First of all, I'm a huge college football fan. I can't believe that Mike Leach, the coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, got fired for putting a kid in a small dark room. After reading what little information is on the internet, I don't believe he did anything wrong. Even the trainers and the doctors said what the coach did was probably a good idea.
Here's what I think happened. "Baby boy" James couldn't live up to "big-daddy" James's standards and daddy couldn't take it. So daddy whines about it to the big shots at TTU and now the coach is gone. Now, if this would have been the run-of-the-mill daddy nothing would have become of this. But since daddy is a big shot all hell is breaking loose.
I personally never have liked to watch Craig James on TV. To me he is just another arrogant jerk that is full of himself. The human in me hopes that "baby boy" never sees the football field again while he's playing in a game. However, it's hard to want to punish the child for the sins of the father. Granted this "child" is not really a child anymore but he's been raised to always run to daddy when things don't go right and daddy will make it better for him because daddy is a big-shot and he always gets his way. This may or may not be true but it's what I think is the case.
Any sport, particularly football, is going to be brutal and extremely tough to compete at a high level. As a former athlete, I understand that coaches can go too far sometimes, but at some point these freaking parents have got to back off and let their children learn to handle things themselves. My oldest daughter had trouble with one of her teachers at school. She came to me, wanting my help but I wouldn't go help her out in this situation. I thought her complaint had merit and that the teacher was wrong. Had she been in grade school I might have gone and talked to the teacher, but she was in high school and it was time for her to stand on her own. Kids need to learn to "saddle their own horses, and kill their own snakes" at an early age. If I have to explain that to you then you are probably part of the problem.
To any of you parents out their that may read this blog. Your kid may not be good enough to make the team and you need to learn to accept that and get off the coaches back. If your kid goes out for a sport there will be pressure put on him to get him to perform at the highest level. That pressure will come from the coaches and the other players on the team. You might not like this but that's the way it is in any endeavour, not just sports. I've coached before, I wasn't very good at it, but I'd still be coaching were it not for a couple of parents that were complete jerks. I was a volunteer coach, trying to learn to coach effectively, and didn't want to put up with any "mess" since I wasn't getting paid. Had I been getting paid I would imagine I'd put up with a little more junk:) I can't imagine how hard it would be to be a head coach at some big time school or sports organization. Putting up with the owners/board of directors, fans, media, and the parents would have to be a huge headache!
Some people just need a good butt whipping to get their attitude into proper perspective. Craig James and his little primadonna son need the crap kicked out of them and get a dose of reality and a serious attitude adjustment. The parents in this country have so spoiled their children it's a wonder the children can even function. I've never been a proponent of getting to play just because your kid shows up. You can either do it or you can't! This is exactly what happened to this James kid at Texas Tech; he couldn't perform so daddy stepped in to save his poor precious son from the indignity of failure. We are a nation of a bunch of whining sissy's and it's no wonder we have lost the respect of the rest of the world.
No comments:
Post a Comment