08-07-2009, 04:54 PM
Snoopy,
After reading all of your opinions I feel like you need to be enlightened a bit. I agree with everyone else on the basis that you have failed to give any accusations as to why you think this coach is unqualified.
This is a perfect time and place to express those views in an argument that you have begun by SLANDERING this coach. Please don't pretend to be a saint in all of this "fighting the good fight" when you sit there and try to ruin this mans coaching credibility.
It is obvious that you are an angry parent who doesn't agree with some coaching moves. You are never going to agree with everything a person does. Have to talked to the coach about these? or the AD?
You have mentioned the lack of waukegan girls softball players playing travel ball. I am an athlete at the school and I play both high school and travel sports. It has been my experience that some girls who play high school sports are not as serious about the sport as others. Those players are on the team to wear the jersey, play for their friends and are not interested in playing travel ball. (there is nothing wrong with that) You are highly mistaken to think that all the girls who come out for the team have the heart, dedication, financial means, and parental support to play travel ball. None of these reasons are the coach's fault.
The problem with the adults sometimes is that they act like children. I understand that you are trying to look out for your daughter, but it seems like you are more hurt than the girls were. TEENAGE GIRLS ARE GOING TO CRY. Please tell me you have never thought that Jenny Finch never cried playing sports or after a game, or after a coach came down on her. It is part of a coaches job to be tough. I know I wouldn't be the athlete I am today without the tough coaches I have had, and they were the ones who got me to play to my fullest potential. This was the teams last game, there are always a lot of emotions involved with that. The seniors are leaving, their hard work is over, and they wont be seeing their team everyday anymore, GIRLS ARE GOING TO CRY.
Back in your day I'm sure that Waukegan sports were feared, but Waukegan athletics are slowly building to that status again. For example there is the Boys basketball team that placed second in state, the rifle team that was first in state, the boys soccer team that placed fourth in state, the girls volleyball team that got their first conference win in the 08 season and finished with a winning record last season. You have to be realistic in your statement that every sport has the chance to go to state. Our school simply does not have the feeder programs that other schools in our conference have for every sport. Every other school has travel teams, or country clubs for kids to play tennis and swim, for example, and learn their skills starting in 4th grade.
I have played for this coach and of course there are things that I disagree with, just like every other coach I have had, but that does not mean that they are bad coaches. The man being discussed has been very dedicated to the team I was on and he tries very hard. He has been around Waukegan athletics for as long as I can remember, whether it was with boys basketball, girls basketball, or softball. As a community we need to support our school and the decisions it makes.
After reading all of your opinions I feel like you need to be enlightened a bit. I agree with everyone else on the basis that you have failed to give any accusations as to why you think this coach is unqualified.
This is a perfect time and place to express those views in an argument that you have begun by SLANDERING this coach. Please don't pretend to be a saint in all of this "fighting the good fight" when you sit there and try to ruin this mans coaching credibility.
It is obvious that you are an angry parent who doesn't agree with some coaching moves. You are never going to agree with everything a person does. Have to talked to the coach about these? or the AD?
You have mentioned the lack of waukegan girls softball players playing travel ball. I am an athlete at the school and I play both high school and travel sports. It has been my experience that some girls who play high school sports are not as serious about the sport as others. Those players are on the team to wear the jersey, play for their friends and are not interested in playing travel ball. (there is nothing wrong with that) You are highly mistaken to think that all the girls who come out for the team have the heart, dedication, financial means, and parental support to play travel ball. None of these reasons are the coach's fault.
The problem with the adults sometimes is that they act like children. I understand that you are trying to look out for your daughter, but it seems like you are more hurt than the girls were. TEENAGE GIRLS ARE GOING TO CRY. Please tell me you have never thought that Jenny Finch never cried playing sports or after a game, or after a coach came down on her. It is part of a coaches job to be tough. I know I wouldn't be the athlete I am today without the tough coaches I have had, and they were the ones who got me to play to my fullest potential. This was the teams last game, there are always a lot of emotions involved with that. The seniors are leaving, their hard work is over, and they wont be seeing their team everyday anymore, GIRLS ARE GOING TO CRY.
Back in your day I'm sure that Waukegan sports were feared, but Waukegan athletics are slowly building to that status again. For example there is the Boys basketball team that placed second in state, the rifle team that was first in state, the boys soccer team that placed fourth in state, the girls volleyball team that got their first conference win in the 08 season and finished with a winning record last season. You have to be realistic in your statement that every sport has the chance to go to state. Our school simply does not have the feeder programs that other schools in our conference have for every sport. Every other school has travel teams, or country clubs for kids to play tennis and swim, for example, and learn their skills starting in 4th grade.
I have played for this coach and of course there are things that I disagree with, just like every other coach I have had, but that does not mean that they are bad coaches. The man being discussed has been very dedicated to the team I was on and he tries very hard. He has been around Waukegan athletics for as long as I can remember, whether it was with boys basketball, girls basketball, or softball. As a community we need to support our school and the decisions it makes.