Horrible youth coaching experience today, belligerent coach, etc.

LeadvilleNative wrote:

Second graders should not be in sports leagues. They should be playing with friends in the neighborhood, with no adult coaches. No bleachers, no spectators, no uniforms, no fundraisers.

Couldn't agree more, but that doesn't happen. Still happens in other countries, who then kick our butts in soccer.

We did the youth basketball thing. It is as bad as all the horror stories. The leagues we were in were mixed racially (my white son's coach was black, for example) and I saw no pattern with race.

btw, people always blame the "don't keep score" thing for every evil liberal thing in the world, but that's done to calm down the parents. Doesn't work. Kids can keep the score just fine by themselves. Not having adults officially keep score has no affect on competitiveness in kids.

Dick B Long wrote:

The Catholic League had trophies for the MVP in championship games and tournaments for decades before we joined the league. Our kids dominated those whiteys so much they eliminated the Most Valuable Player Award. Funny! Crackers make me laugh.

Those devils are pretty funny. My son went to a Black Catholic School in 7th and 8th grade. We had a kid who was dunking in 7th grade and by 8th grade he was dunking with both hands easily. Well guess what the crackers did? Yep, they came up with a NO DUNKING RULE! You cant make this shitt up. Crackers are pitiful.

My son also went to catholic school when he was in Jr High. Those little white boys used to shoot our lights out. They used to drop 3 pointers like they were layups. We were good in our division but when we got to the playoffs we got our a$$ kicked every year.

We were much better than all the other teams so the coach kept the foot on the pedal as retaliation. We would run the score up on those idiots. Our school won the championship 3 years in a row.

What about their fundamentals?

I feel that everyone's being a little sensitive here. First of all, I think we can all trust Big John by his intentions of the letter that "axes" was an honest mistake. I was in the same boat as Wejo initially thinking that he had intended to give away the black identity of the other coach however seeing that the "x" key is directly below the "s" key it's no wonder auto correct was the reason for this coincidence.

Secondly, any comments suggesting that Big John's WorldStar comment is racist probably has never seen the twitter account he is referencing which is a parody account of the the true WorldStarHipHop account. The comedy channel frequently showcases fight videos of different races whether they are white, black, hispanic etc. His intent was to showcase the immaturity of the parents in this highly inappropriate circumstance; A disgusting use of social media especially in front of impressionable young children.

If Big John were an racist a**hole I don't think he come looking to an internet forum for a second opinion on dealing with a tricky situation.

I see you are one of the Caucs who need to see white robes and burning crosses before you will admit to the existence of racism.

LOL BRUH

10/10 I laughed and you actually got some very serious responses here.

Very strong attempt

My son played on an AAU team, we went to Oakland and were the only non white people there. The whole place was wonderful to us. We were seriously mismatched, but had a blast. Playing against 7th and 8th graders who were 6'5" and could dunk the ball? Crazy stuff. But the parents, kids and coaches couldn't have been nicer.

Now the Catholic tournament was a different story. The deck was so stacked against any other team it was funny. My son was inbounding the ball and got called for travelling. Three times. Not kidding. And no one thought that was a problem. For each team the refs would target the center and the other best player and just make up fouls to get them out of the game.

Afterwards, all the teams banded together and refused to play in that tournament every again. Catholics.

I'm pretty happy with how things ended. The league is still completing an incident report, but it sounds like a warning will be given to the opposing coach that the next incident will result in possible suspension from the league. The really good news is that this morning I decided to call the other coach...his cell number was listed on the game schedule. Anyway, I offered an apology for my behavior during/after game and asked that he extend it to his team and team parents as well. He was likewise sorry for his actions, and we both agreed that the worst of it all was that it was witnessed by the children. We are additionally going to contact the league together and see how in the future this can be avoided. We both (upon reflection) think that a contributing factor was that he and I were sort of allowed to settle our dispute on the court, and that really an official/supervisor should have been there to mediate, deflect, etc.

momofplayer wrote:

My son played on an AAU team, we went to Oakland and were the only non white people there. The whole place was wonderful to us. We were seriously mismatched, but had a blast. Playing against 7th and 8th graders who were 6'5" and could dunk the ball? Crazy stuff. But the parents, kids and coaches couldn't have been nicer.

Now the Catholic tournament was a different story. The deck was so stacked against any other team it was funny. My son was inbounding the ball and got called for travelling. Three times. Not kidding. And no one thought that was a problem. For each team the refs would target the center and the other best player and just make up fouls to get them out of the game.

Afterwards, all the teams banded together and refused to play in that tournament every again. Catholics.

Not sure of your game situation, but you are aware that it is possible to travel while inbounding the ball. The refs should note to the inbounder whether or not they can move on the play.