Ok, so I'm an asst coCh of a 10u baseball team. Had a game tonight. I sorta sit off to the side and watch. I'm more of a practice coach.
Anyhow, I notice a dad bitching at the head coach and cussing at an asst coach in front of the boys. He called a coach "shit for brains".
Sooo, guy takes his kid and leaves the game in the 2nd inning. Calls coach a deuche? And I say " if you'd called me that, I'd be punchin your teeth in (. Building up biz). So guy comes back, gets in my face, I out him in a choke hold, and he gives. Takes his boy home. Sad deal. Soooo, I sent an email to aPologize for the whole thing , and the guy says he
Ll believe I'm sincere if I send it to all the Parents. Reeally?
What would y'all do? [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCrockaholic:
For some reason I've seen more arrogant jackass parents attend baseball games than any other sport. Not sure why it brings the asshole out in everyone.
They were discussing this on the John Tesh radio show yesterday about how parents have created a shortage of umpires, officials in all youth sports. They just don't want to put up with the parents crap.
They are out of control and in my own personal opinion it is related to the fact that early on all kids are now treated as "special" and get participation ribbons, trophies for doing jack shit.
If they suck, both the parents and the kids need to realize it and either practice or do something else. [Reply]
Originally Posted by banecat:
Some of those parents are way off of the reservation. I dated a gal a couple of years ago, and her son played for one of those traveling teams. I was walking through the parking lot back to my car and overheard a coach telling his kid to throw inside, and bean kids if they crowded the plate. I asked if that included head hunting as I walked by
He said if that's what it takes. I complemented his parenting. Things escalated quickly from there as heated words were exchanged until his softball looking wife pulled out a bat, and proceeded to run at me. Not knowing what the hell to do with a short husky woman chasing me with an aluminum bat I just swiftly made my way to my car, and left that scene
Damn, that is some crazy stuff. Some people just shouldn't breed. [Reply]
Originally Posted by HemiEd: They were discussing this on the John Tesh radio show yesterday about how parents have created a shortage of umpires, officials in all youth sports. They just don't want to put up with the parents crap.
They are out of control and in my own personal opinion it is related to the fact that early on all kids are now treated as "special" and get participation ribbons, trophies for doing jack shit.
If they suck, both the parents and the kids need to realize it and either practice or do something else.
It absolutely has. A couple of my friends quit being little league umpires because of it. 4 years ago I was a coach on a little league baseball team and while most of the parents were very cool we had one or two that were obnoxious. Led the head coach to have them banned from the ballpark. I would never in a million years coach or umpire a little league game again. [Reply]
Originally Posted by HemiEd:
They were discussing this on the John Tesh radio show yesterday about how parents have created a shortage of umpires, officials in all youth sports. They just don't want to put up with the parents crap.
They are out of control and in my own personal opinion it is related to the fact that early on all kids are now treated as "special" and get participation ribbons, trophies for doing jack shit.
If they suck, both the parents and the kids need to realize it and either practice or do something else.
I've coached youth sports for at least 10 years.
In that time I've seen quite a bit, even though I have mostly coached at the younger levels-T-Ball, Coach Pitch 6-7yr olds and a little bit with the older kids. Last year, I had a kid pee all over me while I was putting the catchers gear on a kid during the first game...like fire-hosed. I tried to protect him from embarrassment, and his mother made a big spectacle and made sure everyone knew what happened....so dumb.
Other interesting things....I had a parent call me(T-ball mind you) after teams were announced.....to inquire about my "qualifications to coach T ball".....after listening to him suggest he was concerned that I might "Mess up his kids swing"..I laughed and said "he's 4...he doesn't have a swing yet".....and when he again asked about my qualifications...I said "I'm not a sex offender, and I'm willing to do it....that's my qualifications".
Last summer I got on a plane in Alaska flew and airport hopped all day, got in my truck and drove straight to the LL fields from the airport(1hr drive) and changed my shirt in the parking lot and coached the game with 20 minutes to spare. During that game, an otherwise likable mother made a comment to me that I wasn't having enough practices after her kid made a basic error"....I was coaching 1 team, my wife another, had my own kids on 3 separate teams and we both tagged in to help the 3rd team.......plenty of coaching opportunities for know-it-all parents......My response shut her up....."I woke up in Alaska today and I'm here coaching this game before I even went home to take my standard I've-been-traveling- dump....."
I've had a few parents that were a pain, but over all I've been pretty lucky. I'm sure it's much worse at older ages and higher competitive levels. Those parents and coaches can be absolute asspipes sometimes.
It's pretty easy when you remember its' all about the KIDS. [Reply]
I coached my son in tackle football for 4 seasons, then he and the boys moved on. So me and the head coach decided we liked it so we'd stick around and coach again.
Holy shit what a mistake. The parents were awful on our next team. I had single moms who thought they should be dads, divorced couples who argued over who was supposed to take the kid to practices and games, a dad showed up one day bitching about his ex wife and I could smell alcohol on his breath...dads who thought their kid should start even though the kid had zero talent or desire...and on and on...
It took 3 seasons for me and coach to admit that you can never go back...been done ever since. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
As a coach I now only coach teams where I get to pick my own players and know who the parents are. Parents ruin the shit for everyone.
That still doesn't eliminate having to deal with the parents of other teams at games.
I coached my twin daughters' indoor soccer team the last two consecutive seasons. The team that won the championship the first season (we came in 2nd) has the shittiest parents I've ever come across. I'm talking.....openly mocking and talking shit about the kids on my team. Anyways....there's one Mom that would routinely come into my coaches box during the game to take pictures of her kid or yell at her kid to do something. Every time I've told her to get out of my area. The last time it happened....my assistant coach went over to their head coach and asked him if he could control his parents. Apparently that meant that the head coach of that team would come and try to start a fight with me in the middle of the fucking game. I'm talking in my face....screaming obscenities. I kept my cool (and we won)....but I've literally never had anything like that happen before. And my daughters are 7....so it's not older kids. [Reply]
