Anonymous
11/19/2020 20:44
Subject: Re:Is this what team manager is supposed to be?
I am a team manager for my son's travel team and I do enjoy the job. With that said, I stick to the administrative aspects of it and stay away/neutral from any drama. I make sure to remind parents of any issues regarding players should be talked directly with the coach.
If the problem happens to be the coach, I would advice parents to talk to the Technical Director or Executive director.
I rather be the team Manager and not the Team Treasurer. LOL.
Anonymous
11/18/2020 11:15
Subject: Re:Is this what team manager is supposed to be?
Anonymous wrote:I did it once. Never again!
+1. NEVER. Some parents are BSC. Not even joking or exaggerating. 99% of parents are nice/checked out/unproblematic but that 1% will ruin everything. The problems DCUM parents complain about on here are not even a blip on the radar of the things i've seen.
Anonymous
11/18/2020 09:59
Subject: Is this what team manager is supposed to be?
Coach here -
Deal with the issues you're comfortable with. If there are issues being directed to you about coaching or coaching behavior, don't be afraid to pass those on to the coach or to inform the parent to go directly to the coach.
Ultimately you're a volunteer and we need good team managers to stick around whenever possible. Know your limits and don't feel bad about enforcing them.
Deal with the issues you're comfortable with. If there are issues being directed to you about coaching or coaching behavior, don't be afraid to pass those on to the coach or to inform the parent to go directly to the coach.
Ultimately you're a volunteer and we need good team managers to stick around whenever possible. Know your limits and don't feel bad about enforcing them.
Anonymous
11/18/2020 08:24
Subject: Re:Is this what team manager is supposed to be?
I did it once. Never again!
Anonymous
11/18/2020 08:17
Subject: Re:Is this what team manager is supposed to be?
Lost in that shuffle is maybe everyone is unhappy with this coach because he's a bad coach. Is your child happy? Are they developing and progressing? Is it a healthy growth environment for the kids? When I was manager for a good coach we didn't have those kinds of issues.
No, it isn't a great environment for the kids. My son is happy enough because he likes his teammates and wants to get out of the house to exercise, but it isn't an ideal situation for his soccer development.
Anonymous
11/18/2020 08:08
Subject: Re:Is this what team manager is supposed to be?
Everyone's advice that you are not the other parent's message boy and they need to take their issues with the coach to him themselves is spot on.
Lost in that shuffle is maybe everyone is unhappy with this coach because he's a bad coach. Is your child happy? Are they developing and progressing? Is it a healthy growth environment for the kids? When I was manager for a good coach we didn't have those kinds of issues.