- May 29, 2015
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Disclaimer (because this needs some context): this was the high school my kids went to and that my daughters played for. I've talked about some of that history in various posts on here. The school cannot attract any quality coaches because of a long history of local personal politics that simultaneously kept coaches that have destroyed programs (including softball) AND got rid of quality coaches for wanting to run their programs (volleyball).
We are currently having to co-op with two other small schools just to get 9 girls on the field (despite brand new turf facilities). Our last three coaches were community volunteers from those other towns (not even teachers from those schools) who didn't know what they were walking in to.
The current one is an older gentleman who is approaching retirement. He ran the small summer rec programs at one of the other schools. He has no kids or grandkids involved, just an interest in providing something for these kids. At the end of the game I made sure to tell him that I appreciate what he is doing. I kept the rest to myself.
Those TERRIBLE players (I do not say that with a light heart or mind) and their parents showed him no respect, @#+ched and complained the whole time, and showed no respect to the game or interest in learning or getting better. But they knew they had him over a barrel. They were Varsity starters.
I would normally agree . . . But that was losing in its purest form, and I don't mean the score.
