I know I have vented about this before..........you can flame me if you want, but I've had enough of this coach. She became the varsity girls basketball coach last year. I was actually thrilled because she had been a great freshman coach for the kids. I couldn't have been more wrong with my enthusiasm.
I have given her the benefit of the doubt for over a year. She did some nasty things to the girls on the team, embarrassed my DD & others. The same rules don't apply to everyone. I literally always, somehow, defended her to my DD, saying that while I didn't agree with her tactics, this was a learning process for her as it was her first year coaching varsity. I always reminded her that everyone makes mistakes & I'm sure she was learning from them. I was wrong.
Fast forward to this year..........the season has pretty much just started. They have only played 3 games. She has already gotten the name of ***** in the basketball community. We lost our first game by quite a bit - we were definitely out played.
2nd game we were up by 30 early in the game. Our coach continued to press the entire game. It was an embarrassment for our team - you don't do that. Next day she told the girls........"Don't worry that we continued to press. That's on me. You don't back down because the other team is losing. They have to deal with it & become better." I won't tell you what a father of a girl on the losing team said to us that will be reffing one of our games in a few weeks who we are friends with.
Next game we are again losing & the game is rough. Both teams are playing aggressive & really getting in each other's heads. End of the 1st half we foul someone who is about to shoot a 3 point shot - it's at the buzzer, so 1st half is over. She has our team walk off the court, behind the girl that is shooting the foul shots. DD looked at DH & I mouthed, "Aren't we supposed to stay on the court?" DD says something out loud & the coach says, "I said get to the locker room." Should we tell DD to remain on the court if it should happen again or listen to the coach. I know the right thing to do, but I can only imagine that the ramifications for DD wouldn't be worth it.
During the last game the girls are getting frustrated. Captain of our team is getting kind of nasty to her team mates - understandably, they are losing. They take a time out, coach asks if anyone has anything to say. My DD says, "Come on guys, let's be positive out there & keep our heads in the game." Coach says, "What's that supposed to mean?" DD says, "I just think we need to be positive out there?" - she's doesn't want to implicate anyone or cause more of a negative attitude by pointing fingers at anyone. Coach again says, "What is that supposed to mean." DD says, "Forget it, never mind." She sits the remainder of the game. This is the same coach that 2 days before told her she was being too quiet & needed to speak up during practice & the games.
One father from our team left the game the other night because he was so disgusted with what was going on & the way she was handling the game. This woman needs some serious help - she's a nut job with no class & she's not making a good name for our school team.
OK - I'm done venting - although I could go on & on for pages!!! Like I said, flame if you want, I've had enough of her. It used to be enjoyable to go watch my DD play basketball. Now it's dreadful!
I have given her the benefit of the doubt for over a year. She did some nasty things to the girls on the team, embarrassed my DD & others. The same rules don't apply to everyone. I literally always, somehow, defended her to my DD, saying that while I didn't agree with her tactics, this was a learning process for her as it was her first year coaching varsity. I always reminded her that everyone makes mistakes & I'm sure she was learning from them. I was wrong.
Fast forward to this year..........the season has pretty much just started. They have only played 3 games. She has already gotten the name of ***** in the basketball community. We lost our first game by quite a bit - we were definitely out played.
2nd game we were up by 30 early in the game. Our coach continued to press the entire game. It was an embarrassment for our team - you don't do that. Next day she told the girls........"Don't worry that we continued to press. That's on me. You don't back down because the other team is losing. They have to deal with it & become better." I won't tell you what a father of a girl on the losing team said to us that will be reffing one of our games in a few weeks who we are friends with.
Next game we are again losing & the game is rough. Both teams are playing aggressive & really getting in each other's heads. End of the 1st half we foul someone who is about to shoot a 3 point shot - it's at the buzzer, so 1st half is over. She has our team walk off the court, behind the girl that is shooting the foul shots. DD looked at DH & I mouthed, "Aren't we supposed to stay on the court?" DD says something out loud & the coach says, "I said get to the locker room." Should we tell DD to remain on the court if it should happen again or listen to the coach. I know the right thing to do, but I can only imagine that the ramifications for DD wouldn't be worth it.
During the last game the girls are getting frustrated. Captain of our team is getting kind of nasty to her team mates - understandably, they are losing. They take a time out, coach asks if anyone has anything to say. My DD says, "Come on guys, let's be positive out there & keep our heads in the game." Coach says, "What's that supposed to mean?" DD says, "I just think we need to be positive out there?" - she's doesn't want to implicate anyone or cause more of a negative attitude by pointing fingers at anyone. Coach again says, "What is that supposed to mean." DD says, "Forget it, never mind." She sits the remainder of the game. This is the same coach that 2 days before told her she was being too quiet & needed to speak up during practice & the games.
One father from our team left the game the other night because he was so disgusted with what was going on & the way she was handling the game. This woman needs some serious help - she's a nut job with no class & she's not making a good name for our school team.
OK - I'm done venting - although I could go on & on for pages!!! Like I said, flame if you want, I've had enough of her. It used to be enjoyable to go watch my DD play basketball. Now it's dreadful!
