and former Lincoln football coach) loved to say, "there are two sides to every story...and the truth lies somewhere in the middle."-

 

or there are three sides to every story. His side, her side and the truth.

Is this the same hypothetical coach that had his hypothetically suspended player come to his hypothetical practices?

Red Flag definitely. But the red flag may be that there is a mentality of not being committed and not working hard enough that the coach is trying to get rid of.

 

The red flag may be that the parents are upset that the coach is wanting to have their kid be at practice on time, do good in classwork, work hard and condition, be at weightlifting, act like young gentleman and the kids are not wanting to make that commitment.

 

And so the kid goes home and he WON'T tell the parents that he is quitting because he doesn't want to work hard enough. Instead, he says the coach is a jerk, not making it any fun, etc, etc.

 

The coach too many times is the blame, NOT THE REASON.

 

I agree, and would go as far to say that when most players quit, it has nothing "legitimately" to do with the coach. Coaches are wrongly blamed for quitters more often than not.

If a kid wants to play football bad enough, you cannot run him off.

Great post. Concise and thoughtful. I hope everyone who reads this will take some time to comtemplate these thoughts. They are reasonable to me.

If a kid wants to play football bad enough, you cannot run him off.

 

And finally the truth instead of excuses!My sons have played numerous sports and had excellent coaches in football and some bad ones in other sports.The sports they liked they continued to play,win lose, or draw,good coach,bad coach.THEY PLAYED FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE GAME!

These kids need to realize once you are out of high school you can't go back and play....I quit my last year due to an injury, but it cleared up and I already had quit, met a young lady, and people you don't know how that eats at me. My sons don't quit because they hear my story. (a lot)

Hypothetical response....

1) If 30 players have quit this team or any team, a program will not be successful.

 

2) If he was the only option, than the system should be glad he applied and was willing to take the Head Coach position.

 

3) Ties with local politicians, I see no relevance to this and being a Football coach at a High School.

 

4) No community support, often means negative comments to players and those wanting to help the program.

 

5) If the school Administration wants to look elsewhere, they are certainly within their right.

 

My final hypothetical response, to all the Players, Parents and Coaches at this hypothetical school...."It's much easier to be part of the solution, than to be part of the problem".

 

:thumb: I couldn't have said it better STRIKE. Especially the latter part that I highlighted. Negativity Breeds Negativity. The community hears it, the admin. and teachers hear it, the Kids/players hear it and everything steamrolls from there. IMO if there is a decision on a coach to be made then the proper people (admin.) should be the ones making it with no "outside" help.

If a kid wants to play football bad enough, you cannot run him off.

 

:thumb: I certainly agree here and would add that a kid does not need to hear all the "wannabe" coaches in the community telling them what is and is not right.

I am certainly not talking about anyone on this thread just that I have seen this kind of thing in my area in the past. The ONLY ones that suffer are the kids.

or there are three sides to every story. His side, her side and the truth.

 

There is a lot of "Truth" in that statement. :thumb: