Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
I agree that some parents can have a good insight working with kids, of course there are a lot of really bad parents out there too. I can tolerate the idea of a parent coaching within the same club his/her child plays on, just not the same team she plays on. Parents wether highly qualified or not, donate much time at the lower levels in many sports where they are sorely needed as it is volunteer work. This is club ball, paid position and the politics of daughter and friends benefiting should be avoided at all costs. So far TG's have avoided this situation, I think on purpose. This rips teams apart at the seams, go back on this and all the other threads and you will see exactly that.
This is a crazy statement. Steve Levy is a parent coach, and coaches his daughters team. There is

more than 1 girl on that team that benefits from a relationship with his daughter.


"Daddy Coach" and "Mommy Coach" syndrome should be avoided at all costs no matter how good everyone thinks he or she is, whether it be club or high school. It eliminates even the hint of impropriety. For every one where it works, there are many, many that absolutely do not and I have seen it first hand in my kids' school and club teams. Every time I get into a conversation with a parent from another community, they complain about the same thing. There are not too many exceptions that I have heard where it works fairly. Number 1 for these parent coaches is their kid.


This is your exception then. My kid is on his team and not only is he a great coach but a great guy as well. He NEVER puts his kid first in fact at times puts her last. These type of opinions really should be given publicly only if there is first hand experience. Are you saying Duke should not have allowed Matt Danowski to play under his Dad?


The ratio of where Parent Coaches work to where they don't work is a little to a lot as many people will attest. Note that I said club and high school. College - different story. College coaches wouldn't last like some of the "lifer" hs coaches do if they continued to do that. It is rampant on Long Island, especially where coaches' kids get pushed to the head of the class. Parents have no recourse. If it happened in college and was allowed, one could transfer. One is stuck in high school because of one's address. That shouldn't be a reason to pay tuition at a different private high school.
Matt Danowski was an established, unbelievably proven, talented player long before his father came to Duke. THAT situation is a true exception. I am talking about the Parent Coaches who put their kid first to get them to the college stage! I would imagine that many on this forum have stories to tell. I certainly do of the experience at our high school. It was sickening!


All I am saying is that is not the case with Coach Levy on this particular TG team. Sorry for your HS experience. Which HS is it by the way?