Originally Posted by Anonymous


To many "big name coaches" need instant gratification to stroke their egos. Its not about developing individual players or positive coaching for them, its about building the best team as fast as possible, so they can pat themselves on the back and say "look what I did". There is no magic in their coaching. The magic is in their marketing and the stud athletes they are able to convince to play for them. A lot of parents drinking the kool-aid while their kids sit because they think some meathead coach is going to fix that issue through some type of playing/coaching osmosis. A lot of parents with great athletes look the other way when these guys act like complete jerks in front of their kids. The psychosis that comes with struggling under one of these guys is not going to make you kid better. Playing a lot for a decent coach that actually cares about all his players will make them better.

This guy nailed it. A lot of these teams pad their numbers with practice dummies and convince parents that their team’s elite record will rub off on their kid if they just “trust the process”. All the while, the process is to give the ball to the stud kids in games and everyone else should know their role, because God forgive, a kid who practices hard but isn’t a go to guy take a shot in 8th grade lacrosse. It could cost the team a W! Please. The sad part is so many have bought into it and the kids get to HS and have never been given an opportunity at the youth level to go make a play when it counts, as if any of this counts for anything more than reppin’ the club and stroking the coaches’ egos when they can say their team is “elite”. Give me a break.