You said it perfect. I couldn't agree more. If a club is taking a families money, that kid should be good enough to play. Clubs want it both ways, I get it. They want to make tons of money(nothing wrong with that, all businesses do), they also want to win every single game. Sometimes to please all your customers, you need to sacrifice things. If I had a choice the rosters would be 19 kids and everyone is good enough to play. Some rosters are 28 kids, how can a coach play all these kids. The 10 last kids on roster, leave the tournaments hardly playing and in some cases, never playing. As far as club is concerned those 10 kids are 40 thousand bucks, but now those families want satisfaction and that falls on the coach. I understand you get practice and that's most important, but families spend money and many summer weekends based on their sons lacrosse schedule. They miss graduation parties, other non lacrosse vacation weekends,family parties, their other kids events, barbaques, etc. They do all this to watch their child play and have fun. To not have these kids play is unacceptable. If that was my son, I'd rather someone after tryouts say he is not good enough to make the team. That would save me money and a year of aggravation and my son being sad not playing. I can then look for another team more suitable to his ability.
You are the only one who saw the point to my post. If a club team takes your child and your money then there is an expectation. Most of you saw it as me whining about my sons playing time and made the obvious [lacrosse] responses. My son is a very good parent payer, the team took money from kids who shouldn't be there. The parents have EVERY right to be angry. Perhaps the greedy directors should have been honest. Again, if you take someone's money and offer a spot the assumption is that the child will play. By the way, most of you are jerkoffs, but that's a story for another day!
You appear to be the jerkoff! You went to tryouts, you saw the competition and knew it was a real stretch and when your little star made the team and they called you and said he needs a little work you figured they weren't being polite and hinting you should decline. You thought that the coaches overlooked the dropped passes and lack of lax IQ. When you spoke to the coach and he casually mentions skill development directly to you and to all the parents at practice, you missed that too, but now the differences are starting to show at every turn. But you don't get Johnnie to the wall or take him for a run or a HS or NCAA game to watch, you blame the Coach and the organization. Now you want him playing during the meaningful games and crunch time instead of just the blowouts and are angry that doesn't happen. You Sir, need a mirror! For yourself and your son. It isn't his fault, or the coaches or the organization. It's you! And now your boy needs to work with the bad hand you dealt him. He is young, there is still time, don't waste another year being ignorant of the truth. Your kid deserves better.
