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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There have to trolls on these threads.  Every time someone mentions a reasonable issue involving playing time someone suggests the parent demandes
equal playing time.  OP never mentioned equal playing time, so there is no reason to tell her to take her son back to rec.  Yes, it is common to use guest players in tournaments but it is ludicrous to play them exclusively over kids who are actually on the team and not in the doghouse for some reason.

[i][b]These kids are 9 years old!  Who cares if they win[/b][/i][i].  People are unhinged if they think this behavior is ok.  If winning is that important, use the elite players but find a way to get the regulars in the game.  Use the opportunity to play the elite players at different positions.

The big problem is finding something better.  This is the norm, not the exception.[/quote]

The kids care and know if they won for not.  I've seen this BS argument for so long in soccer - we're developing players, we don't care if we win!  Well, if you are doing a better job than the next coach, you will win.  It's such a dodge of responsibility.  In no other sport in the US does anyone say 'we don't care who wins'.  You have 10 - 12 years olds in Little League mastering the game - but at 10 in soccer we don't care who wins?  More than a few years ago now, we had NCSL as the dominant local soccer league, but it had promotion and relegation, which required you to - horrors - WIN to stay in your division or else face relegation to a lower division.  That league is now basically a shadow of what it was, so everyone can play in leagues that just require your check to clear.  [/quote]

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