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Post by beau6483 on Jan 17, 2014 5:34:31 GMT -6
This past season i took over our 9-10 team that was 2-8 the previous season losing most games by 20+. After my first year of taking over the team we went 9-3 losing 13-6 in Super Bowl. We out scores our opponents 190-97 with six shutouts. I just found out that our local high school coaches where taking over as football commissioners and there plans where not to ask me back. Our local high school has only 2 winning season and one playoff appearance in 10 season. The 7-8 year old coach who has ties to the high school and his son moves up a he wants to be head coach. His team was 8-1 and lost in the Super Bowl as well. I was told that the high school coaches didn't like the way i taught the techniques. I also had the high school football coaches son on my team who was a mpp. I am a coach who doesn't feed into the politics of youth sports no matter who your parents are. I was also told I could go to the 11-12 team as a assistant only not a coordinator. I have been a coach in league for 6 years going to 2 Super Bowls losing one. In this six years I have only coach my son once. How do you think I should handle this situation?
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Post by pirate1590 on Jan 17, 2014 9:13:02 GMT -6
Get out of your league ASAP and move to another one. You dont deserved to be jerked around like that- but welcome to the politics of youth football. It will be in every league, team, etc you will ever coach in. I got accused of playing favorites a couple of years ago because I had our best player splitting time at Tail/Wing away from our backup player who wasnt very good. The kid still got plenty of carries and played a great amount- he started on defense for heaven's sake! I got accosted by a parent this year for not throwing his kid the ball more at age 8-10- he was our 3rd best reciever! Point is, this involves children and helicopter parents- which is always a bad combo. I've seen parents pull their kids off the team midseason, join other teams etc. Heck I have even had a parent try to bribe me to get their kid more PT- kid played but would have been a MMP anywhere else. Get yourself out of that environment, thankfully our program isnt very big- 3 teams per age level -3 age levels so there isnt a lot of politics- Im on the board so part of my job is ridding cancers. But it happens- sucks man. Hope it works out.
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Post by coachdoug on Jan 17, 2014 11:29:37 GMT -6
I agree with pirate, although I would be interested to hear the other side of the story. My guess is that the people actually making these decisions would probably describe the situation very differently - for instance, what exactly do they not like about the way you "taught the techniques?" However, assuming the situation is more or less as you've presented it, your best option is to take your services elsewhere. There are plenty of youth programs in need of better coaching - go find one that will appreciate what you bring to the table.
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Post by mahonz on Jan 17, 2014 12:08:13 GMT -6
If my math is correct your son has aged out of youth ball so all of your energy has and is currently going towards other peoples kids now. That is win win for any youth program. That is the part that would really upset me personally.
I agree with the others...ask why....listen politely while they tell you a pile of lies...then walk.
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Post by bobgoodman on Jan 21, 2014 11:00:40 GMT -6
In the for-profit world it's results that count, but unfortunately when you're not doing it for money, any other sort of consider'n, spoken or unspoken, can supravene. Actually even in for-profit businesses, in a large enough organiz'n the same sort of thing can go on, but the profit motive can at least restrain the cliques somewhat.
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Post by 5straight on Jan 23, 2014 16:57:20 GMT -6
What a shame. It is tough to find quality youth coaches who are doing it for the "right" reasons. Go coach in one of the competitor programs and do what you do, Win ! Sweet revenge.
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