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Post by tothehouse on Jun 2, 2015 9:15:46 GMT -6
Your own kid is on your team.
You're a coordinator...or the HC. Gawd forbid your kid suffers a big injury during the game. Like...something that requires a hospital trip.
You know you're the only one who can call the rest of the game.
Are you in the ambulance or on the sideline?
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Post by natenator on Jun 2, 2015 10:20:25 GMT -6
Ambulance.
Family > everything else
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Post by blb on Jun 2, 2015 10:25:47 GMT -6
I don't like hypotheticals but my gut reaction is:
If it's life threatening I'm in the ambulance.
Anything else, Mom and the trainer ride with Junior, and I get to the hospital immediately after the game.
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Post by coachcobbs on Jun 2, 2015 10:25:48 GMT -6
No question with my kid
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Post by georgefred86 on Jun 2, 2015 10:30:24 GMT -6
Big injury means serious ... I am with my son no question.
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Post by jg78 on Jun 2, 2015 11:03:44 GMT -6
I don't like hypotheticals but my gut reaction is: If it's life threatening I'm in the ambulance. Anything else, Mom and the trainer ride with Junior, and I get to the hospital immediately after the game. I am on board with this answer.
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Post by tothehouse on Jun 2, 2015 11:34:53 GMT -6
I don't like the hypothetical either...but will be something I have to have on my mind the next 5 years or so.
I think the call needs to be made when/if it happens. I'd be the first to drop everything and go, but...it would depend on how things went.
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Post by 33coach on Jun 2, 2015 11:54:39 GMT -6
Yep
serious injury = hospital Anything else = game
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Post by fantom on Jun 2, 2015 11:59:51 GMT -6
I don't like hypotheticals but my gut reaction is: If it's life threatening I'm in the ambulance. Anything else, Mom and the trainer ride with Junior, and I get to the hospital immediately after the game. I agree. I do have to add that I wouldn't be on a staff so lousy that nobody else could call the game.
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Post by tothehouse on Jun 2, 2015 12:15:23 GMT -6
I think it's more pride fantom. Maybe a guy could do it...but it wouldn't be the same. But again...if my kid's health is on the line...I'm probably not thinking about that too much.
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Post by coachnorm on Jun 2, 2015 12:16:24 GMT -6
For my dad it was finish the game and then show up at the hospital. I was fine with that.
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Post by mhcoach on Jun 2, 2015 12:23:47 GMT -6
In the early 80's we had a player at an away get hurt & required to Helicopter transported to the Hospital. The HC's name was the only one on the release form, so he had to go in the copter. The player's parents weren't at the game. The Helicopter pilot insisted only the HC could go.
I also hate hypothetical s, & agree with BLB.
Joe
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Post by freezeoption on Jun 2, 2015 12:29:15 GMT -6
this year, my boy tore his acl in a game, i had him sit on the bleachers until i could look at it, then at half i said you can go back with your mother or stay for the game and cheer them on, he stood on the sidelines and cheered on the team, if it would have been something that required a ambulance to a hospital i would have gone with him and left it to one of my assts, my family comes first, i call it all, so if that happens it might not be too pretty
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Post by freezeoption on Jun 2, 2015 12:29:45 GMT -6
this year, my boy tore his acl in a game, i had him sit on the bleachers until i could look at it, then at half i said you can go back with your mother or stay for the game and cheer them on, he stood on the sidelines and cheered on the team, if it would have been something that required a ambulance to a hospital i would have gone with him and left it to one of my assts, my family comes first, i call it all, so if that happens it might not be too pretty
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Post by wingtol on Jun 2, 2015 12:38:10 GMT -6
If they are taking my son away in an ambulance I am going with him. It's a game for Christ sakes wouldn't even be a second thought for me. Now when I think ambulance I am thinking they are stretching the kid off the field not like something where they get to the sidelines and the trainer/dr looks then they go.
I always like to remember a saying I heard a long time ago "Your former players aren't going to be making the decision one day on which nursing home to put you but your kids are..."
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Post by blb on Jun 2, 2015 13:47:13 GMT -6
Again I do not like hypotheticals, because it's easy to say what one would do in a given situation until actually confronted with it.
