I miss the days when a lacrosse coach also coaches football and wrestling and didn't think about lacrosse until March 1, then on June 1, he would put his stick away while he gets ready for his life guard gig in the summer. The old school coach never got involved in our personal lives by asking "where are you going to college"?" and any way I can help"?. The good old days when you had HS lacrosse coaches for 3 months a year and none of his "extra" coaching B.S. like summer leagues, camps and youth programs. Coaches today suck!!!
Great post. We had different coaches for each sport in HS but the point is that they only really cared about their sport during its normal season. Now it starts in 3rd/4th grade - lacrosse in the winter, soccer in the spring, etc. The kids want to play all the time so they can be with their friends and the parents think they need to play to keep up with Johnny or Susie. It's no wonder the kids start dropping like flies by the time they get to HS - they're burned out from playing 2-3 sports per season all year round.
