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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And I can't help but root against the first team.   [/quote]

That's sad.[/quote]

No it isn't. Screw the A team that didn't want the B team player. Do you think Jordan rooted for the varsity HS team when he didn't make it? No, he hoped they failed to drive home the mistake he felt they made by playing him on JV.

And no bench player is rooting for the success of the starter either. They are always hoping that they fail so that they get their opportunity. Eff the starters, eff the A team has to be how a player looks at it. Sorry if it hurts your feelings but there are many kids rooting for your kids failure. [/quote]

I played many different sports when I was a kid. On some teams, I was a starter; on others I rarely played, but enjoyed being part of the team nonetheless. I never rooted against the success of my teammates.

It wasn't a mistake to put your kid on the B team. You're clearly a B-team parent as well.[/quote]

If you aren't rooting for failure in order to get an opportunity then you are not driven. Opportunity comes both through ones own hard work and the opportunity presented by the failure of another. If you accept that you are a sub or a B team player then you are one.

Players who want to be on the A team or be a starter view their teammates as the competition anything less then you are accepting being a role player. [/quote]

One can view his teammates as friendly competition to see who can perform the best and earn a role in the starting lineup without rooting against them. Opportunity comes by improving and consistently performing to the best of your God-given abilities. It need not be based on the "failure" of a teammate.

Sad that you do not seem to understand the concept of sportsmanship and working as a team -- the concepts that team sports are supposed to develop in young boys.

If your child has this mentality, I suspect he will remain part of the B "team" ... or eventually just quit because the world hasn't handed him a trophy simply for existing. [/quote]

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