This has been bugging me since spring sports ended and I need to vent. Yeah, I am still pissed because school started again and it reminded me of the stupidity of this.
My son was on a team where the coach is not well liked. My son put up with it because he was hanging out with teammates who are his friends. He went on an out of town school field trip with two teammates. They were told they had to suit up for a game that was being held two hours after they returned home. My son played for three minutes during that game and his teammates each played a full half. At the end of the game I see my son talking to the coaches. Suddenly he throws his helmet down and runs to the end of the field and screams and kicks the fence for a little bit. After we calm him down, he's crying and sobbing, he tells us the assistant coach was complimenting him on doing a good job and he snapped saying if he did such a good job why did he only play a few minutes. The head coach saw it and told him to apologize. My son did but the head coach would not stop and kept at him. That's when my son lost it. I am pretty sure my son wanted to punch him in the face. I told my son to change into his street clothes and not talk to anyone and we would take him home. During that time I see the head coach leaving and ask what happened. He essentially says the same story except that my son suddenly blew up for no reason. Hmmm. I ask the coach if he thought my son was any good as a player. He says he has potential for being good, but he's lazy in practice and doesn't try. In four different club teams I have never heard of him not trying. Hmmm. Later I ask my son if he doesn't try in practice. He told me at first he took practices seriously. But he learned that it doesn't matter. The coach has favorite players and they will play no matter what. Hmmm. This gets better. At practice the next day, coach tells my son you quit and if you want to be on the team you need to meet with the athletic director. During that practice he tells the team my son is a quitter and is not on the team. Because the players really don't like this coach many of them ask my son what really happened. The players know this is typical of this coach. My son never wants to play for this guy again, so that was his last game. This is a new school year. I learned the first-string player my son played behind is at a private school to improve his grades. Apparently, he was failing a lot of courses last year. Based on the parent meeting at the beginning of the year, a player must have passing grades or they can't play. They get study hall and can't participate in practice. I only know of one game first-string player did not start. Hmmm. I am happy my son has a high moral standard and recognizes right from wrong. Karma in this story is the team did not make any post season play for the first time in four years. My son had really good experiences playing for multiple clubs, but unfortunately, had to have a really bad high school coach. Or maybe this is normal. I don't know.
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Originally Posted by JAD
