I have to agree on this one. When I was coaching my daughters soccer team, we had to play the kids 25% of the time. I did my best to adhere to this, and the not so good girls did only play about 25% of the time. The better ones got more time, including my daughter, which caused quite a stir in some parents. They could not see that their daughter did not have what it takes to win a game, and my daughter and about 3'4 of the other girls had what it takes. They would accuse me of playing favorites with my own kid. Hell, even their daughter would tell their parents that they do not mind sitting most of the game out as long as they win. But the parents did not understand that. All they could see what that their "superstar" was warming the bench.
I was glad when my daughter decided that she had too much going on - soccer, cheerleading and Taekwondo - so she gave up soccer. That was my out. I let some other father put up with the bullshit that the parents put out. I suspect that these were the parents who were bench warmers themselves or never 'made the team'. I just hope that when the kids are older they look back and let their parents know what schmucks they were. Bruce -----Original Message----- From: J.J. Merrick Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 8:48 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: More LLWS drama ummmm yeahhhh... have you ever worked in youth sports? :-) parents = eeeeviiiilllll ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241237 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
