Worst and Best Coaching Moments you observed from Other Team this season

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At yesterday’s U11 tournament, the 2nd place coach earned a red card and was ejected from the game. His wife’s behavior toward the refs was nearly as atrocious as her husband’s.

Gotta love Reston. That coach is a piece of work. Understand it wasn't his first issue but he's an "in" coach. It's rec too, not even travel.

What does “in” coach mean in rec?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watching someone who has never played soccer try to coach an "A" team of a large club

Here we go...I played college soccer 20 years ago so you know how to coach. Stupid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At yesterday’s U11 tournament, the 2nd place coach earned a red card and was ejected from the game. His wife’s behavior toward the refs was nearly as atrocious as her husband’s.

Best: seeing all the girls reaction to any players injury by taking a knee and clapping for the injured player when she left the field. Classy and good sportsmanship.

Red for what? What was atrocious ?

I was on the far side of the field and saw everything - but did not hear everything; still:

- that coach was yelling constantly at his players; and to a degree that’s fine I guess. But then he got increasingly agitated at the girls once his team was down a goal. Yelling got more hostile and intense;

- the ref apparently finally asked the coach to tone down the hostility toward the players. Coach didn’t like that. So he started arguing with the ref.

- continued arguing resulted in the yellow card. He REALLY did not like that! Arguing got even more heated and angry toward the volunteer ref.

- Red card. Coach didn’t take it well. But, he left the immediate area of the sideline (probably knowing a team-DQ would be the next step) and stood fuming just beyond the chain link fence, watching the ref of the game.

His wife, in turn, let into the ref and allegedly yelled at him that he was “the worst ref ever” and “should be permanently banned from the game.”

It was an ugly scene in front of two teams of impressionable U11 players.

So in a tournament final they aren’t suspended for any next game in the tournament.
So really no real consequences.

The tournament should send the game report of the ref to the home club.
And coaches are generally required to self report to their club
Typically a Red for abuse of referee is a game suspension, but varies from club.
GFR is trying to establish themselves more. Interesting whether they stand up and
review action or go small club rec summer forgetful.

[Anonymous]

At this past weekend's tournament my daughter's team after every game (which they either lost or tied) did a "2-4-6-8, who do we appreciate tunnel" for the opposing team. This nice gesture was picked up by other teams and was a good reminder of what rec soccer is all about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At this past weekend's tournament my daughter's team after every game (which they either lost or tied) did a "2-4-6-8, who do we appreciate tunnel" for the opposing team. This nice gesture was picked up by other teams and was a good reminder of what rec soccer is all about.

That is an outstanding gesture and amazing sportsmanship. Really nice to hear that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At this past weekend's tournament my daughter's team after every game (which they either lost or tied) did a "2-4-6-8, who do we appreciate tunnel" for the opposing team. This nice gesture was picked up by other teams and was a good reminder of what rec soccer is all about.

That is an outstanding gesture and amazing sportsmanship. Really nice to hear that.

You'd never see boys doing that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At yesterday’s U11 tournament, the 2nd place coach earned a red card and was ejected from the game. His wife’s behavior toward the refs was nearly as atrocious as her husband’s.

Gotta love Reston. That coach is a piece of work. Understand it wasn't his first issue but he's an "in" coach. It's rec too, not even travel.

What does “in” coach mean in rec?

First choice of kids on team, choice of practice fields, picks kids for all stars mostly from own team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At this past weekend's tournament my daughter's team after every game (which they either lost or tied) did a "2-4-6-8, who do we appreciate tunnel" for the opposing team. This nice gesture was picked up by other teams and was a good reminder of what rec soccer is all about.

That is an outstanding gesture and amazing sportsmanship. Really nice to hear that.

Every team does this in DD's 2nd grade girls division since at least 1st Gr.

[Anonymous]

At a tournament this fall. there was a u13 coach who carried a player, like a baby, off the field. I was like wow that kid must be really hurt. Then he carried two more kids off in the second half. My husband and I were dumb founded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At yesterday’s U11 tournament, the 2nd place coach earned a red card and was ejected from the game. His wife’s behavior toward the refs was nearly as atrocious as her husband’s.

Best: seeing all the girls reaction to any players injury by taking a knee and clapping for the injured player when she left the field. Classy and good sportsmanship.

That is the best thing you saw all season? I think that it pretty sad considering "taking a knee and clapping them off the field" is the usual reaction to an injured player during a game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At yesterday’s U11 tournament, the 2nd place coach earned a red card and was ejected from the game. His wife’s behavior toward the refs was nearly as atrocious as her husband’s.

Best: seeing all the girls reaction to any players injury by taking a knee and clapping for the injured player when she left the field. Classy and good sportsmanship.

That is the best thing you saw all season? I think that it pretty sad considering "taking a knee and clapping them off the field" is the usual reaction to an injured player during a game.

+1

[Anonymous]

We had a game where the opposing coach was a screaming lunatic throughout the game and then absolutely lovely to the boys afterwards, complementing each one on their particular skill. Still sort of scratching my head.

[Anonymous]

* to our boys I mean.

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:We play a very aggressive Offside Trap. Even teams that beat us end up with 8 calls in the first half. 2nd half depends on whether they can learn or not. Well we played a year younger than us, but they were ranked Nationally #2 GotSoccer #4 Youthsoccer. CLEARLY they were the better team. They had a 3-0 lead on us in the first half. Right at the end of the first half a parent directed one of their kids to kick (as in turn around and kick) one of our defenders. No card was issued then, but my understanding was that three yellows were given to them at half time. (I heard this from their parents.) Two minutes into the 2nd half, there was a hard foul on one of our kids resulting initially as a yellow card and about a 3 minute delay as he was attended ...... his father came out to tend to him (presumably with referee permission, as he was NEVER escorted off the field). One of their parents was kicked out of the game due to persistent complaining to the referees. Finally, after one of their parents threatened the referee that "I'll be waiting for you in the parking lot." the game and the police were called. I won't claim that our parents were angels, as the discussion was heated as to if the father was allowed to tend to his child (on the parent side of the field), but I didn't hear any inappropriate talk.

I am pretty sure it was their inexperience with an offside trap that led to all this disruption. For that and the fact that none of our kids escalated the confrontations made be proud of our boys.

Garbage US soccer at its finest.

Or Italian.

Or old-school Arsenal. (Great reference to it in The Full Monty.)

Sure - no difference between Italy and the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had a game where the opposing coach was a screaming lunatic throughout the game and then absolutely lovely to the boys afterwards, complementing each one on their particular skill. Still sort of scratching my head.

I don't think thats bad (depends on what he said to the boys during the game). I don't think there is anything wrong with a coach telling his team "during the game, I'm going to be on you to do your best for yourself and help the team win", and after the game taking the approach "everybody did something today well, everybody worked hard, we're in this together".

Kids can learn to be competitive without needing to be cutthroat, they can learn that in playing a sport and in life, coaches and others have expectations of them, and they can learn win or lose, playing and working hard is ultimately the most important thing.