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As a coach of 17 years wirh only one losing season I would add to the communication thing being extremely important. I treat situations on an individual basis. If a player communicates with me and I know they have a great work ethic in my practices I am somewhat lenient and most likely won't sit them to prove a point. I may play them less if I can to be fair to those that did make practice. Miss a practice without prior communication and yes, you sit.So do you actually think it is better for the team’s chances of winning in the long run to take this stance or are you trying to teach the whole “no I in team” thing? Or something else?
The coaches you mentioned that got burned would likely have gotten burned even with your rule and at least were able to benefit from those players before that point in time (perhaps actually allowing them to even make it to the regional tournament in the first place giving all the more “loyal” players an opportunity to participate in it)