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This went way off the rails, and quickly........
Send your coach an email, and ask him for a phone call if you want to speak. I have rarely seen a coach unwilling to have a conversation. |
You have a deranged level of entitlement. WTF is wrong with you? |
| This happened to us as well. While I don't want to randomly call the coach to chat, I wanted his number because there were times we had trouble meeting up at tournaments and times he was running late and did not let the team manager know. I asked for his number to contact him about stuff like that, and he provided it. I haven't contacted him about anything else. |
Just to add that, if our team manager had been more responsive and organized, this would not be necessary. She's a nice lady but has a lot of kids in a lot of different sports, and probably had too much going on to volunteer for the job. I offered to do it next year, if we have a season. |
| I would never call a coach. If team manager not getting it done then call club. FWIW most team managers are the most organized people hence why they are managers so I would be shocked that I needed to go above a manager’s head. Coaches who don’t list a number most likely do it because they want to keep a distance from parents so they can focus on soccer. Too often parents attempt to cultivate a relationship to manipulate for their kid. |
Send him an email and ask him to call you. WA LA! You have his number. |
On TeamSnap yes it is normal to NOT display the coach's personal phone number. Send him a message on TeamSnap or via email. Parents phone numbers are display in case your child has an emergency. Why do you need to call him on his personal phone? |
Does the Team Snap message not go to his personal phone? Seriously, acting like this over a Youth Soccer Coach is hilarious. They are a Youth Soccer Coach not the Pope. Get over yourselves. |
we are talking phone numbers here guy, not emails. This is youth soccer. "at the parents disposal" gtfo with that. |
So what. This thread brought to you by the Team Managers Union. |
| If you're too embarrassed to say whatever it is you have to complain about in person after a practice, then maybe you shouldn't say it |
Or, it is none of the team managers business. There are few conversations I need to have with the coach but when there is a need to have a conversation with a coach it is none of the team managers business. |
then walk up to the coach and have the conversation |
Perhaps I can't due to a time commitment, perhaps the coach can't because of a back to back session. Perhaps I don't want to talk in front of my kid or other kids. Perhaps my wanting to talk with the coach is just none of your business and I don't feel like going through a team manager to talk to someone who I am paying. |
so you want to complain about playing time, but it's awkward if anyone overhears to a coach who isn't making nearly enough to have to deal with parents after hours |