posted by Mike Madison at 9:43 PM /
I'm hearing that there are dueling petitions circulating among parents in the high school soccer community. There is one that asks, apparently, that the School Board fire the Mt. Lebanon high school girls' soccer coach. There is a second one that asks, apparently, that the School Board not interfere with personnel decisions that are ordinarily made by the Athletic Director.
The Trib carried a story about this issue back in December.
It seems odd that this kind of trouble should come to such a successful program. Judging from the Trib's story, neither the District nor the former Board nor parents of varsity players have complained. What's changed?
The Trib carried a story about this issue back in December.
It seems odd that this kind of trouble should come to such a successful program. Judging from the Trib's story, neither the District nor the former Board nor parents of varsity players have complained. What's changed?
1 Comments:
I couldn't agree more with Thomas. This problem e.g. micro-managing in all forms of local government is indicative of S. West PA.
A good coach needs to have the ability to make decisions for the betterment of of his team, the team at-large. We pay them to win, you say no but he's gone if he doesn't win.
Players from Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Italy are far more pure. Their parents nor they themselves can pay to be involved in Lacrosse,Bowling,Baseball, Rowing, etc. but here they can and they do. These same parents want their children on the starting teams for all of these sports or they are simply unhappy, it's the nature of the beast. We no longer know how to accept rejection.
In noticing the five points Bill mentions in his remarks, they are all are very broad and ambiguous, and heard thousands of times a year in every community, with the exception of injured playing. When someone is simply disliked these very same types of complaints begin, each and every time; "develop a sense of team"(define this) "communicate effectively with players and parents", are you kidding, we can't get our own families to get to dinner together, how effective is that communication.
We elect school board members to do a good job, they intern hire good staff but we'll get a letter drive going wondering why it doesn't merit the same results as election day itself. We then seek a referendum for every minor matter of concern, that's ridiculous!
Be objective, teach children about rejection, it will be far more valuable than showing them how to complain rather than work to get what they want. It's all very simple you see.
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