Subscribe to the NCSA BlogHigh school coaches have feelings, too!
September 30th, 2008 - by
This a funny (and a little depressing) article is written by Willits JV girls’ basketball coach George Atwood and is titled “10-step plan to devastate a high school basketball program.” It essentially chronicles some of the things that high school coaches have to endure on a reoccurring (and often continuous) basis. Basically, it non-chalantly shows that just as parents can get frustrated with coaches, coaches can get frustrated with parents. It’s a two-way street.
Coaches are people, just like you and me. In the same way parents want the best for their kids, most coaches feel the same way for their players and their team.
Here’s the thing. Your coaches can’t make everyone happy, but from personal experience, you can rest assured that if they could, they would. Kudos to Coach Atwood for writing this piece. It’s unfair to demand so much more from someone who, chances are, already is doing more than he or she can already handle.
October 4th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
[...] High school coaches have feelings, too! By Ross Houston This a funny (and a little depressing) article is written by Willits JV girls’ basketball coach George Atwood and is titled “10-step plan to devastate a high school basketball program.” It essentially chronicles some of the things that … blog.ncsasports.org – http://blog.ncsasports.org [...]
October 16th, 2008 at 10:31 am
I could not read the article, because the site said it was not available anymore. Can you get the article again. Thanks.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Melinda,
Unfortunately, I can’t. It’s in their archives now, and to access that, you have to pay a fee. Sorry about that!
-Ross
November 4th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Here is a link that still works:
http://m.ukiahdailyjournal.com/articles/168793752