[trufan]

[B][B][B]Today's players are an "excuse driven" bunch of kids. That is why is in every sport you see more and more of our "old school" type of coaches retiring.[/B][/B][/B] It is hard for them to adapt to this kind of personality change. It goes against everything they try to do as a team. Unfoetunateky, it appears to be the way things are now. Things like self-discipline, work ethic, and team goals are a thing of the past. The coaches that don't change will either retire, quit, or get sued by one of the parents. It's kind of sad actually.

The players are a reflection of supervision, either at home, school or field. I continue to say that in the last 30 years, we have taken a game meant for kids and turned it into an obsession for adults. This is an extracurricular activity that is suppose to be fun and through character building, preparing students for life after high school. A few will play their sport in college, but most will go to college or get a job. In real life when you continue to break rules there are consequences such as fines, jail or prison. As long as adults continue to look the other way and allow players who aren't there for the right reasons to play a kids game, then the adults may need to be the ones to be punished, since they are the ones that are truly letting these kids down.