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Post by fantom on May 31, 2012 12:22:06 GMT -6
There's another thread about gifts from the coach or coaching staff for graduation seniors. There have been other threads on the topic so I was wondering how common this is. I've never been on a staff that does this. It's never even occurred to me.
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Post by John Knight on May 31, 2012 12:31:02 GMT -6
I don't think it is common as a staff but it is common for players that really liked their position coach or head coach to send a graduation announcement to that coach. Very few recieve a gift from me unless they are related to me or someone on staff.
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Post by mrucoach on May 31, 2012 19:25:01 GMT -6
I always make it a point to go to the school graduation ceremony and shake each graduating player's hand afterwards, but no gift. I do this good season or poor, good player or problem player.
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Post by kboyd on May 31, 2012 19:39:57 GMT -6
Two of my coaches go every year to grad (one's a teacher) and I go when I can, but we don't give gifts.
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Post by kylem56 on May 31, 2012 20:33:19 GMT -6
As a program no we dont. At my old HS when we graduated, we recieved a plaque with a mini helmet and a little plate with our name and # on it. Now, if I get invited to one of our kids graduation parties, I will frame 5x7 picture of them in action from one of our games and give it to them.
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Post by Chris Clement on May 31, 2012 20:43:03 GMT -6
Two of my coaches go every year to grad (one's a teacher) and I go when I can, but we don't give gifts. You don't go to your own school's graduation? Or do you not teach? |
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Post by coachshs on May 31, 2012 20:49:27 GMT -6
I have never missed a graduation ceremony, I seek out each player and shake their hand afterward.
I also attend their open house if they invite me and write a personalized card for each of them. The gift thing is just not possible. I don't see any way that I could give every athlete a gift... First I am not sure it is legal and I secondly I would be broke....
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Post by fantom on May 31, 2012 21:12:17 GMT -6
As a program no we dont. At my old HS when we graduated, we recieved a plaque with a mini helmet and a little plate with our name and # on it. Now, if I get invited to one of our kids graduation parties, I will frame 5x7 picture of them in action from one of our games and give it to them. When I was in school all of the seniors got gifts: our letter jacket and a portrait drawn by a booster. They were from the booster club, though, and we got them at the banquet. I'm glad to see that we're not alone in not giving gifts. The guys who posted about graduation gifts said it in such a matter of fact way that I wondered if we were the oddballs. Well, the poll is still pretty new. |
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Post by emptybackfield on Jun 1, 2012 5:33:57 GMT -6
Like fantom, we give them their "gift" at the end of the season banquet.
They get to keep their home jerseys as their gifts.
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Post by jgordon1 on Jun 1, 2012 6:49:30 GMT -6
We gave them a gift at the banquet. I always go to the graduation whether I was an HC or not... I was planning to do a senior picture w/ all of them in their gowns and place it in the program next year..
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Post by kboyd on Jun 1, 2012 19:29:36 GMT -6
Two of my coaches go every year to grad (one's a teacher) and I go when I can, but we don't give gifts. You don't go to your own school's graduation? Or do you not teach? I don't teach, I run a supported employment company for people with disabilities and volunteer at the school. |
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