Post by coachpodach on Dec 27, 2006 9:12:44 GMT -6
I am an o-line coach at a very small private school, our staff has taken over 3 years ago. The previous staff had to forfeit the last two games due to lack of numbers. To make a long story short, we snapped a 22game losing streak this year and went 2-8 for the season. We have tried to do things the best we can with what we have to work with...we are lacking blue-collar hard nosed kids. We have implemented BFS last year and stretched our budget getting our kid the best equipment we can, trying to instill that they will be top notch if they continue the path of hard work. Our first year as a staff we had 40 kids out, up from 13 that finished out the year of the forfeits. We have also started a feeder program beginning at the fourth grade level. It seems that year end evaluations are out, and we all got great marks in player relations and teaching them fundamentals(as most haven't played much in previous years) but the pressure is now on to win and NOW. This is understandable, yet there are times we feel like we are trying to make chicken salad out of chicken S***.
The high school has 150 students and tuiton is 4,000 a year.
Needless to say we don't enroll many blue-collar kids. Nearly all are white collar familes with big money, but the parents and adminstration are getting restless. I guess I am writing out of frustration, as I read much but post little here. Any thoughts, or advice?
We''l hear it all at this point....Did I mention this is my alma mater, and it makes this even more difficult...
The high school has 150 students and tuiton is 4,000 a year.
Needless to say we don't enroll many blue-collar kids. Nearly all are white collar familes with big money, but the parents and adminstration are getting restless. I guess I am writing out of frustration, as I read much but post little here. Any thoughts, or advice?
We''l hear it all at this point....Did I mention this is my alma mater, and it makes this even more difficult...
