Post by coachd5085 on Feb 27, 2008 17:41:13 GMT -6
wildcat said:
silkyice said:
Wildcat,
I actually think that you are being more unfair to the player by doing that than by kicking him off the team.
Let me explain:
He is now going to do all this other stuff and work for nine months, but has no chance of playing. Isn't that deceptive? Let him know where he stands. Think about it from a kids point of view, you said, "you gotta do what you gotta do." He might interpret that as meaning that it is ok do do something else.
Now if you tell him that not doing what you asked might result in less playing time, then I have no problem with that.
Nahhhh...if the kid is the best at his position, he will play. Kid knows where he stands...if he out-performs the other kids at his position, he gets the gig. What I am saying is that this little incident (there have been others with this particular kid) will simply be used in the instance of a "tiebreaker"...for example, this kid and another kid are neck and neck for a starting spot, the kid who didn't want to work out with the other linemen won't get it. Thing is, this kid really isn't all that good to begin with. And this kid will NEVER be a captain or be in any kind of leadership position. But he will be allowed to compete for a job. If he is the best, he plays. If he isn't, he doesn't.
Here is my disagreement with this philosophy. You just taught (implicitly or explicitly..doesn't matter) the kids here that the important thing is to be the best on the team. The fact that the best kid will play is understandable, HOWEVER I believe the message that has to be sent is that you are not competing with the guys on the team, YOU are competing with the guys on the OTHER team. The best on the team might play, but the BEST ON THE FIELD are the ones that win.
So...regardless of if it is true in THIS case with THIS kid, the message sent was "hey, it doesn't matter how hard you work, if you are the best you will play." The message I feel needs to be sent is "YOU NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO BE THE BEST ON THE FIELD, because those guys are doing everything possible to beat YOU.