End of summer season thoughts

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I am usually an ardent fan of discretion about naming names in critical posts, but my gut has me agreeing with Musty on this one. In fact, I would say that swearing at the girls for an entire game might even be cause alone for naming names. (I've been known to slip a few times on the "word choice" issue, but it's always been a spontaneous reaction to something really dramatic on the field of play; unlike Musty, I think that swearing at the girls in the dugout regarding their play is indeed a form of abuse).

There are enough people associated with large organizations who read OFC that it is likely to come to the attention of a coach that he or she is being charged with serious misconduct. The coach can then tell his or her side of the story.

My friend The Bear is likely to disagree with Musty and me. It is a close question whether personal identification of a coach and charges of misconduct should be allowed, so if The Bear closes this thread down and even excises the name of the organization, that's one rational response that could be taken to the situation. I just hate to think that either 1) some future player will be sworn at or made to stand for an entire game in the sun or 2) some coach has been inaccurately accused of misconduct and doesn't have the opportunity to respond. On the latter point, many people have already read the identification, so even excising that doesn't really protect the coach in question.

 

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Never planned for this thread to get out of hand just thoughts about daughter and what the next few weeks hold, we must all act like adults, and share the life lessons of winning and losing.

 

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This summer started out rough but ended up great. Can't thank the parents and coaches for DD's team enough. What a wonderful ride!

 

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Swearing? Really? Punishment? WTF. Coaching is supposed to be about teaching the game, first and foremost. It can't be so personal that the coach loses his/her temper and feels that some sort of corporal punishment is warranted. That's unacceptable. Could it be that in an organization's rush to grow larger and more profitable a team was formed to play tournament ball that should be playing in the local travel leagues? Sure. That can be frustrating for a coach, but a lack of talent is no excuse for such behavior. It is simply a reason to continue to reinforce fundamentals.

Bum Phillips said this about Don Shula: "He can take his team and beat your team one day, and then take your team and beat his team the next." Now that's a good coach.