Question for parents of current or very recently graduated football players.
How, if at all, has your kid's head coach created boundaries for parents? (eg limiting conversation about kids to certain times, not discussing playing time, etc). What coaches do it well?
I am seeing more and more coaches retire from coaching early and almost always the reason is they don't want to deal with parents anymore. Only a few seem to be able to keep parents at bay and most of them have VERY long resumes with lots of success.
We talk about the ref shortage, but I think the coach shortage (at least of experienced quality coaches) doesn't get much play.
I remember when I played a parent would rarely reach out to a coach on any topic other than recruiting and the coaches were pretty much left to do their job (unless there was a MAJOR issue). however, hearing some parents at both of my kids' schools, you would think that parents want to be an extended member of the coaching staff.
To be clear, I don't want this to turn into a thread about the Hinsdale Central girl's basketball situation. However I think it is very similar to the pressure that many coaches, especialy in wealthy districts deal with.
How, if at all, has your kid's head coach created boundaries for parents? (eg limiting conversation about kids to certain times, not discussing playing time, etc). What coaches do it well?
I am seeing more and more coaches retire from coaching early and almost always the reason is they don't want to deal with parents anymore. Only a few seem to be able to keep parents at bay and most of them have VERY long resumes with lots of success.
We talk about the ref shortage, but I think the coach shortage (at least of experienced quality coaches) doesn't get much play.
I remember when I played a parent would rarely reach out to a coach on any topic other than recruiting and the coaches were pretty much left to do their job (unless there was a MAJOR issue). however, hearing some parents at both of my kids' schools, you would think that parents want to be an extended member of the coaching staff.
To be clear, I don't want this to turn into a thread about the Hinsdale Central girl's basketball situation. However I think it is very similar to the pressure that many coaches, especialy in wealthy districts deal with.