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Post by donaldduck on Apr 17, 2007 11:03:23 GMT -6
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Post by lsrood on Apr 17, 2007 11:19:46 GMT -6
donaldduck,
I was a head softball coach for 20 years, had a few seasons like that. Sometimes I couldn't wait for it to end. Coaching females is a diffenrnt animal altogether!
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Post by fbdoc on Apr 17, 2007 11:52:51 GMT -6
Anyone that has coached a few years is lying if they say they haven't had at least one of those seasons. Fortunately most of mine have been great. I can think of two football seasons though (one was a near playoff team and the other was 5-5) where the staff was truly glad when it was all over. Interestingly enough, one of my all time favorite seasons was a 3-6 campaign where we were consistently over matched and yet no one - kids or coaches - ever complained or mailed it in. And as a side note, My female coaching experiences (HS and College Track) have all been excellent!
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Post by donaldduck on Apr 17, 2007 12:02:52 GMT -6
Don't think I'm complaining because of losses...we were 4-7 in football this year, but it was a great year because you could always see the kids striving for improvement. I don't know, maybe its just the end of year blahs!
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Post by lsrood on Apr 17, 2007 12:07:07 GMT -6
fbdoc,
For the most part mine have been excellent too, just a different style of coaching when dealing with the females. I also spent a year coaching women's football in the NWFA and had a very good experience doing it, just had to approach things differently that's all.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2007 14:26:49 GMT -6
I was the DC of a football team one year that finished 3-6--we lost 5 of those games by less than a TD and in all but one of those games we held the opponent under 10 points. That was crappy. The coaches didn't get along and I'm sure the players saw it. After the season ended the staff contracts were not renewed (essentially we were fired).
That was one of the best days of my coaching career.
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Post by phantom on Apr 17, 2007 16:45:00 GMT -6
We're finishing up softball this week and I can't wait until it's over! Constant bi+C#ing and fighting between the players and a lack of desire from all but 3 of them...and one of those is injured for the rest of the season! The worst thing is, we should have been a very competitive team in our district, possibly earning a playoff spot. However the negativity and in-fighting killed any chance of the playoffs early in the year. Am I a bad person for wanting the season to die?  We had a year like that. Besides the constant grabass and such we had to suspend our star player because of an argument with a coach on the sideline during a game. That led to a boycott of a practice by the seniors. Well, not all of the seniors- the ringleader, who had the seniors gathered at his house, told them that he was going over to see what was going on at the school. He practiced. We went into the last game with a chance to make the playoffs. All of the coaches were praying that we wouldn't. |
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Post by coachcb on Apr 17, 2007 19:31:33 GMT -6
Nah, I don't think your in the wrong. I had a season like that a couple years back...
-several kids (and their parents) were absolute cancer; ruined the attitudes of almost everyone on the team.
-Bad staff- 2 guys spent the entire season fighting.
- Lost a lot of games, half of them by a lot of points....
-Constant b-tching by the parents; ABOUT EVERYTHING!!
That season could not end soon enough; I almost didn't coach the following year because of the bs.
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Post by larrymoe on Apr 17, 2007 21:28:35 GMT -6
My only year as a HC was like that. Our seniors hated every other class and made it a daily contest to see how much they could display that. We went to the playoffs, but honestly it was the most miserable season I've spent in football. I would trade wins for hardworking, nice, decent kids any day of the week. And don't even get me started on our parents that year. Most ridiculous group of people I've ever been around. It may have been the only time I've seen cops called on a crowd. On the road. In the playoffs. By the home school's principal. During the first half. Really stupid stuff.
I think coachf would agree with me.
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Post by touchdowng on Apr 17, 2007 22:21:54 GMT -6
I'll echo larrymoe
Was the DC of a team that was 6-0 and we were giving up about 11 points per game and scoring 30+. It was the six most miserable weeks of my, at the time, young coaching career.
It was hard to coach kids who "knew it all" and wouldn't work hard because they followed a team that had went deep into the playoffs the year before and they felt they were entitled to win because the group before them excelled and these guys knew they were better athletes.
