You know what really pisses me off about some fans......
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Well said. My dad, who coached me in my youth, watched me through high school and into college, and watched many of his grandkids since offered the following: parents should not be allowed to attend youth sports.
Perhaps a bit too extreme, but the point is valid. Too often it’s the “grown-ups” that ruin youth sports for the kids.
I was not at the game on Saturday. However, if I was I would have definitely participated in the booing at the end of the first half. And it would have been directed at the coaching staff for not getting this team prepared.
I used to yell at my son when he played football and basketball.
“81 who told you you could play?”
“81, you have been disowned by your family”.
“81, wake up!”
“22, play some defense.”
“22 you will have to get a ride home”, when an hour before I told him I won’t want to be seen with him after the game if he continued to play half assed.
You know what? He plans to treat his kid the same way.
If a boo crushed his sensitive spirit I would be ashamed of him. He knows he has to do something to earn cheers and he earns boos when he does something to deserve them.
“81 who told you you could play?”
“81, you have been disowned by your family”.
“81, wake up!”
“22, play some defense.”
“22 you will have to get a ride home”, when an hour before I told him I won’t want to be seen with him after the game if he continued to play half assed.
You know what? He plans to treat his kid the same way.
If a boo crushed his sensitive spirit I would be ashamed of him. He knows he has to do something to earn cheers and he earns boos when he does something to deserve them.
The coaching staff did earn the majority of it, but with the exception of Clifford, Micah, TCF, Reid and a few others the players showed little in the way of wanting to be there in the first half. The effort was sad.
Good thing they didn't do that with Roosevelt. As a side note, they should also do that to anyone who lies about their heritage to get ahead in law ....
That's fine doing that to YOUR kid, but if you were doing that to MY KID at a game there would be major issues- unless of course you were the coach.
These are men now. If all they want is participation trophies I hope the play elsewhere.
Who said anything about participation trophies? I'm sorry but if you are coming to a Penn State game to boo I sincerely hope you don't sit next to me.
Please explain how when a team goes three and out consistently or are out of position that’s on the coaches? If they’re taught where to be in practice and they don’t do it in the game, that’s on the player. If they don’t block or catch a ball or make the right throw and they go three and out, that’s on the players.
I personally have NEVER boo'd Penn State at Beaver Stadium. In fact, the only time I ever boo at a college game is if I believe there is a blatant cheap shot....... for example, the cheap shot that the guy from Ohio State did on KJ Hamler last year while Hamler was on the ground and knocked him out of the game .... I boo'd the cheap shot.
That being said. If other people want to boo, then I feel that's their prerogative and I do not hold it against them. Nor do I feel sorry for the players. IMO, each and every one of these guys knew what they signed up for when they accepted a big time offer. These guys play the recruiting game, they go on visits, they play schools against schools and coaching staffs against coaching staffs during recruiting. Then they make their decision. Does not matter if they picked Penn State or Ohio State or Georgia or Alabama or ANY big time D1 program .... fans at all these programs will boo if the team plays like crap. Fans get emotional. Remember, "fan" is simply short for "fanatical".
That being said. If other people want to boo, then I feel that's their prerogative and I do not hold it against them. Nor do I feel sorry for the players. IMO, each and every one of these guys knew what they signed up for when they accepted a big time offer. These guys play the recruiting game, they go on visits, they play schools against schools and coaching staffs against coaching staffs during recruiting. Then they make their decision. Does not matter if they picked Penn State or Ohio State or Georgia or Alabama or ANY big time D1 program .... fans at all these programs will boo if the team plays like crap. Fans get emotional. Remember, "fan" is simply short for "fanatical".
Father of the year.
I thought you were going to say inability to parallel park.
We send them to college to learn. If they are so fragile a boo will crush them, it’s time they get out from under their parents and grow a set.
I have no sympathy for a parent who is so overprotective they can’t take it if there adult son earns a negative reaction.
I like to coach positively . Stay focused . Watch your guy etc. I don’t want to reinforce a negative message in their mind. Cues and instructions, not things I don’t want them to do.
You sound like a huge dick, just saying.
I have no sympathy for loudmouth assholes who cross the wrong parent, either.
I taught my son and his friends without dads (death, divorce, drugs, not giving a damn) how to play baseball and basketball with lots of negative reinforcement. Just like my dad taught me.
Guess who has a bunch of his sons friends visit on holidays and call during the year to keep in touch? My wife tells me they come not because I am special, but because they knew I cared enough to get upset when they did things wrong.
There is a hell of a lot of difference between youth sports and college football.
One is played by kids the other by young men who earn the praise or the negatives they hear.
PSU DT Shelton got upset about some of the fans behavior Sat.
https://www.centredaily.com/sports/...all/article234938092.html#storylink=mainstage
https://www.centredaily.com/sports/...all/article234938092.html#storylink=mainstage
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The problem is clearly that booing is an indiscriminate act.
Antipathy and displeasure can be directed much more effectively with urine filled balloons.
Antipathy and displeasure can be directed much more effectively with urine filled balloons.
And while we're at it, let's boo Santa Claus. After all he's a real POS for only coming around once a year.
I’m sorry, that’s just dumb. Being negative does not equate to caring. I coached for years, my players still stay in contact with me, and I tried to be positive as much as possible. Most of my kids went on to play in college, so they learned something.
And the way he treated Rudolph! Oh, I'm going to shun you because you're different, but then take advantage of you when it suits my agenda.
I guess if you want to raise men you can follow one path, if you want to raise what passes for men now you can follow your path.
Your posts just keep getting dumber and dumber. If you’re the result of being raised that way, you might want to change your methods (but it sounds like it’s already too late....maybe your son can change his methods and he might not raise a$$holes).
