[Tight End]

We have been talking every where we got this year to watch a high school football game. "Where are the fans"!?????

Seems like there is not a week goes by anymore without a high school coach being criticized — often very publicly (a lot of times on here) — by the parents of players & semi-luke warm fans. That IMO, ruins the fan base, no one wants to support an activity where there is so much lip smacking going on toward the coach & program!

I see it regularly at games. I have witnessed parents shouting at the coach from the stands in at least half of the football games I’ve seen this season. I’ve overheard other parents & what fans are there questioning the coach more quietly while talking among themselves.

Amazingly, it is as prevalent at a school that regularly wins as one that is struggling for victories.

It’s disturbing if not disgusting & I think it is to blame for at least part of the fan loss at the games we have attended this year. What concerns me the most is what something like this can do to the reputation of our good high school coach's, that are putting forth the effort to do this job that not everyone is even capable of doing.

The fact that now parents have a venue or an opportunity to go directly to the social media to complain about whatever, without necessarily substantiating the facts, is troubling to all potential coaches and, for that matter the fan base. Right there goes the fans that would normally support a team, having to listen to crap about the coach of the program they would normally support. Most people don't want to be involved in trash talk, they want to be proud of their team & have others talking positively about it, not trashing it.

I have heard more than a few people say, “I don’t know why anyone wants to coach anymore.” They do it because they love it. It certainly isn’t for the money. A season shouldn't necessarily be about WIN...WIN....WIN. These coach's are attempting to build character and help these young men grow up along with teaching them some football skills along the way. You have to look at the big picture, it's not about the scoreboard all the time.:Sad04: