Virtual Community Service

Its the adults in the room. Not the kids.

Kids work when they want to work. When they have reason to work. The deal is to get them to that point. True in football and the classroom.
I want kids to arrive at their own conclusions. And yes even if I disagree.
I have no problem with the good deeds stuff as long as its the kid who wants to do it, and in its proper place, which is not an athletic coaches job. There are clubs and things that promote and arrange such stuff, not to mention plenty of volunteer opportunities. And if kids want to do stuff, I will not discourage it. I do believe football take to much of a kids time, but its not the football stuff that is time consuming. Its the speeches, its coaches not ready to go, not having a plan, kids have to have their fun. It kids spending time on their phones, its the 7on7 kids talking trash taking their time getting ready to do their reps. 
Warm and fuzzy belongs in the movies. I think the rah rah stuff, pump up the jam stuff is silly and phony especially pre game stuff.

Men, there is a reason that our legal system has terms such as argumentative and speculation in which objections can be placed. Many of the comments, not in favor of coaches utilizing community service, are basically applying theories under one, if not both, of these two terms.

Argumentation occurs when someone tries to offer a conclusion of what they think happened, instead of allowing facts to determine the outcome. The argumentative positions in this thread are trying to draw an ending, based on little to no evidence, instead of producing facts that would prove a coach is trying to boost his own status.

Speculation occurs when the argument is supported by a flimsy theory, no evidence, or an unreliable source. One coach who sees another coach posting community service projects online can only speculate as to why that person may be doing such.Thus, it holds no argument unless it can be proven that said coach has a specific agenda to earn likes and self-promote. In short, when you speculate you are simply guessing.

So, let's consider the impractical ideas that stem from guessing. Anyone want to guess your wife's weight? Yeah, me neither. Hey, instead of watching film, let's guess how many times our opponent sends pressure on third down. Oh, and don't worry about having your taxes done, just guess how much you owe and send it in. I'm sure they'll be fine with it.

Unless a person has an in-depth conversation with someone who has specific self-promoting ideas, it is an unsafe practice to try to speak to the "operation" of another person's mind (which is also another objectionable term).

Instead, why don't we allow those who (on the surface) appear to do be doing good, allow them to do so without fear of ridicule, as opposed to besmirching their intent before we know the facts.

At the end of the day, I see the same things you guys see. Are there clowns out there? Absolutely. But one could also argue that the acts themselves are still benefiting someone in a positive manner. That fact, in and of itself, it much easier to prove.

The cynicism that has crept into our society has made us skeptical of every good thing that comes down the road. Let's not forget that we are (in large part) talking about high school football. One of the last, yet withering threads, holding together the best parts of American society. If we can't stand in the gap for each other on good deeds, then we're finished and we don't even know it yet.

I'll be the first to call a spade a spade. But until then, let's consider taking the idea of community service at face value and allow it to continue helping the community, regardless of the intent in which it was delivered.