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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Never, ever engage in team gossip. You will have access to info about rosters, starters, tryouts sooner than anyone else.  Keep confidential info confidential and release dates/rosters etc. to all families at the same time. When parents come to you to complain about playing time, coaching, roster size, etc., immediately direct them to the coaching staff. Engage other parents to help when you can - field set up, team photos, field marshal duty at tournaments, travel and tournaments, social/tailgate coordination (for between games at tournaments), etc.  [/quote]

+1. I have been a team manager for almost 10 years. Do not gossip with other parents and if people have complaints, they need to discuss with the coach. Do not act as a go between. I also do not gossip to coaches about parents complaining.

Only once have I let the coach know about parent gossip-- rumor was spreading amongst kids that coach was leaving (spread by coach's child :-) . I knew this wasn't true, but let the coach know he needed to address the rumors.[/quote]

+1  I have only been a manager for a couple of years, but we have a couple of "those" parents who complain all the time and try to get other parents riled up about things.  She even tried to get me to consider finding another coach because she does not like the current coaching style.  Like, just leave if you don't like it.  She is a real winner.  A year ago there was a kid trying out and she learned about it and complained that if coach let's kid on team, she would leave because she doesn't get along with that kid's parents.  We should have gotten rid of her back then when we had the chance.  But who knew she would get exponentially worse.[/quote]

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