coachgeorge51
Sophomore Member
Cliches and mottos is mindless verbal nonsense.
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Post by coachgeorge51 on Apr 30, 2009 10:28:01 GMT -6
My program is for the right kind of kids. WINNERS! Those that want to make a personal commitment to themselves, their friends, and their school/community and follow through, no matter how hard it gets. Its about teaching them to grow up. I don't jag around with pretending varsity sports at a big school is intramurals.
Full-on, no strings attached year-round commitment, period. That's teaching responsibilities and accountability. Its about quality, not quantity. 40 of the right kids, not 45-60 with cancers throughout.
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burn
Sophomore Member
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Post by burn on Apr 30, 2009 19:15:50 GMT -6
fbdoc,
I have had the conversation with him and he just doesn't get it. His response is that his talks are only 10 minutes and I can't call the man a liar because he truly believes it. He is older and was a stud in his day. He also works very hard but gets diminishing returns. His program was once great but I think he has lost a little bit as he has aged. It is a tough situation but I do not have the heart to take his passion from him and he does work for the kids. My point is that I won't sit kids that quit his program because it would not be fair to them. This may be controversial to some but I know the kids signed up to run track not to be lectured each and every day for a lengthy period of time. My views only and I stick to them.
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Post by jgordon1 on Apr 30, 2009 20:16:19 GMT -6
Jgordon, look at the post time...my last comment on the hallway wasn't a knock on you! Didn't think that but thanks for the thought. here's my problem. I am two different people I wear a teacher hat and a coaches hat. when football players are in my room I treat them as my students( with highr expectations) but when they get on the field well, there mine. everybody knows Mr. Gordon good guy etc but only the "lucky" few actually know "Coach" Gordon. What I don't want to happen is a kid quit and me be still buddy, buddy in the hallway. IMO this makes it easier for the next kid to quit. Him: Hey I can quit and still BS with Mr G in the Hallway Ain't happeing. might be a great kid but you know what F him because I got 40 more that maybe just maybe might think of quitting. My Freshman year in college I wanted to quit so bad, if it was easy to quit I probably would have basically I "Too Scared" to actually quit. TG I didn't because I had a great experience and ended up being a captain |
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Post by fbdoc on Apr 30, 2009 20:17:03 GMT -6
Sounds like you've done your best - and under the circumstances you're described I think I would probably cut those kids some slack. Another way to try to help the coach is "encourage" some of the track kids who are also leaders at the school to give some subtle or not so subtle hints to the coach that his 10 minute chats are cutting into valuable work out time. Hang in there!
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