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The Typical Football Coach
While it can be very gratifying, The Typical Football Coach has one of the most thankless jobs in the World! Football is the only subject the Typical Football Coach will talk about to another person for 2 1/2 hours on the telephone. The Coach will spend approximately $32.50 each month on long distance calls related to Team business. If you do call AND the phone actually RINGS even once, you should hang up immediately since it means that he is: A) At Practice, B) At a game, C) At a League meeting, D) At a Coaches meeting or E) at the Sporting goods store buying something for the team that the league doesn't provide. You see the coach’s car is also the team's mobile equipment vehicle. Helmets or Flags, cones, water bottles, footballs, tape, tools, etc. are cluttering up the trunk and backseat. They would get the groceries but they'd have to add a roof rack first! He also usually has that innate ability to find those
four or five examples of how the team performed admirably during a 30-6 They never say we got beat 48-0 because we stink, and our best player couldn't sit on their bench. And you'll never hear them say hey next year we're going to be 2-7! Sadly, but thankfully, the typical football coach has an overactive subconscious that eliminates all fear of having the leagues worst team. He knows all to well that success is not forever and failure is not fatal. because they need to scout 2 or three other games in preparation for next weeks game. On average the Typical Flag Football Coach gives 25 to 45 hours per week 4 months out of the year to their team. The Typical Football Son of a Coach is: A) fortunate to spend so much quality time with his Dad or B) most likely to shoot him before the season is over. :) This means your child is being coached by: A) a guy that warmed the bench or stood on the sidelines waiting for the Coach to put him in the game, or B) those fortunate enough to truly have exceptional coaching skills built by years of hard work and endless coaching seminars. Note: See team record to find out which one you have. :) but more on their communication skills, management skills and their effect on each player. They honestly try to get each player to become the best player they can. C) Maybe if I pretend to like them they'll play my kid more (add fake smile here), or D) They're idiots and they Suck! This is not so much for you to be there on time, as much as it is so his stomach will stop flipping wondering where all his players are. The Typical Football Coach will say "Post game meeting over there after the game for 5 minutes" If we won the meeting will be 30 minutes as we all revel in our glory, if we lost it'll be 30 minutes as we relive all the mistakes the referees made that cost us the game, or some other excuse that sounds good at the time. Well let's make it easy on ourselves, ALL post game or practice meeting will generally last 30 minutes, or until they shut off the lights at the field! They probably don't get a Christmas card or Birthday card and certainly never get a letter of thanks.
The best of coaches try to eliminate this by getting playing time for everyone when they can, and by being honest with the players and parents as to their child's abilities and expected playing time, however, even that isn't enough at times........sad but true. And more often than not, their voices crack...... their eyes water up and you can now see just how incredibly important the boys are to them, and that this is the real reason they are coaching at all.......because of their love for your child and the team.
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