08-13-2009, 06:54 PM
cocoadimples Wrote:Yeah, Im kinda happy too. He's good ppl. I just hope he doesnt put us down anymore when we try so hard for him and our school. sounds like he really liked u swright11 and u had his best attitude when he was an assistant and not a head coach. I hope we can play all our games this year too cuz we didnt last year. we want to play our makeup games like the other schools had the chance to do and play as many as they did. we should have the same opportunity as they do. also. i wonder if we are gonna go to ohio or florida like gurnee and zion do and like we used to do at the beginning of our season like with shane. that could be fun for us and could allow us to bond more as a team.
well like i said, i like coach. I hope he treats us minorities better like coach z does. I dont want to be sad when we play ball. i want to be happy. suposably someone the school board said its not just about wins and losses. he is right. its also about being treated with respect and dignity. its also about being taught the game. and winning would be good too. i know he had a lot of support from people from waukegan but i hope he gets people who don't live in the perfect neighborhoods of waukegan to support him too. Im glad that some of the board members have our back and are concerned with us kids whose parents arent buddies with coach and who need a helping hand. I hope coach does better and i want him to change people's minds. thank you.
While he was an assistant coach, he was my coach. Im an outfielder and he was responsible for coaching the outfielders. So for majority of the time I was around him during practices. I don't want you to think that im making him out to be a saint, because he is not. Another former teammate and I were actually talking about this issue today, we both agreed that he is a "tell it like it is" type of coach. This was something that we valued and respected. If im playing awful and not living up to what I can do, then I want a coach who is going to tell me. For me, personally, I don't like things to be sugar coated. While this is something that works for me and my teammates from those successful teams, it might not work for you. I feel that he simply tries to light a fire under you to try to get some type of response. Different coaches have different ways of going about this and obviously for you it wasn't the right way. As an athlete, I offer some advice to you....try not to take things too personal and understand that coaches don't take time out on athletes they feel have no chance or potential. If something is bothering you, simply try to talk to your coach. If face-to-face conversation is something that is hard, then try writing it down. Trust me it helps.
When you talk about the makeup games and wanting to play, are you implying that is is Piercy's fault that you didn't get to play them? When I was there we went to Ohio, which was only one time. We are in a recession and it might not be feasible for a trip. I'm sorry to say but it comes down to money and teams like Gurnee and Zion have the money to do so. Taking a trip is a fun time and does allow for bonding time, but its not the only way or for that fact the best way. A lot of the time we just did different activities together, for example going to a teammates house for dinner or go out to a movie or bowling.
I really don't know where you are getting that he doesn't treat the minorities the same as white people. I'm black and was treated the same by all the coaches. For god sakes we're in Waukegan and he's a teacher in Waukegan were the majority of people here are Hispanic or black. If he were a "racist" why teach/coach here in Waukegan and put himself through that? It has been in my experience that coaches are closer to families when parents are they ones who come to the coach and talk about the game or other things and have conversations with them.