[VoiceOfReason]

Let's break this down a little at a time.

If a 6th grader is good enough to make it on the A team at the beginning of the year , then they ought to be good enough to play in the county tournament. It should be absolutely unacceptable to let a sixth grader sit the bench when that may be their last opportunity to represent their school!!

First of all, just because a child is good enough to make it on the A team at the beginning of the year does not mean he is good enough to play on the A team. Being on the team does not guarantee an inherent right to play. Also, when another child is more talented than another child on the team...how would it be considered "acceptable" to make that child sit the bench just because another, less-talented child is older? I just love rational thinkers :graduate:.

I heard that a parent tried to have an altercation with one of the coaches, all I can say to that parent is that I sympathize with you.

That has to be one of the most outrageous quotes I have ever read. Let me get this straight...the parent tried to instigate an altergation with the coach and you have sympathy for the parent? First of all, correct me if I am wrong, but I believe it is a felony to even touch a coach or referee. And, what happened to all of the talk of being an example to the players? How is a parent trying to have an altercation with the coach because his son was not getting to play being a good example?

It would also be good to keep in mind that when there are more than 10 players on a team and the team is scrimmaging in practice it is highly likely that someone will be sitting on the sidelines.

I too feel sorry for this coach and hope for his sake that those troublemaker parents were parents of children that will be moving on to the middle school next year.

Also, in terms of what type of job this coach did this season, I think that a second-place regular season finish and a third-place finish in the tournament is pretty good when one considers that this team was picked fifth in the preseason.