Never though I'd root against my own team but we went 0-3 in our last 3 games and missed out on the playoffs because of this. I was so happy for the season to end. None of the coaches were happy with this group. I just wanted somebody to say, "wake up, you're having a bad dream."
Here we were 6-3 and we were glad to have the season end. When you coach kids who aren't there for each other, the season can never be short enough.
When you have kids who care about each other, the season is never long enough. We went 2-7 last year. It's our school's 2nd year being open. The kids cared about each other and there was a strong bond between all of the classes. Winning usually makes everything much funner but it is not a guarantee.
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Post by coachf on Apr 18, 2007 10:25:31 GMT -6
My only year as a HC was like that. Our seniors hated every other class and made it a daily contest to see how much they could display that. We went to the playoffs, but honestly it was the most miserable season I've spent in football. I would trade wins for hardworking, nice, decent kids any day of the week. And don't even get me started on our parents that year. Most ridiculous group of people I've ever been around. It may have been the only time I've seen cops called on a crowd. On the road. In the playoffs. By the home school's principal. During the first half. Really stupid stuff. I think coachf would agree with me. I concur. Although, it sure does blow when you have really well behaved kids that have no talent at all (but their parents believe they do). This year was not as challenging as last year, but it has carried a lingering disgust in me. Last year was such a relief to have the season over. It was like a big weight was lifted off of our shoulders. This year that weight feels like it is bolted onto me. Plus, you know this place, larrymoe, we have some crazies. However, how do you like our new school board? Perhaps, there is a silver lining. |
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Post by coachaldridge on Apr 18, 2007 10:46:22 GMT -6
This past football season was like that for all of us here. What a blessing to get it done. Seniors, talent, etc. all contributed to the frustrating situation. I don't blame you a bit. God can use this to build experience, character, trust in Him etc., but you can be thankful when it is over and hopefully use as motivation for the future.
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Post by larrymoe on Apr 18, 2007 10:47:55 GMT -6
coachf- I saw some of the results, but didn't get the full ones. I saw RB got voted on and did SW get voted off? Did the president get cut too? Edit- and I'll still take it over them having no talent, being rude and their parents thinking they're great.  |
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Post by coachcb on Apr 18, 2007 15:03:35 GMT -6
You know, I learned a lot from that year though. I picked up a youth league HC job the following year and made some changes;
- I chose my staff very wisely; I had several guys want to coach with me, I only held onto 2 of them. I told the rest of them to go away in a polite but honest manner. They would've caused sothing but problems all year long.
- I told that parents that I wouldn't discuss anything with them until their kid came and talked to me first.
-I didn't put up with cancerous bad behavior or laziness. I told the kids that showing up to practice wasn't going to insure playing time; they had to WORK FOR IT and EARN IT. If a kid was being a pain in the butt; he sat with me after practice making up the time he wasted.
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Post by donaldduck on Apr 20, 2007 11:45:39 GMT -6
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Post by lsrood on Apr 20, 2007 12:04:21 GMT -6
Coach,
I feel your frustration! My starting shortstop came up to me 15 minutes before our bus was to leave for a key section game and informed me she was going home because she had a fight with her boyfriend and was too emotional to play. I told her fine go ahead just bring me her uniform tomorrow morning as she was off the team. To make a long story short, she came tot he game and had one of her best games ever, then thanked me afterwards for "motivating" her in the right direction.
Coach, you have to do what you have to do. the inmates can't run the asylum.
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Post by coachcalande on Apr 20, 2007 19:53:51 GMT -6
I once coached girls soccer...on a bus ride home from a game a girl came "out of the closet" and expressed her desire to "hook up" with another girl on the team...yeah...classic moment in coaching...NEVER coach girls soccer!
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Post by coachcb on Apr 20, 2007 19:56:49 GMT -6
YOU COACHED COMMUNISM-ON-GRASS, CALANDE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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Post by coachcalande on Apr 20, 2007 19:59:23 GMT -6
yeah, girls soccer was a spring sport and our Ad said "if you want to be the football coach youll have to do me a small favor"...I lasted ONE SEASON ...i hated it ...I was so miserable...
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Post by coachcb on Apr 20, 2007 20:05:16 GMT -6
Coaching girl's throws can be trying enough for me........
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