[NU Sports] Questions

[Jeff Beamsley]

Roy,

I agree that this is the case on virtually any competitive team where you
have starters and reserves.  This particular piece of gossip (that's all it
is at this point) came from the parents of a starter so it suggests a little
more serious discontent.  But given everything that everyone on this team is
going through, I'm not surprised that they are having a tough time
rediscovering their team unity.  They aren't playing as well as they are
capable of playing.  As a result, they aren't competitive.  The good news is
that they don't like to lose.  The bad news is that some may be thinking
along the lines of, "If _____ (you fill in the blank) were here we wouldn't
be having these problems."  

They (and we) need to trust that Fitz will lead them out of this, but it
could easily take most of the season do it.

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Lamberton [mailto:rstetson at capps-assoc.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 10:38 AM
To: jeffb at hilgraeve.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Questions

Over the years I've learned that when a team isn't winning there are almost
always problems with the coaches and coordinators when you talk to the kids
who aren't starting or playing regularly.

I've had parents question my choices, and last night I heard an earful about
player choices made by coaches at the lower levels of our HS program. [Which
I didn't agree with, but kept my silence] 

What I always tell my kids who raise the playing issue is that they need to
stop asking to play, and start stepping it up in practice. If they can step
it up against the starters, it makes them all better players.

I think Walker approached "problems" differently than Fitz does - he'd have
to because he's a different guy, but I think RW was approachable when a kid
had a problem. [altho Webb and Walker apparently never "bonded."]

Anyway, parents are the first to hear the griping from their kids and will
tend to share it with others who are in the same boat. I've always said that
on a football team there are between 15-25 sets of parents who think the
head coach is a genius. The rest think he's an idiot for not playing their
kid!

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:18 AM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Questions
> 
> 
>  
> Just a little gossip to add to the mix.
> 
> I've heard through a third party close to a football parent that at 
> least one of the kids on the team describes serious "problems" with 
> the new OC and DC.
>