Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Looking for advice. There is a parent on our team whose daughter does not play. This parent will denigrate the other players and make snarky comments, all while doing much for the team in terms of support of team events. It is ridiculous that this happens, but it does. What would your response be to the snark? Considering no one wants WW3 on the sidelines and we all have months or years left to spend together.


If kids are chosen for a team, the kid should play. If the kid wasn't good enough should have been cut. I blame the money hungry clubs packing rosters with 28 kids


This is college, not club.

I agree 100% with getting everyone in whenever possible. However, I am not the coach and cannot influence playing time. All I want is advice on how to handle the disgruntled parent on the sideline short of saying, "If your kid was good enough, she'd be in."