Kiss-ass parents

[Anonymous]

If you picked up Popeyes for me before every game, I would start your kid and let him play more too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you picked up Popeyes for me before every game, I would start your kid and let him play more too.

Fun in theory.

We are looking for merit-based schools, sports, etc. which are considerably lacking in the DMV.

These snowflakes are all going to melt.

[Anonymous]

We have one on our team and we are not a top team.. Always tells the coach who should play what positon and what plays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCV? VDA ranks #1 for this category.

How would you know?

[Anonymous]

Every club has them! Loudoun and McLean!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My god!! When does it stop?!

My oldest is U16, youngest U13. We suffered at some Clubs where the parents currying favor were at insane levels.

It hasn’t stopped. Both teams have a dad that has self-appointed him assistant coach and in charge of the Coach’s refreshments—-even handing them out during the game.

We arrived early to the U13 game where “Coach” dad was giving real Coacj his assessment of the team and how they play and where kids should play. Of course, with his kid (not even a top 5-8 player on team) as starring role.

And this sh@t actually works. Kid starts every game—though usually pulled out after 15 min for better player that plays rest of game. But it does a psych # on kids when they see these kids with kiss @ss dads be the 1 player to move up or start on first team even when they aren’t one of the top players.

It is less so on elite teams—but to my dismay it still happens.

Makes me laugh too since so many of these dads never played the game or did so at a low level. I have to sit here as a D1, National club team player, Gatorade state player and bite my tongue.

I’m not paying $3k/year for my kid to be coached by dipsh@t Coach dad.

I agree that is annoying to put it mildly. So are you going to move clubs or step forward anc coach/lead a team yourself or offer to assistant coach too? Not so that you can repeat the behavior you’re seeing but because you seem sensible and could keep the other douche in check. What have you got to lose?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every club has them! Loudoun and McLean!!

Arlington too..oh my

[Anonymous]

As a coach, I’d estimate about 1/2 of parents are contacting coaches to opine about their kid and, eventually, it slides into commentary on the team as a whole, other players, etc. And it’s markedly worse than 5-10 years ago. Unfortunately, I see a lot of coaches who - possibly unintentionally - acquiesce to the parent’s demands/“suggestions”.

[Anonymous]

Team managers are the worst for this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every club has them! Loudoun and McLean!!

So Bad at Loudoun

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a coach, I’d estimate about 1/2 of parents are contacting coaches to opine about their kid and, eventually, it slides into commentary on the team as a whole, other players, etc. And it’s markedly worse than 5-10 years ago. Unfortunately, I see a lot of coaches who - possibly unintentionally - acquiesce to the parent’s demands/“suggestions”.

It’s sooooooo much worse these days.

It was always there—-but once it became a lucrative business they started cow-towing to the loud mouths and @ss-kissers. It is a game my kids will never see their parents play. I teach my kids to advocate for themselves, but they can’t compete with the likes of these weirdos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a coach, I’d estimate about 1/2 of parents are contacting coaches to opine about their kid and, eventually, it slides into commentary on the team as a whole, other players, etc. And it’s markedly worse than 5-10 years ago. Unfortunately, I see a lot of coaches who - possibly unintentionally - acquiesce to the parent’s demands/“suggestions”.

When you say "opine", what do you mean? I approach my DS' coach about my son once a year about 1/3 of the way through the season - but just to ask how he's doing, what he should be focusing on, and what reasonable expectations should be as far as recruiting goals. Are you including this sort of behaviour, or is this people trying to tell the coach that their kid should be used differently?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every club has them! Loudoun and McLean!!

So Bad at Loudoun

We have one so bad at Alexandria that he is almost a caricature. It works for him!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCV? VDA ranks #1 for this category.

No they don’t. Shut up

[Anonymous]

Happens most places, I don’t think it affects team selection at the GA/ECNL level. It would be very obvious if a kid is not good enough to play/start