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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a former coach in a rec league.  When you commit to play, they build a team.  The the team has a specified number of players.  For example, last season, we had 8 girls on the basketball team.  One quit.  Down to 7.  One got hurt.  Down to six.  In the playoffs, team with a record of 8-2, had to forfeit because two girls were sick, so I had 4 girls.  Quitting a team means you are letting everyone else on the team down.[/quote]

you shouldn't have started the season with 8 players only. these are kids, not pros, and kids have other priorities and obligations far more important than 'not letting the team down.' oh and kids get sick and you can do  nothing about. [/quote]

You are completely wrong.  If there were 10 or 12 players on the team, then there would be a problem with playing time.  If you want your kid to be on a small enough team that there is playing time, then you need to make it a high priority.   If you don't care about playing time, then you should not be playing.

If you want both,  then you are a typical f***ed up entitled parent who thinks there time is more important than mine (as the coach). [/quote]

own up your mistake, coach. [b]ONE [/b]kid quit your team and you ended up 1 short and had to forfeit a playoff game. and you're telling me i'm wrong? LOL.

if this is not a colossal failure of your coaching i don't know what is. [/quote]

Actaully, you assume I had a say in how many kids I get.  We did a draft.  The league decided there would be 7-8 kids per team. Each team picked 1 player in round 1...I picked first (because my DD was the weakest of the coaches kid), second round I picked last....etc... I can not go out and recruit additional kids.  You have no idea how rec sports work.  [/quote]

the league failed your team then. switch to another league.[/quote]

FFS- in some communities there aren't multiple rec leagues from which to pick.  So assuming you're the same PP- you're going to blame the coach and league for YOUR inability to stick with a commitment?!?  If the league went with fewer teams and more players would you complain that your little snowflake wasn't getting enough playing time?

What the former coach PP described is a very common practice among rec leagues.  Your response perfectly encapsulates why volunteer coaching of rec leagues is one of the most thankless jobs around.  Yes- everyone failed EXCEPT the parents and kid who quit.  Got it. [/quote]

PP coach here.   After this past means experience, I am done with coaching.  I am 51 years old, and I do not need this aggravation.  I love spending time with the kids...I love teaching...but I am more than a babysitter, and I am not paid.  More than not being paid, I have to take time out of work to coach.[/quote]

I am the other PP coach.  I quit as well.  I was a rec and a club coach for 10 years.  Played the sport in college that I coached.   I never charged my own expenses or for my time. There was no coaches fee. Missed some of my own kids' games to coach.  I loved working with the kids and I loved seeing my former players go on to successful HS and sometimes college careers. I also was fortunate enough to meet some nice parents who appreciated the time I put in and that I was spending time away from my family and interests.  MOST parents are great.  But it was a half dozen or so parents over the years that really soured me on coaching.  Not getting kids there for pratices and/or games.  Having to chase them down for dues. Yelling from the stands.  Undermining my coaching.  And as is evident here, not taking seriously the commitment that others have made to benefit their kids.

Having coached myself and seeing my kids' coaches, having a committed coach at any level should not be taken for granted.  So I am sorry to hear that you are quitting, but I completely understand. [/quote]

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