re: Youth Coaches - Cutting a Player

You need to ask yourself why you are coaching, and I don't mean it as a sarcastic or negative comment. If a chance to win is more important than friendship with the parents, then cut the kids and don't look back. You can't have both.

I used to coach kids and decided that 10 years later the parents would probably still be close friends, but the trophy was certainly going to be gathering dust somewhere in an attic. I also found that I got a lot of satisfaction taking those somewhat weaker kids and finding them a place to fit in.