Post by dsa0305 on Oct 29, 2013 9:09:23 GMT -6
We are coming off a bye week, and we had given scouting reports to all of our kids on Thursday of last week so that we could hit the ground running on Monday. This week we are playing for a district championship, and our route through the playoffs. Yesterday was one of, if not the worst practice I have ever been apart of in my 10+ years of coaching. Not one of the kids were prepared, they gave very little effort and were just going through the motions.
I lost it on them, I proceeded to give them a butt chewing from a whole other world. I challenged them, I told them that they haven't earned anything yet, and with a work ethic like that they didn't deserve to be in the playoffs. I then conditioned them and sent them home (we actually ran what we always run on a Monday).
This is my fifth year here and we have made the playoffs in all five years, I have never had an issue with kids, but this group has had a sense of entitlement all year long. They rode the coat tails of some really good kids from the last couple of years, and they have refused to do the little things that are necessary to win. I feel like I have lost them for good, we are going to have a team meeting this afternoon and discuss the events of yesterday, and see where that goes.
I lost it on them, I proceeded to give them a butt chewing from a whole other world. I challenged them, I told them that they haven't earned anything yet, and with a work ethic like that they didn't deserve to be in the playoffs. I then conditioned them and sent them home (we actually ran what we always run on a Monday).
This is my fifth year here and we have made the playoffs in all five years, I have never had an issue with kids, but this group has had a sense of entitlement all year long. They rode the coat tails of some really good kids from the last couple of years, and they have refused to do the little things that are necessary to win. I feel like I have lost them for good, we are going to have a team meeting this afternoon and discuss the events of yesterday, and see where that goes.
