Coaches suck

[Anonymous]

Why don't you volunteer to coach?

[Anonymous]

If you could do it better, do it better. What's stopping you?

[Anonymous]

My son's rec basketball coaches are terrible. I played the sport at a high level and they have zero idea what they're doing. They are nice people. He loves the team and his teammates and who cares. I'm not willing to coach. So you know what I do, I smile and keep my mouth shut. Try it OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do think you should step up and volunteer to coach next season.

This is kind of a dumb statement. And "do it yourself" is usually a fair thing to say when you're talking to volunteers, I agree. But coaching is not the same thing as volunteering at the school events. You need experience and capability to coach. I know that -I- would certainly not have that. But, that doesn't mean I don't get an opinion on the coach of my kid's team. Sorry, I'm paying for it so yeah, I get an opinion. It may not be one, like OP, that I express beyond my own home. But, I don't need to volunteer to do something I'm not capable to doing, just to have that opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you could do it better, do it better. What's stopping you?

Maybe they cant do it better.
Maybe they don't have the time.
Maybe their work doesn't permit it, in terms of time/hours.
Maybe they have 2 jobs.
Maybe they have other kids.
Maybe they have elderly parents who need care.

There endless reasons why other things may stop someone. . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son's rec basketball coaches are terrible. I played the sport at a high level and they have zero idea what they're doing. They are nice people. He loves the team and his teammates and who cares. I'm not willing to coach. So you know what I do, I smile and keep my mouth shut. Try it OP.

This. Unless you are willing to volunteer, thank them for volunteering and leave it there

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do think you should step up and volunteer to coach next season.

This is kind of a dumb statement. And "do it yourself" is usually a fair thing to say when you're talking to volunteers, I agree. But coaching is not the same thing as volunteering at the school events. You need experience and capability to coach. I know that -I- would certainly not have that. But, that doesn't mean I don't get an opinion on the coach of my kid's team. Sorry, I'm paying for it so yeah, I get an opinion. It may not be one, like OP, that I express beyond my own home. But, I don't need to volunteer to do something I'm not capable to doing, just to have that opinion.

No you don't. I coach my kid's bball team for a couple of years when the league put out a call that they needed any coaches they could get. I binged coaching videos on youtube, learned a lot and the team did ok. Most rec coaches have not played at a high level and are doing it because they want to help out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do think you should step up and volunteer to coach next season.

This is kind of a dumb statement. And "do it yourself" is usually a fair thing to say when you're talking to volunteers, I agree. But coaching is not the same thing as volunteering at the school events. You need experience and capability to coach. I know that -I- would certainly not have that. But, that doesn't mean I don't get an opinion on the coach of my kid's team. Sorry, I'm paying for it so yeah, I get an opinion. It may not be one, like OP, that I express beyond my own home. But, I don't need to volunteer to do something I'm not capable to doing, just to have that opinion.

If you are paying for a rec league, you have a coach and admin people volunteering their time. Its not like you are paying them.