re: High school football coach resigns after parents try to influence playing time

riiiiiight

I feel your pain. Just don't understand how as a Sophomore she began the season playing varsity rotation and then all of a sudden, and I remember the exact game, got yelled at and replaced and barely played again. This has carried over to this season. She made it back to rotation played the entire 5 sets in a match earlier in the season missed a serve in the 5th set and was immediately pulled out and replaced by a FRESHMAN who was way over her head. Because of injuries she still got to play sparingly but now has missed the last 7 games. Has not come off of the bench ONE time.

Some parents can't put one foot in front of the other without tripping and never played the sport, yet they see their kid as an all-American athlete and knows what it takes. It's sick.

don’t fret over this gramps, it’s only girls hs volleyball

There was a mom on one of my soccer teams that knew the sport pretty well and was supportive of all the other kids. She would even give constructive advice to us.

But she spent half of every game shouting at her son and pointing out everything he was doing wrong.

It was a very good team, with a couple of guys who played college baseball and some guys who moved onto more competitive soccer, but I can only imagine how much she drained her kid’s enthusiasm.

We were 8 to 10 years old for this, btw.

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don’t fret over this gramps, it’s only girls hs volleyball

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But its the only sport my girls play. So it has to be volleyball

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he’s the best in state

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There isn't an employed coach on the planet who would bench a 1st team all state player who didn't give him an extreme reason to.

oh I’ve been down that road before

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It's getting harder and harder to hire teachers much less coaches. Parents have lost their damn minds and kids all think they are going pro. It's the reason I stopped coaching years ago.

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My son got a job at a really good HS and he quit coaching after 2 years. I asked him why and he said parents. He also said, I coach like you coached and you can't do that anymore.

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My son’s dealt with it too…he sucked it up for his freshman season, then quit the team. He could have handed them a state championship every year he was in high school…but nope.

Absolutely insane reasoning for my son having to give up his position…because my son would be better at the other position than the kid in his spot…no shite, he’d be better at every other position…shouldn’t mean he gives up the one he’s the best in state at. Glad he quit.

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you’re going to be so disappointed when your son is an accountant or selling insurance in five years.