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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am old enough to remember when kids played both ways.[/quote]

Even on a roster that size, there's still kids that play both ways.  Especially on JV.

My son's JV roster was around 60, but only about 25 saw the field on a regular basis.

And tbh, the kids that never saw the field seemed okay with it.  They were usually small.  Usually new to the sport.  And occasionally when they got out there, they looked completely lost and at times unsafe being out there.

It was probably 2/3 freshman and I expect half of that group won't return as sophomores.

Its just the way it works[/quote]

Thise kids wouldn't be out there if the team had real tryouts and cuts, like other teams do. 
So why isn't the coach holding tryouts with cuts? Football coaches aren't known for being softies. They're not holding tryouts and making cuts because there is a benefit to them. That benefit is fundraising.

Keeping a bunch of kids on a team that are never going to walk out on the field so they get their hopes up and get disappointed week after week just to soak them for funds is exactly the kind of weak ass garbage some coaches are known for.[/quote]

Yeah, maybe.  But I'd challenge your statement that kids are getting their hopes up.

They aren't.  There may be one or two that think they deserve more playing time, that are on the cusp of first team vs second team.  But those kids would have made the cut anyway.

all the other kids standing around know where they stand.  They aren't getting their hopes up.  They are just happy to be there.  They're not dumb.  They look at the starters, and see how much bigger, faster, stronger and more experienced they are.  They know.  There's no real disappointment[/quote]

You must be a football coach telling yourself bs to make yourself feel better about screwing over a bunch of kids. Stop stealing their money and make cuts. [/quote]

No.

I'm a parent of a freshman who was second string defense.  The team also had 3rd string defense and 4th string defense (which was really a mix; it had kids on 3rd string defense as well).  There were a lot of kids on the team.

My son would get frustrated bc he felt he deserved a shot on the field to show he could hang with the first string.  The kids on the 3rd string D joked at practice.  Goofed around on the sidelines at games.  Looked at instagram during film study.

They wanted to be on the team, bc it gave them a little status, or made the transition to HS a little easier, or just liked hanging out after school.

But it was clear where they stood, and they could depart at any point.  In fact, some did leave after a few weeks.

But don't act like those kids didn't get anything out of it just because they got zero minutes.  They were on the team for different reasons[/quote]

I marvel at your indepth knowledge of what kids are looking at during film. Sure yore not a coach[/quote]

To be fair, the reports of what the 3rd and 4th strings are doing during film study comes from kid and his friends.  They are the starters and the 2nd stringers, and after film study, they'll sometimes complain about the other kids giggling, using their phones and otherwise being distracting.

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I know of exactly zero coaches who would let that fly. If they do, they shouldn't be coaching. 
Not every kid has a parent who instills (or knows themselves) proper team behavior.  That doesn't mean a coach should bring them on and let them goof off for the extra dollars.[/quote]

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