re: Youth Coaches - Cutting a Player

When I was 11, I played 11-12 y.o. football. I was a safety/running back. I hated playing running back, but I loved playing safety -- mainly because I got to hit the some of the SOBs that were hitting me. During "preseason" tryouts, I was a little bummed out because the coach's son also played safety. I was much better (bigger/stronger/faster) than the kid, but he was a 12 y.o. and, more importantly, THE COACH'S SON. I figured that the coach would try to soften the blow of starting his son over me at safety by giving me more running plays and saying that he needed me to be "fresh" as a running back.

Lo and behold, our coach actually cut his son on the last cuts and I started and played safety every play of the season.

I had never seen a coach actually cut his son in 7 or 8 years I played playground ball, but it was the right thing to do.