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MANAZE;613013 wrote:I can tell SOS has no kids because he has no idea what it is to be a parent. You have proven that you have no idea what it takes to win at football. No coach should ever be "dad". I raise my own kids not anyone else and if any coach ever hit my kid with anything he wouldn't have to worry about the school board or getting fired, he'd have to worry about me. Plain and simple you don't lay your hands on a child that is not yours. Then again if someone might have bashed SOS in the head when he was young they might have knocked some common sense into him.

I do not have any kids of my own, however my girlfriend does. What you said is THE PROBLEM that a lot of football teams have these days. When you drop your kid off at practice, you are entrusting that coach to treat your child as if they were his own... The problem is that TOO MANY parents coddle their kids and in this sue happy world a coach is limited to letting kids get away with things during practices and games. A good example is a family taking a week vacation at the beginning of August and taking their child/player with them. What is a coach supposed to do? He cannot force a player to fore go the vacation and fulfill his commitment to the team... Another is when a kid at practice slacks off and acts lazy and when confronted says "its just practice"... I would hope that if I had a kid and he said something like this, the coach would run him until he pukes and give him an attitude adjustment in the locker room as well as tell me about the incident because there will be consequences for that kind of behavior toward a coach and team. Plain and simple it comes down to this... Kids are coddled to damn much these days and I am not that kind of person. You want a car, work for it and buy it, you want a cell phone... Same thing. You want to be part of a team, you give your best every second you are at practice, in a game, and you RESPECT your coach an team as you would your own family. Sorry if I don't get your vote for Father of the year, but chances are your kids wouldn't be on my list for kid of the year either.

Dwoods,
Sam got canned because he didn't play by the school boards rules... They wanted to have a say in how the team was run and thats not the way it works. They got rid of Sam and hired Mays who did everything he was told... We had some really good 2-8 and 3-7 years during that period. When Connor took over, he played by the rules also until he put his job on the line and took control of the team back from the school board and the parents that did nothing but complain and fight over what should happen next. Since then we have had 2 winning seasons and will continue to improve as long as the right people coach and the other people stay the hell out. Coach Sam was a very good coach... Even Reno will tell you the same. Even though they seemed to be mortal enemies, they still hold a mutual respect for each other and the style of coaching they practice. I remember a few years back a Big Red player wanted to skip Saturday morning check in or what ever they do because his parents got him OSU tickets... In order to go, he was told he had to jog home from practice on wednesday through down town and up sinclair to his home. A coach followed behind him to make sure he did what he was supposed to. A lot of parents would see that as punishment and cruel, to me that is a good coach. Sometimes a player needs a compliment, sometimes they need a kick in the rear... I trust a coach to make that decision and carry out that action as needed.