voslos
Sophomore Member
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Post by voslos on Apr 15, 2006 19:58:48 GMT -6
Do any of you other coaches experience the problem of todays high school players that are all full of excuses. I'm totally sick of it. I remember a game last year where a team blocked an extra point on us. I saw that he came through the A gap. I asked my left guard what had happened. He said it wasn't his guy or his gap. I knew he was full of sh**. I told him we would see when we watched film. Sure enough we watch film and it is his guy and the kid still had an excuse as to why it wasn't his fault.
I'm so fed up with all the excuses I get from my kids. It all comes from the home too. These parents have to stop babying their kids and stop making excuses for them. Any of you other coaches experience this?
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Post by cc on Apr 15, 2006 20:36:14 GMT -6
I always tell em Excuses are like A-holes and they all stink.
Or excuses are like farts, you may think yours dont stink, but they do!
I guess its also about teaching them how to be a man.
Have a talk about accountability.
How you respect em more if they admit they did wrong and that they will fix it then that they deny it.
I hear you man. I told my All-Start WR he messed up as he was in the wrong formation and he said no way. So we had a bet and when we watched film he ate his crow...
Its a generation thing. They all like to blame each other and laugh at each other's mistakes, but they dont own up to there own.
Course who likes to!?!
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Post by amikell on Apr 15, 2006 20:38:12 GMT -6
I know what you mean voslos. it's a pain in the rear, so the only thing we can do is provide the one place in the world where that kid is held accountable for his actions. the eye in the sky never lies. doesn't mean you have to reem the kid. although I've done it. but it does mean we as coaches have to "be the change we seek to see." hold their butt accountable, to a higher standard, and I firmly believe that in the end, the kid will thank you for it. or at least hate you, but be better off. =)
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voslos
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Post by voslos on Apr 15, 2006 20:57:34 GMT -6
you guys are total right. The other thing I found is that my better players didn't give me the excuses. My left tackle who is Wisconsins top recruit never once in his career gave me an excuse, but then again his parents didn't raise him to be that way. I don't know but it seems like the kids who acknowledge their mistakes and are accountable for them are the ones who learn from them and thus become better players.
Like you guys said the best way to make kids accountable is with film and to make them accountable to the other kids on the team.
I get frustrated that the parents allow this crap to happen. I hope I'm never like that with my daughter.
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Post by airman on Apr 15, 2006 21:30:24 GMT -6
i am going to attack this from a different angle. it is easy to say parents have to do this or that. I do agree children have been raised to think they are superstarts.
still, instead of complaining, find solution.
DHC
DUTY
HONOR
COURAGE
do you duty, means do your job, know your job
honor you are judged by your actions, you lie, we can not trust you. we cannot play who we cannot trust
courage play with great heart
live it, talk it. put it every were. locker rooms, helmets, shirts.
my motto we sink,we swim, we win, we lose together.
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roc
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Post by roc on Apr 17, 2006 16:23:07 GMT -6
Coach airman and the rest of the coaches i can't agree with you guys enough. I've heard excuses like my cousin stole my cleats on the eve of a game,i can't practice today(but your dressed in equipment).I mean the list goes on and on,at times these parents are just as bad as the kids.I can remember a parent tried to approach me at halftime of a game, when i tell you her son was one of the biggest distractions on the team.In practice he would often dog drills, so i benched him and she still had every excuse in the book.(he was up late at night doing homework on a non practice day.
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