The funny ways that kids say they quit.

If you retire from something doesn't that mean you have had a cerrer in it at one point?

We had a kid last week tell us he was quitting but was planning on playing again next year. When we asked him why he was quitting if he was planning to play next year he looked at us and said, "This way I can get better and start next year." How do you get better at something without doing it?

The last day to quit was YESTERDAY!

i just had a kid quit this year because the fishing was too good this year.

yeah! as a big hunter, i at least understood where he was coming from...

Had a kid quit one time due to "lack of playing time". He was starting at LB and on most special teams. Really he thought he was some kind of amazing receiver even though he couldn't catch and he quit because he wasn't a starter there

Around here they Quit football to concentrate on BASKETBALL. Most of them are marginal BB players at best!

"Coach, this summer at cheerleading camp I made All-American. I think I have a chance at getting a college cheerleading scholarship. I want to take a year off from football and concentrate on cheerleading. I plan on playing football again though my senior year."

His parents were mad at me when I told him he wouldn't be bumping anyone out of their starting spot if/when he decided to come back.

Had a kid transfer from our school a 700 some school to a 4500 some school in the area because he said he wasn't play enough as a sophomore, after we developed an entire package for him....one year of sitting out, and another year later, he isn't even their JV QB

Did he transfer to Hogwarts?

When I was in college my roommate in camp one year was an older guy who had gotten out of the Army and wanted to play football. Our practice field was on a little hill overlooking the stadium and field house, about a half-mile away. The first practice we were required to jog two laps around the practice field to start practice. As we were completing the second lap, I noticed my roommate reaching the last turn a few yards ahead of me. He didn't turn left, though, toward the field. He turned right toward the field house and kept going. When I got back to the room after practice his stuff was gone. I never saw him again.

Had one earlier this year say he had to "work." -- Between double sessions?! That always seems to be the go to excuse here. When asked what his job was he was speechless.

Had another tell me his Aunt had cancer and was dieing and he had to take care of her. I talked to him and told him family needs to be first, but if it's a football thing to just tell the truth. He said he loved football but had to take care of his aunt. A week later I see him tooting on some instrument in the marching band.

That's happenend twice. The other kids still joke around that the kids must have been really backed up and our still in the bathroom!

I had a few kids tell me "yes I'm playing next year unless I draw for elk" At my first school I coached at we made national news. We lost about half of are team in the first round of playoffs because Deer season started.