While some may or may not know who wrote it, I would hazard a guess that almost the same letter could be written by a parent in every community across the state. Cause they all have parents who think their child is getting the short end of the stick.

While some may or may not know who wrote it, I would hazard a guess that almost the same letter could be written by a parent in every community across the state. Cause they all have parents who think their child is getting the short end of the stick.

 

While the "mafia" term likes to be thrown around in regards to Park Hills you are correct.

As a result of Coach L's decision to move on and accept teaching/coaching positions at Holmes, I found myself in a pretty lengthy conversation about the situation with some friends and family over this past weekend. Most of us shared the same sentiment - that Coach L might not be a Bulldog now were it not for a boneheaded parent who decided to send around the email being referenced in this thread. One of my brothers was particularly frustrated with the whole situation - and this afternoon when I finally made it into the office, I saw the following email, penned by my brother. He sent it to me to see if I thought it was worth sending back to the original - and anonymous - email address for the "He's Worth It" email. I most definitely do think he should send it.

 

(And just for the record, my brother did include his name on the original, I just left it off on here for obvious reasons.)

 

 

Mr. or Mrs. Worth It,

 

I recently attended the CCH Athletic Hall of Fame induction and interestingly enough FEELINGS were never mentioned by any of the inductees, not once. Mostly thanks for not being caudled, thanks for being pushed, thanks for being taught hard work and discipline. One inductee actually thanked a coach for being cut as a freshman. And in turn, thanked his parents for not letting him FEEL sorry for himself, and not letting him transfer to another school. It was his dream to play for CCH, and it appeared that dream was lost. See, Mr./Mrs. Worth It, it’s just that frustration and adversity that taught him self-motivation, resilience, and not to blame others for his own personal shortfalls. Lessons that kids of any generation can benefit from.

 

Life’s tough sometimes. Life can make you FEEL “absolutely beaten down” on a pretty regular basis. Many bosses, competitors in business, creditors, or any other authority out there in that big scary world really don’t care a whole lot about how you FEEL, or your self esteem. Mostly they care about how you perform, getting your account, or the commission over you, making sure you meet your payments, etc. This may not be the ideal, but it’s certainly the reality. I would hope that as responsible parents, every time our children are met with adversity, or frustration, or actual injustice, we could refrain from blaming all other parties apart from our children to anyone who’ll listen (or has an email address). I would hope, rather than simply running to their aide to simply “rectify” the situation, we use such instances to let them grow as strong, resilient, responsible and able members of our society. When I was in high school at CCH, these adversities were called “life lessons.”

 

“We all sit back in silence letting this happen. Why? Who are we afraid of?” An extremely curious statement to me. The ‘who’ and ‘we’ in particular. You make many references to the other parents, players, etc, who FEEL the same as you, though no names are mentioned, no petition with signatures. In fact, you take great care to not actually mention the name(s) of the actual focus of your smear campaign, “the head coach.” The person or persons you painted with such an evil brush, the one who cares little about the FEELINGS or self esteems of his players. Who, Sir or Madam, are you afraid of?

 

Maybe you're right. Maybe everything you suggest is true. CCH’s basketball program may, in fact, exist to crush dreams, and beat down young psyches. Maybe it should be “stopped.” I admit, apart from my own anecdotal personal experiences with those you anonymously throw accusations toward, I have no real evidence to the contrary. But I do have one compelling argument, beyond what I’ve mentioned above, that might suggest you’re in the minority to say the least…

 

I would ask you teach all our sons a valuable lesson. The next time you want to start a smear campaign against my alma mater, those who teach and coach there, and all those who support it, please don’t do so anonymously. Have the decency to pick up a phone, knock on a door, or at the very least sign your email!

 

Sincerely,

 

XXXXX X XXXXXXXX

CCH ‘97

 

 

Great and spot on CWB!!

Great and spot on CWB!!

 

Agreed. However, I would suggest your brother change "caudled" to "coddled." Sorry, can't help myself.

Agreed. However, I would suggest your brother change "caudled" to "coddled." Sorry, can't help myself.

 

Right you are, sir.

Right you are, sir.

 

I think "caudled" or "coddled" both fit in the context of the sentence.

 

"Caudled" is defined as candied, confectioned, lozenged, sweetened.

Not much happening in sports due to the COVID-19 crisis. Sometimes it is interesting to look back. This thread happened the year Covington Catholic moved on from Listerman to Ruthsatz. I wonder how the letter writer feels about all that has transpired in the years since his letter. The success of Covington Catholic since has been historic. Despite that, would this letter writer be happy with the new regime?

That letter was definitely written by a mom IMO.

That letter was definitely written by a mom IMO.

 

I agree with you and your mother's intuition on that.