[Colonel Kill]

Why do people keep wanting to give coaches 4 or 5 years to get it together" These players don't have that long they need a coach now. After the game is about the players, I f coaches loved the game like the kids do, they would coach for free. How many do you know that will do that?

I can think of a couple of reasons..... 1st- They have to deal with players and parents not buying into their system what ever it is because a lot of the time if a kid has played under a previous coach they have it in their head when the new coach is teaching they respond by saying that is not the way coach so and so did it and the parents are often just as bad; 2nd- A coach is only as good as his feeder system, if a coach had to come in and teach basic fundmentals of passing, rebounding, defense then it is going to take at least a year or two because after the fundementals he will put in his system.

Also I don't think coaches run kids off, they quit. If you are going to play any sport you do as that coach says or you don't play. A kid with heart and desire plays and gives his best effort every time he steps on the floor (practice or game) you work through the tough times and make something out of it. What is that kid going to do when he gets a job and doesn't like his boss....Quit?

As for the pay, I don't think the coaches are compensated nearly enough for the time they put in, the just about do it for free because they do love the game. I don't think any high school coach has got rich from coaching.

I understand the AC kids were put in a bad situation with the firing of a great coach for no apparent reason. But if you look back just about 5-6 years ago Coach Johnny Martin had a couple of terrible seasons with a young team and look what happened because the kids stayed and played their hearts out. What would have happened if those kids had said he did not know what he was doing and quit?