junkbondking Posted March 4, 2002 Report Share Posted March 4, 2002 so i co-coach a pee wee A team in oakland. the other coach is also from canada, from edmonton, he played junior in the Alberta junior league, i played in college for 2 years. we started coaching to bring a little canadian spirit to the kids in cali and to get free league time. the team sucked for the first month, then won a tourney in vegas, and our tourney over presidents day.lately tho, we have been getting hosed repetedly by bad refing. on sunday am, the other coach got a game misconduct, and three parents got kicked out of the rink. i just found out i got suspended because "i did not control my team's fans"what sorta b.s. is that... the league wants me to go before a committee or face suspension for the rest of the year (1 month) we are already out of the playoffs so i have a reason to tell them to f*ck right off. but if they boot me, and the other coach then we are screwed as a team.the kids hve improved a lot as individuals and as a team, and really got off on the other team yesterday. i feel like i'd be abandoning them, and disappointing the head of our youth hockey program, who is also a quebecker.any advice ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 4, 2002 Report Share Posted March 4, 2002 How are you supposed to focus on the team if you have to manage the attendees too? That just makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkbondking Posted March 4, 2002 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2002 update:the parents have called a team meeting for wednesday. this is not looking good for us as it is during practice...ahh i dunno, i would have more free time if they ask me to stop coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h Posted March 4, 2002 Report Share Posted March 4, 2002 wouldn't that be the chance for you to talk to the parents and hopefully try to "control" them for the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkbondking Posted March 4, 2002 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2002 hey happy b-day h...i don't care how the parents act during the game. i don't have a kid on the team, and i can't even begin to understand why grown adults get upset over a bunch of 12 year old's playing sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 5, 2002 Report Share Posted March 5, 2002 I would go before the board and present your case.Surely you can't be responsible for controllong the fans!! How could you control them anyway?If the ref can't take the heat,he should get off the ice. You're responsibility is to coach the kids,not babysit the parents.They should know better. Why should the kid's lose you for the rest of the season because the parents can't control themselves. Do it for the kids!!Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 5, 2002 Report Share Posted March 5, 2002 Take one for the team, go to the hearing. By this, I figure you are teaching the kids that sport is certainly not fair most of the time and they are also getting a lesson that life isnt fair either.Holding you accountable for fan's reactions is a "crock of crap" as Gretz would say. If they boot you, they boot you but you certainly dont want to show the kids a 'wrong lesson'. By going to the commitee, the kids should clearly see that there is no "i" in team. I figure you are doing it in their best interests and it will be a short-term pain. Do you still want to coach them next year? If you want to teach the a lesson in "old-time hockey" than skip the commitee, get drunk at the next game, get a quadruple game misconduct, beat up the other coach and pass out in your truck in the parking lot when it is all over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkbondking Posted March 5, 2002 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2002 booche:that is a good idea about drinking before the game... the league is screwed here in NorCal. after the junta incident (the hockey dad in mass)norcal told the coaches that they are responsible for fans.it was funny as hell to see the parents lose it tho. one guy is the head of internal meds at the local hospital... the other guy is a CFO of a major east bay corporation.the one thing is the parents will definatley write letters to norcal and cause shit for the refs.but it was sooo obvious that the refs we have had in the last 3 or 4 games have not played hockey their whole lives, it's just sad, and not fair for the kids.i will probably go the the hearing, just because i want to still get the free ice time this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted March 5, 2002 Report Share Posted March 5, 2002 bring along a hockey stick and stick it 'embut seriously, it doesn't sounds as if they're reasonable people, so I would go on the offensive, accuse them of being unfair etc; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 5, 2002 Report Share Posted March 5, 2002 but seriously, Davey-boy would get drunk and pass out in the truck."I showed them who was stickin' it to whom...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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