posted by EmpressSassy on Apr 27
Every year you go out and head toward your first soccer game. Child in tow you explain to them it will be fun, they will have a team, meet some friends, get a shirt, play some soccer, eat some snacks and the big thing is you will say, “The coach will tell you what to do, don’t worry, it will be great.”
However, sadly, you get there and there is this guy on the field who has not called you, or any of the parents and it’s obvious he has no plan for the season. He appears to be maybe 23 - 25 years old, but you’re thinking mentally “maybe” 18 - 20 and that’s being gracious since it’s the first day and you don’t want to be harsh right?
Sure enough the game starts and the refs have to explain to this guy how the field is to be set up, how the kids need to play and basically what he needs to be doing. Oh, and just for pure irony, his child is laying in the middle of the field, just laying there, staring up at the clouds and doesn’t want to play. The mother of this child actually goes out onto the field and drags this kid around during the game like a puppeteer! Ridiculous.
All we could say was, “Thank goodness for the assistant coach who was randomly chosen, but is a great guy.” (which side note: this guy is a twin for JON! Yes, JON you have a twin and it’s the guy. He reminds me of you so much) The next Saturday we show up and guess what, the coach just doesn’t show! Nice. He hadn’t called anyone so we wouldn’t know and he didn’t even bother to tell the assistant coach. And you signed up to be a coach why? Following Monday we have practice scheduled and it’s a beautiful day, but guess what? He just cancels. No reason, just cancels. Nice again.
So, how do you explain to your child, “OK, lets not listen to your coach, he’s just a dumba**! ha ha. Basically we’ve all just decided to tell our children that the assistant coach is the coach to follow. Again, he has been awesome talking and working with the kids. We are loving this guy!
Sad to wonder why this guy thought he needed to sign up to be a coach when he can’t be reached by phone (it was disconnected a couple times when we called the number), he doesn’t show up, cancels practice and doesn’t take his kid out of the game when he lays and watches the clouds during a game. I’m not kidding, the kids were stepping over him.
Oh well, wish us luck, this will be a long month of soccer!
April 29th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
oh don’t you wish you had your wonderful coach from last season. i think i did a pretty kick a** job! um, is the kid laying on the ground the same one from last time? i can’t remember his name, but he did not belong on the field!
April 29th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
We had that coach in basketball. Jason ended up coaching the team, and when the coach did show up (with her child [who was on the team] in tow, by the way), she was at least 20 minutes late. Now what if Jason had other obligations? What if he just chose not to bother?? If you make the commitment, seriously, just do it! It’s not forever, it’s just a couple months at most!! People kill me!
April 29th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Yes, Mrs. James you rocked and you did a great job lugging around the loser kid. Maybe you should come drag the coaches kid, Will, as he lays in the field like he has no interest in being there. Seriously? Can we take the child out of the game please? Oh, but no the mom drug him around like he was a puppet. Give me a break. Oh, and then we cancel the practice on the good weather day??? I can’t take it. Can we just ask him to stay home from now on?