Do you blame the team’s goalie when they lose?

[Anonymous]

On my son’s fifth grade rec team there’s a mom that continues to make comments about my son (goalie) implying he’s the reason. At this age, there seems to be a misunderstanding the goalie will get every shot, even undefended ones. If your child is a goalie did you deal with a few parents in the team that would get upset with your child, even if their own attack didn’t score once in a game and they lost?

[Anonymous]

None of the other parents shut her down? That would really annoy me.

[Anonymous]

Blaming a loss on a goalie means that person doesn’t understand the game. I would talk to the coach and have the coach say something. That’s pretty toxic behavior on that mom’s part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blaming a loss on a goalie means that person doesn’t understand the game. I would talk to the coach and have the coach say something. That’s pretty toxic behavior on that mom’s part.

100%. If it comes down to the goalie that means the rest of the team hasn’t done their own job. My daughter had a nasty kid on her soccer team who would criticize my goalie for the same thing. If you as a midfielder didn’t let the ball get past you then the goalie wouldn’t be in the situation of having to defend the goal.

[Anonymous]

Totally clueless parent calling out goalie. It’s a team sport

[Anonymous]

What are the other parents doing when she says that? Feels like time to get a new club .

[Anonymous]

Clueless parent but if he and she the goalie is going going 0-7 or 0-8 it isn’t the team.

[Anonymous]

You could get the coach to talk to her, if you don't want to tell her yourself. What a nasty person she is.

[Anonymous]

If you are going to be a goalie parent you and your kid better develop a thick skin.

[Anonymous]

5th grade rec people. We aren’t talking about a club team

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of things wrong with this. First, blaming the goalie in lacrosse is invariable wrong. Second, it's fifth effin' grade. Third, regardless of the age, a parent talking smack about another kids is . . . well, she's a crappy person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clueless parent but if he and she the goalie is going going 0-7 or 0-8 it isn’t the team.

How is it not on the team to score and level it up? The team has to score too.

[Anonymous]

She doesn’t understand sports. It’s never the goalie’s fault. Even when the goalie flat-out chokes on something, it never should have gotten to that point in the first place.

[Anonymous]

My fantasy is for coach to put one of these parents in the goal for a game. Or at least her son. It will humble her real quick.

[Anonymous]

In fifth grade no player should only play one position multiple boys should try goalie. Also have your goalie play attack or defense. Plenty of time later on to specialize.