You must be great fun in person. I'd very much like to be as tough as you sound. I'm sure nobody here knows anything about working for a living, or even doing jobs where mistakes might even get someone hurt. Many on this board have plenty of experience not only with softball, but with life. One helps balance the view of the other. There's a thin line between high standards and being an A-hole. A bit less condescension and a more understanding of the audience would be good.
Hilarious article out of New Jersey
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You must be great fun in person. I'd very much like to be as tough as you sound. I'm sure nobody here knows anything about working for a living, or even doing jobs where mistakes might even get someone hurt. Many on this board have plenty of experience not only with softball, but with life. One helps balance the view of the other. There's a thin line between high standards and being an A-hole. A bit less condescension and a more understanding of the audience would be good.
Oh, I know.
Posting that it's a good idea to follow the rules of an organization that you voluntarily joined makes me sound like a true hard ***.
It's regular ole Navy SEAL chit, I tells ya.
Earl Cambell was unable to complete a mile run while in the midst of a hall of fame football career. His coach was asked about it and he replied if it’s 3rd and a mile I’ll put in a different back, 3rd and less then a mile I’ll put in Earl.
That's emotional abuse.
Earl should have cried to his parents and tried to get his coach fired over that one..
What school does your dd play for?
What company do you work for?
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The question isn't whether one should follow the rules and if they don't then whether they should be punished for it. Of course there should be consequences for their actions. It is, instead, whether the punishment fit the crime. If somebody is late for work they probably would get a talking to from the boss and if it happened again maybe fired but they certainly wouldn't first be forced to run sprints around the workplace naked before leaving. Again I am not siding with anybody here just saying that there are right and wrong ways to do things and sometimes coaches cross that line, whether they realize it or not.
Wow.
I missed this piece of the article.
I thought they had to perform some basic physical activity that any college athlete should be able to perform.
I had no idea they were forced to run 10 miles with no clothing on.
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Stop being obtuse..there were other things in that article besides the thing you are focusing on. You think it is ok for a male coach to make jokes (which appeared to be mean in nature) about women menstruating? You don't think that could be embarrassing to some young ladies? How would you like it if your DD's head coach told her she was hitting like she was on her period? So yes I was combining a few of things in that article to make a point..my fault.
Also, for the record, I had plenty of coaches who were asses. I had a basketball coach in HS who threw basketballs at our heads if we screwed up. My college baseball coach hazed us as freshmen by making us chew tobacco and then swallow it so we would puke. He also put us all in a room and and initiated a conversation about our first sexual experiences. The same guy called me Tourette because I was inclined to have emotional outbursts when I didn't perform as well as I wanted to.
Just because nobody ever said anything back then doesn't mean it was right. I can tell you one thing it didn't do, it didn't make me any better a ballplayer.
Finally, as you seem to be new, ask anybody on here: there is nobody as far away from being a coddling parent than me....
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