10 Things Your Kid's Private School Coach Wishes S/he Could Say to Parents

[Anonymous]

And I assume you print this up and hand it out to parents at the beginning of the year. Of course you don't because you are a wimp and can only deal with these issues on an anonymous forum. I know one of these sports dads who also routinely takes his kids coach out for drinks. I'm sure the coach gives the kid more playing time in exchange.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And I assume you print this up and hand it out to parents at the beginning of the year. Of course you don't because you are a wimp and can only deal with these issues on an anonymous forum. I know one of these sports dads who also routinely takes his kids coach out for drinks. I'm sure the coach gives the kid more playing time in exchange.

Ah, truculent and paranoid -- bet you're everyone's favorite team parent.

[Anonymous]

Shouldn't this be posted in the Landon forum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't this be posted in the Landon forum?

I've seen parents of girls engage in every one of those behaviors (sorry to get in the way of your silly cheap shot at Landon).

[Anonymous]

Great post OP. I think a lot of parents don't realize how foolish and rude they act when athletics are involved. My kids go to a pk-8. Sports teams for grade 5/6 and grade 7/8. My fellow parents are delusional about the kids abilities and there behavior at games is awful. It's pathetic and sad. Most be a lot of frustrated athletes or people who don't realize what talent looks like in athletics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't this be posted in the Landon forum?

I've seen parents of girls engage in every one of those behaviors (sorry to get in the way of your silly cheap shot at Landon).

I would also add that this is not just "dad behavior." I've seen some very abusive mothers -- abusive to coaches, officials, opposing coaches, even (most sadly) opposing players. I find it baffling that someone who appears well-educated, and to paraphrase Goldie Hawn in "Private Benjamin" is the kind of person who "would never go to a dinner party without bringing a gift", can lose perspective to such a degree but I have seen it happen. (My utterly non-scientific view is that dads who played sports in college are marginally worse and moms who played sports in college are better in terms of "team parent behavior.")

[Anonymous]

12. Thanks for investing your hard-earned money all those years in speed training and club sports. While the athletes at the publics are very good, however, if I were coaching at a public high school my job would be much tougher and I wouldn't be handed as many "ready-made" athletes upon which to build my reputation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12. Thanks for investing your hard-earned money all those years in speed training and club sports. While the athletes at the publics are very good, however, if I were coaching at a public high school my job would be much tougher and I wouldn't be handed as many "ready-made" athletes upon which to build my reputation.

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Delusional parent believes they have built a Franken-Athlete and that the coach should be kowtowing to them daily (if not hourly) in humble appreciation of the privilege of getting to associate with the nearly superhuman athletes produced by Daddy and Mummy's money. Thank you so much, this is one of the funniest things I've read.

[Anonymous]

You're right, the coaches at public schools have an easier job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12. Thanks for investing your hard-earned money all those years in speed training and club sports. While the athletes at the publics are very good, however, if I were coaching at a public high school my job would be much tougher and I wouldn't be handed as many "ready-made" athletes upon which to build my reputation.

Heh. Looks like that original post hit a nerve with someone. Do they realize the irony of proving the OP's point through their attempt to refute it, I wonder? (Nahhhhhhh . . . Not a lot of self knowledge in that post.)

(Any sports fans remember the name "Todd Marinovich," by any chance?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12. Thanks for investing your hard-earned money all those years in speed training and club sports. While the athletes at the publics are very good, however, if I were coaching at a public high school my job would be much tougher and I wouldn't be handed as many "ready-made" athletes upon which to build my reputation.

LOL. "Speed training." LOL. Slow kids who run slowly with beautiful form. LOL.

[Anonymous]

How do u know that 12 is not from a parent of a D1 athlete?

[Anonymous]

Your kids r not playing in the pros...lol...

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/373042.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do u know that 12 is not from a parent of a D1 athlete?

Parent of Division III player at best. Probably soccer, they tend to be most cultish about the club experience. More likely, parent of a kid who is in about 9th or 10th grade and whose parents think will play Division I but is destined to "play club" in college instead.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why a parent from a great private school would want their kid to play D-I. It's a profession at that level now. Your kid should be doing homework and having a great college experience.