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Friday, September 17, 2004
Why won't these people grow up!
Be warned- this is a rant. I'm not happy with some people, and I can't actually call them "jerks" to their faces (yet), so I'm gonna take it out on my (few but faithful) readers. Sorry, but it has to be done.
My kids are on a football team (one plays, one manages). I'm the "team mom" for the team, which means I get to play nice with all the parents. (I also get to be on the sidelines for the games, which is cool.) So... here's what has happened in our little world this week. After the last game, one of the parents was concerned with whether or not her little Priest Holmes had his mandatory plays. She asked our coach- he said that the boy did. She didn't believe it, so she (or the husband, not sure which) went to the head coach of the other team and told him that he didn't get his plays. So, that head coach calls the league to protest the game. Doesn't matter that we have the game tape that shows he had more than enough plays. It didn't "look" like he did. Grrr...
Then, (and I'm not sure when this happened- I just found out tonight) a couple of disgruntal parents who feel that their future NFL stars aren't getting the spotlight they deserve tried to stage a coup. An assistant coach, who hasn't figured out that his son will never be good if he can't memorize the plays, tried to get some of the other coaches to mutiny and form a new team. In his corner, we also have the parent of a receiver who couldn't catch a cold. The funny thing is that our head coach is LOVED by 80+% of the parents, and I'm thinking 100% of the players. They wouldn't get many, if any, players to go to their team.
So, as of this minute, the league has all of our game film, so we should be good to go with the mandatory plays issue. (Every other team this season will be watching us like hawks now, but that's ok.) When I left the practice field, the other coaches were about to vote on whether or not to ask the renegade coach to step down. I guess we'll find out how that went tomorrow.
It really seems like these parents seem to miss an important point- they're children. Playing a game. Their children will never win the Heismen- they may or may not even make it into high school football. This isn't about these supposed adults trying to live vicariously through their children, pushing them when it isn't necessary, making too big of a deal out of a game. It's not about their child's future stardom (or lack there of)- it's about teaching children teamwork and organization, responsibility and loyalty, discipline and respect. Not back biting and whining.
What's sad is that these parents, who claim it's all for their kids, possibly could be sabotaging their kids' one shot at "greatness." A lot of people (not associated with our team) think we can make it all the way to Nationals. And, through petty bickering and back-stabbing, they just might blow it.
Grow up. It's just a game.
My kids are on a football team (one plays, one manages). I'm the "team mom" for the team, which means I get to play nice with all the parents. (I also get to be on the sidelines for the games, which is cool.) So... here's what has happened in our little world this week. After the last game, one of the parents was concerned with whether or not her little Priest Holmes had his mandatory plays. She asked our coach- he said that the boy did. She didn't believe it, so she (or the husband, not sure which) went to the head coach of the other team and told him that he didn't get his plays. So, that head coach calls the league to protest the game. Doesn't matter that we have the game tape that shows he had more than enough plays. It didn't "look" like he did. Grrr...
Then, (and I'm not sure when this happened- I just found out tonight) a couple of disgruntal parents who feel that their future NFL stars aren't getting the spotlight they deserve tried to stage a coup. An assistant coach, who hasn't figured out that his son will never be good if he can't memorize the plays, tried to get some of the other coaches to mutiny and form a new team. In his corner, we also have the parent of a receiver who couldn't catch a cold. The funny thing is that our head coach is LOVED by 80+% of the parents, and I'm thinking 100% of the players. They wouldn't get many, if any, players to go to their team.
So, as of this minute, the league has all of our game film, so we should be good to go with the mandatory plays issue. (Every other team this season will be watching us like hawks now, but that's ok.) When I left the practice field, the other coaches were about to vote on whether or not to ask the renegade coach to step down. I guess we'll find out how that went tomorrow.
It really seems like these parents seem to miss an important point- they're children. Playing a game. Their children will never win the Heismen- they may or may not even make it into high school football. This isn't about these supposed adults trying to live vicariously through their children, pushing them when it isn't necessary, making too big of a deal out of a game. It's not about their child's future stardom (or lack there of)- it's about teaching children teamwork and organization, responsibility and loyalty, discipline and respect. Not back biting and whining.
What's sad is that these parents, who claim it's all for their kids, possibly could be sabotaging their kids' one shot at "greatness." A lot of people (not associated with our team) think we can make it all the way to Nationals. And, through petty bickering and back-stabbing, they just might blow it.
Grow up. It's just a game.