I never had to deal with something like OP proposed because we had two daughters.
I did go with a a kid who was having a heat issue to hospital but that was from a practice, not a game. And trainer wasn't there.
Also because most of my career I've been head coach I was thinking about it from that POV. Maybe if I was assistant I'd feel-act differently
I don't want to debate every possible scenario, but if my son is going for a broken leg, clavicle, torn ACL - what am I going to do for him in ambulance that Mom couldn't handle?
Again, if it's life-threatening or head-neck and not just precautionary, that's different.
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Post by coachmonkey on Jun 2, 2015 13:54:08 GMT -6
Your own kid is on your team. You're a coordinator...or the HC. Gawd forbid your kid suffers a big injury during the game. Like...something that requires a hospital trip. You know you're the only one who can call the rest of the game. Are you in the ambulance or on the sideline? This happened to me. Level 1 playoff game. Up like 35-0, or 40-6, something like that. Horribly wet and rainy game. FB fumbled the ball, I as the QB dove for the lose ball, got hit in the back of the shoulder at the same time. Dislocated my shoulder. I had no idea what happened other than I couldn't feel my arm. I got up and actually my mom and another lady she rode to the games with took me to the hospital. My dad coached until the end of the game then came to the hospital. You are a coach and your responsibility is to your team. I agree with the above post, if it is truly potentially life threatening, then go, I don't think anyone would hold that against. You a broken bone, dislocation etc., you better stay and coach, IMO.
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Post by dubber on Jun 2, 2015 17:44:52 GMT -6
Hospital
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Post by coachd5085 on Jun 2, 2015 17:58:10 GMT -6
I think it's more pride fantom. Maybe a guy could do it...but it wouldn't be the same. But again...if my kid's health is on the line...I'm probably not thinking about that too much. Pride should be "I did a great job developing the coaches under me that I am completely comfortable with them doing my job"
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Post by tothehouse on Jun 2, 2015 18:17:32 GMT -6
I hear that 5085. Me and the HC are the only on campus coaches. I honestly think the other guys like to coach...but don't love it. There is something to that.
I continually make a big time effort to get the people around me better. I have a vested interest in that...because I see myself not coaching in 5 years. I, by no means, am good/great, but my point is...somebody has to really care to do what I do.
That being said...I'm outta there if it's something big that a Dr. on the sideline can't deal with (we usually have about 5 docs) or something else. And gawd forbid...this scenario comes up in the first place.
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Post by racehorse on Jun 2, 2015 20:02:45 GMT -6
Ambulance = gone Sideline eval = Mom takes him/wait 'til game is over
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Post by coachphillip on Jun 2, 2015 22:13:08 GMT -6
There's a general consensus about whether you go or stay. Is this something you should talk to your sons about ahead of time? Don't want them taking it personally if the situation unfortunately arises.
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Post by fantom on Jun 2, 2015 22:23:20 GMT -6
There's a general consensus about whether you go or stay. Is this something you should talk to your sons about ahead of time? Don't want them taking it personally if the situation unfortunately arises. My son grew up around football. If he was conscious and not paralyzed and I tried to leave the game he would have asked me what the hell I was doing.
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Post by coachmonkey on Jun 3, 2015 6:52:21 GMT -6
There's a general consensus about whether you go or stay. Is this something you should talk to your sons about ahead of time? Don't want them taking it personally if the situation unfortunately arises. My son grew up around football. If he was conscious and not paralyzed and I tried to leave the game he would have asked me what the hell I was doing. First time I dislocated my shoulder, I was on the sideline on the bench getting looked at. I didn't know what was wrong with me other than I couldn't feel my arm. While I was out the backup QB fumbled two snaps both recovered by the other team. They ended up going from down 28-0, to 28-14. My dad said, "If you don't get your a** back in there we are going to lose this damn game." I looked up, saw the scoreboard and thought what the hell happened. In the meantime they have taken off my shoulder pads and that was enough to pop my shoulder back into place (I realize now that removing the pads was a bad idea but we didn't have trainers on the sidelines back then). My mom gave me some pain killers and I put my pads on and went back in. I would never have asked my dad to go to the hospital with me during a game. I worked too hard for my team to have him leave. My mom is and was more than capable.
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