I was just thinking about the pressure that has to be on high school coaches who have to deal with this generation of high school student athletes.
Today’s high school athletes seem to have a much softer side to them. These players cannot take criticism from their coaches or harsh and strong language to motivate them to do better. Today’s high school athletes have to be treated a special way, like you would handle a newborn baby.
Why would any high school coach want to deal with high school athletes and their issues?
I think the pressure on high school coaches these days is ridiculous. Not only do they have to deal with cry baby high school athletes, they also have to deal with outside distractions from parents.
It used to be that the high school coach had more power and control over the team he coached and the players he developed. Now everything has changed.
If the high school coach does not win enough games right away they will be fired. It seems that building an athletic program for the long term would be more important. I would want to win for a longer period of time in terms of years than try and rush to win games right away in order to please the parents and the public.
If a high school coach yells at this generation of high school athletes they would be fired. It used to be that a coach would yell at the players as a form of motivation; as a way to get the attention of these athletes. It was also a way of motivation. The coach’s job is to teach players how to play the game and I would think sometimes you’re going to have to use strong language.
This generation of high school athletes is not willing to accept constructive criticism from their coach who is trying to make them better. Instead, they will go complaining to their parents about how mean the coach was when that’s not really the truth.
High school coaches have a lot of B.S. that they have to deal with and I think it’s ridiculous that coaches have so much outside distraction.
When I read the local paper, there’s a listing of job openings for high school coaches after the football season. A dozen or more high school coaches have decided to get out of coaching altogether and focus more time on family and other things. It’s the same with all other sports at the high school level-that a large number of high school coaches are leaving the game.
You have high school coaches who want to do a good job but are tied down with so many rules, regulations and restrictions that are getting in the way of real coaching. Whose fault is it? Is it the athletic director’s fault? They’re responsible for the entire athletic apartment along with the hiring of a new coach. Is it the Principles involvement with hiring or firing a coach that may be getting in the way of good coaching?
When hiring a new coach, the administrators listen very carefully to that coach’s intentions for the program but it seems that outside pressures can persuade the administrator’s decision on whether or not to keep or fire the coach.
Maybe high school coaches are fed up with all of the unnecessary responsibilities that have nothing to do with coaching whatsoever. This is why I believe there is a huge turnover of very good high school coaches who decide to get out of the game.
Final thoughts: The high school coach sometimes is treated unfairly because of the amount of responsibilities placed upon a coach and the low pay they receive. The high school coach is required to do so many things such as developing the players, producing a winning program and getting these athletes recruited and placed in college. That is the job of a high school coach but I think there’s just so many outside distractions that slows down good high school coaches from really doing their jobs.
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