Drinking around kids at team functions?

Mind hath been Blown wrote:

It blows my mind that people think it's OK to drink mind-altering substances. Wow.

Really? It blows your mind? How old are you?

Gotta be some hot single MILFs at these dinners that you could cozy up to after a few, lord knows you deserve some side benefits after a successful season and so little pay.

Only this country and maybe Iraq would people be fretting about an adult having a drink with dinner.

blows my mind how uptight this country is......when i was a teacher in Japan the parents and principal were handing me beers at 10am during the school sports day festival.

remind me again what's so great about this country?

Drink. A lot. You need lead you team in order to attain your goals (the goal of finishing all the alcohol at the party). Lead by example, and drink more than anyone else at the party- how else do you expect your team to respect you?

I don't drink but our parents sure do and they pound them down pretty good whenever the team goes on our annual out of town trip. On our last 4 trips, we've had several different parents get trashed at the hotel and typically 1-2 different sets of parents end up hooking up. One year it was the Dad of my top girl and the Mom of my top boy. Another year, it was actually 2 Moms. It's almost like the word is out that team trips are where you can get in some action, I really don't know.

Of course, it's not like I can say parents aren't allowed to hook up on trips, and since the drinking isn't right there in the midst of the team, I see it as outside of my jurisdiction. The down side is that the hotel where we always stay isn't very big, so the kids see what's going on and they know what's happening.

I guess what I'm saying is that there are bigger issues to worry about than a coach who drinks a beer or two.

They disgust me

I think I'd like to come along on the next trip.

This country is so fake it's mind boggling. Excessive restriction and political correctness such as this is what's really perverting kids' minds. It resembles coddling kids excessively, and thus many can't develop properly in all facets of life. Open your kids up to the real world instead of caging them inside of BS.

There might be that one kid who thinks; "my coach drinks, why not.."

cream mcgee wrote:

Your coach sounds like a weird dude.

CoachB wrote:

Another true story....The first time I ever got drunk was my sophomore year in high school when my coach called into the school pretending he was my dad and checked me out for the day. He did the same for one of my buddies and the 3 of us went to the beach and got hammered. He did this with other athletes as well. I turned out ok and all, but I had an interesting relationship with alcohol for a while, which couldn't have been helped by my former role model/coach.

Either this is a BS story or that coach should have been fired.

Run Doctor wrote:

cream mcgee wrote:

Your coach sounds like a weird dude.

Either this is a BS story or that coach should have been fired.

I can assure you the story is true. We went to the Central Coast Section finals track meet later that evening. I had sobered up pretty well, but my friend stayed in the car the the whole night, sick as a dog.

I'm sure the coach would have been fired if anyone had found out.

dfadsf wrote:

used to drink in front of kids with their parents back in the early 90's.

Now I have my hS kids at my house because they run with my kids and I drink at home around them.

All of you that think this affects them or their judgment of you as a leader is full of shit.

You are not viewed as a leader, champ.

Aristotle said moderation in all things.

He didn't get invited to toga parties with that attitude.