- Jul 2, 2020
- 14
- 3
Hey guys just wanted some feed back and maybe some of you are dealing with this now as the season is upon us. This year I’m coaching as a first year head coach for a 14u team. The previous coach left due to her kids playing travel. Now some of the players she had her team that made my team this year are a lot happier to be on this team compared to the one from last season according to some parents. Now I added some new players on to the squad as we now have 13 girls. Now to the problems. The former coaches daughter made the cut to be on my team this year and she seems happy. The problem I’m having is with her mom as she is trying to coach from the sidelines, she was upset when I told her she can’t help as an asst coach because I was warned by the certain parents and the director that if she was involved in anyway with the team they will take there daughter and go elsewhere, and she was visibly upset and annoyed when I told her she was not chosen to do the scheduling or the finances for the team. I respected the parents wishes and promised them that she was not involved at all with this years team as we don’t really see eye to eye. She must’ve thought that bringing me as a head coach she can still have her ways with the team and I was going to be her puppet. Unfortunately didn’t work that way she thought it would because I have been wanting to coach for awhile and now that I have the opportunity I won’t back down from it. So for some of you out there how would you deal with someone like this. I mean she is a real piece of work and she is pissing me and the staff off but what kills me the most that instead of talking to me directly about certain things or anything she goes to my coaches and asks them. My coaches have told her hey the coach is running the show we’re just helping but if you have an issue talk to the coach but keeps running around talking to them instead of me. Thats really starting to piss me off. Again, I’m trying to figure way to handle this via email while email the other parents too but making a point mostly to her to stop what she doing and just be a parent and enjoy watching your daughter play and leave the team alone as you are longer coaching and just cheer on the team while we play. Thanks everyone let me know how you would handle this.
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