Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
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Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Why would they want to play those teams?just to say their playing the best teams in that age group?
Doesn't do any good for the coaches or the kids..
What kid or coach wants to get beat 15-1
What do u learn from that? The only teams that can hang with the top teams are those top teams..


As a coach, sometimes it helps us set expectations for parents and kids to see how far you need to go to be able to compete with the top teams.

Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Why
would they want to play those teams?just to say their playing the best teams in that age group?
Doesn't do any good for the coaches or the kids..
What kid or coach wants to get beat 15-1
What do u learn from that? The only teams that can hang with the top teams are those top teams..


As a coach, sometimes it helps us set expectations for parents and kids to see how far you need to go to be able to compete with the top teams.


That's a redicoulis statement..as a coach you want to go into a game you know you can't win, have the boys get defeated all to show the parents that there not good enough?? ..hmm..how about playing challenging games against teams that are with in you skill level..that 15-2 game isn't helping either team..here's a good idea: stay in your lane..


In absence of any other context, maybe. But, if you've got parents that think they're boys are way better than they really are, and you have been dealing with that for a while to no avail, the above approach sometimes is the only thing that gets the point through! Considering the over involvement of LI lax parents and the level of that on display on these boards day in, day out, is it really surprising to anyone that this is necessary sometimes?!


So satisfy the needs of the few at the expense of the many? Kinda odd, but my opinion.