Tough situation

[mawilson2]

Not sure if I should post or not, but against my better judgment here it goes....

Short story is my DD's High School coach was just fired 9 days before first game.

HS hired DD's EX-travel ball coach.

DD and DW are in a panic.

This is too much drama to not have taken the field yet.

 

[James Smith]

I am missing the drama part.

 

[rdbass]

HS hired DD's EX-travel ball coach.<<<<<Here's a clue.

I am missing the drama part.

Lets see if you feel the same way after 5 pages?

 

[mawilson2]

Seriously, the fired coach has such a love of the game and for each and every girl on the team. He is devistated. My DD has learned so much from him over the past 2 years, and he was completely blindsided.

I'm not going to say that he didn't have his faults also, but this will be hard for the team to overcome this year.

 

[Eric F]

What are the issues with the new coach?

 

[Amy in AZ.]

I understand. But having been around sports for decades, here is my 2 cents. If the parents do not make a thing of this, the kids won't either. If one of the team members wants to pursue the reasons the guy was let go, I would support her. My sympathies to the former coach. I always wondered what would happen in a case like this - if no one showed for practice?

 

[CoogansBluff]

Not enough information. Why was HC fired? What concerns do you have about the new coach? Why are DD and DW in a panic? Is it a legitimate concern, or are they feeding off each other?

My DD found out just days before middle school tryouts this year that the old HC was taking a job at a high school. DD was in a panic for a while b/c she really liked that HC, but she was appeased when the new coach talked to the team at tryouts. But DW and I were not caught up in the panic of that. Panic seems like an overreaction to such a thing, but I don't know the details.

 

[mawilson2]

I'm not going to bash on the new guy on a public forum. This is more about the loss of someone my daughter has looked up to as a teacher of the game, and someone that has an interest in watching her develop as a player.

Just a lesson on politics at a early age for DD.

 

[darken]

Think of it as an opportunity for the players to deal with an issue such as this in preparation for the future.

It will happen as an adult. A boss or manager might leave in the middle of a big project or a professor might take a leave of absence in the middle of a semester.

Being able to deal with something like this in the future is worth a less than successful season in high school softball.

 

[YoungBuck]

If there's no moral or legal issues with the coach I would be very curious of the athletic director's timing. Life happens... but 9 days ?