Most definitely driven by the parents.
Later in the article one of them mentions they have classes with the coach! And they are dictating terms of who they want their coach to be. That is chutzpah. God I feel like a boomer when I am shaking my head at the kids these days.
Guess they aren't resilient anymore, and he doesn't feel that way this year.
Wow.
I’m sure when they are thirty they’ll be asking management to fire their boss. Don’t know if I can blame this on social media but society is really messed up right now.
Difference here is that person would just find another job. These kids can't just find another team to play for. Like already mentioned, this is almost certainly driven by the parents. And there is good chance there are a few guys that still want to play but it's extremely hard to not go along with the group. I feel bad for those guys.
Ding Ding Ding. Rarely in life will everything be exactly like you want. You have to weigh pros and cons of a situation/event and decide whether it's worth your time. I highly down you regret playing basketball since you got to play a sport you loved and be with your friends. That's the character issue. They are whining about practice plans and plays being called. I'd like to know how much scouting and film they watch. The character issue is about having a little resilience or just quitting and moving on to things that are more valuable with their time.
Well written. Use it for growth. I really wish and hope parents learn how many opportunities get lost for kids. There is so much value to being a part of a team no matter what your role is.
So it's a massive overreaction by people who are calling for the exact same thing that you're calling for? I think you're looking for a fight with people you are agreeing with.
Elevate the JV to finish the year, that's the short term solution, but any AD worth his salt knows that there isn't a long term option that involves the current coach. There's clearly an issue if the whole team is willing to walk out, this isn't just one or two kids throwing a hissy fit, it's the whole team. Fairly or un fairly this coach has completely lost the room, he's never going to get it back. As a coach this is an absolute worse case scenario, there's no coming from a complete mutiny
Seriously, I'd give anything to be playing HS sports again, and I wasn't even talented.
For me it wasn’t about whether or not I had character to stick it out. In reality I was just to plain dumb to quit even though I wouldn’t get more than 30 seconds of game time being down by 40 points. He just rode the starters every single game and didn’t develop depth.
I bet if you asked that parent, they'd be a much better coach.
I agree but I think there could be a deeper problem here. This could be just as much of an issue with the parents. There's no saying that they'll be happy with the new coach either.
As the AD, I would implement the same rules regardless of who the new coach is. Those returning players insulted the entire school and athletic department. Their apology is less to the coach and more to the greater community.
Any AD worth his salt also knows he needs to back his coach to get a quality replacement otherwise many will not touch the job.
It's more than fair to dislike or not think your coach was good and you can certainly consider it a waste of time. I'm just saying there is value to playing a sport with your buddies even if your minutes were not fair or high. You made a choice at the time that it was still worth it. Looking back at a choice you made during your childhood and wishing you made a different choice is a good reflective practice.
So it did work to switch coaches.