[ballfan87]

This is a touchy one ...but even though Coaches meet certain requirements.. hours, experience, background checks etc..do you you feel that personal life style should also be taken into consideration when hiring coaches? Open personal life styles etc..I just know of a recent incident that had been bothering me. and did not feel the coach personally should have been around my child.

[eastkyfootballfan]

which team are you referring?

[ballfan87]

No specific team to mention... I have a middle school age son. It is a concern to me, when the coaches that are supposed to role models for them, ie have arrests for public intoxication.. dui, etc. I feel coaches and teachers should not only know the sport but be upstanding citizens with very high moral and ethical values. I do fee that a such a young impressionable age..the coaches personal behavior can definitely be a negative effect on this very influential age.

[eastkyfootballfan]

I agree completely! Coaches are supposed to not only teach there respective sports. But also teach these young men character. In my opinion for whats its worth is a coach is a part even though it may be small part on teaching young men how to be good older man. Instill values such as believing in yourself. Coaches should always set a good example on and off the field. I also believe that coaches should never raise there voice unless they have to. Kids today are different that they were even ten years ago. They need respect and encouragement. If you would like more info on this feel free to pm me.

[moongoose82]

No specific team to mention... I have a middle school age son. It is a concern to me, when the coaches that are supposed to role models for them, ie have arrests for public intoxication.. dui, etc. I feel coaches and teachers should not only know the sport but be upstanding citizens with very high moral and ethical values. I do fee that a such a young impressionable age..the coaches personal behavior can definitely be a negative effect on this very influential age.

I agree.

[bigcoachallen]

As a coach, it is not just a responsibility... but a "DUTY" to set good examples for these kids. You should practice what you preach, in general, but especially when you are around young people. Even though they may not acknowledge or even realize it, they look up to their parents, teachers, and coaches. Some of my most powerful influences were from select teachers and coaches who genuinely cared, and lived the way they required me to behave (positively and responsibly).

[ImagineThat!]

This is a touchy one ...but even though Coaches meet certain requirements.. hours, experience, background checks etc..do you you feel that personal life style should also be taken into consideration when hiring coaches? Open personal life styles etc..I just know of a recent incident that had been bothering me. and did not feel the coach personally should have been around my child.

YES!!!YES!!!YES!!! With the moral decline of our society in general and with more and more parents failing to be parents and teach morals and integrity at home, I feel that it is of, even, greater importance to have coaches that not only teach his/her respective sport, but instill moral character in his/her players. Middle/high school athletics and even college athletics is the perfect opportunity to teach life skills to tomorrow's leaders. I could get on this soap box and go on forever, but I will get off my soap box in case someone needs the wood.

[Hitters_Count]

I also believe that coaches should never raise there voice unless they have to. Kids today are different that they were even ten years ago.

This is why our kids are the way they are. THEY ARE SOFT. We cater to them and baby them so they dont become mentally tough to face adversity both in the classroom and on the playing field. I am not saying curse them out, but quit treating them like babies. Parents need to quit crying about coaches getting on their sons and daughters and let the coaches coach, you should support your child an his/her coach! If a problem arises, address it, but stop running to defend poor little johnny everytime coach gets on him.

[Stardust]

If you take the required NFHS training to become a HS coach, you will know the answer is YES!

[Navajo4life]

Having coached youth sports for the past 15 years and now helping out on the high school level, there comes a time where coaches have to be role models for our young student athletes. Some of the kids that we coach come from homes with one parent and some that are living with grandparents and these young kids are looking for guidance and someone that can provide them with discipline and at the same time, listen to them when they have problems. I'm not talking about not understanding certain formations or alignments. I'm talking about problems that they may have at home, in the classroom or just in general. I think as coaches we can raise our voices to our players, but do it in a constructive way by trying to not embarrass the kid in front of his peers.

I know of a situation where a coach was out drinking with some of his fellow coaches and he made a terrible mistake in driving home that night, of course you can guess what happened to him. He was pulled over and arrested for DUI, now, this was his only mistake in the time that he has been coaching kids and he was truly embarrassed by the situation and was very remorseful. What he done then was face his problems head on and provided an example to his players what he had done was very wrong and that he had accepted the consequences for his actions by his school. It also provided a teaching moment for those kids, not about sports, but about life in general. To many times these kids see pro athletes get arrested for several things, they apologize, but they are still allowed to play the game they love, why? Because they are making that franchise money, however, when a coach does it, he is suspended by the league and fined. The kids today see all of it and hear all about it, but when it happens on the high school level, then our kids need to learn what true consequences are.

My question is this, should that coach be punished for the rest of his career because of 1 stupid mistake that he made that night?

[Hitters_Count]

My question is this, should that coach be punished for the rest of his career because of 1 stupid mistake that he made that night?

The same parents who would answer yes to this are the same ones have NEVER made a mistake in their lives.<sarcasim off> Each case dictates how the public perceives a person. If it is truly a first time mistake, then everyone deserves a second chance imo. If this isnt the first time, then that person is not making a mistake, but continuing a habit and they no longer need to supervise students or athletes. Again IMHO.

[Navajo4life]

I completely agree with you Hitters Count, if this was not his first mistake, I would be the first person to stand up and say, hey, there maybe a problem here, but I know this was his first honest mistake and the kids that he coached has a lot of admiration for him and a great deal of respect for him as a coach and a person...

[zaga_fan]

When you go to school to become a teacher to begin with they tell you about your personal life being on under fire and to be ready for it.
I was told in an education class that if my care broke down at a first/last chance licquor store/gas station to push it to the nearest widespot to avoid having my car being seen there lol

[ballfan87]

The same parents who would answer yes to this are the same ones have NEVER made a mistake in their lives.<sarcasim off> Each case dictates how the public perceives a person. If it is truly a first time mistake, then everyone deserves a second chance imo. If this isnt the first time, then that person is not making a mistake, but continuing a habit and they no longer need to supervise students or athletes. Again IMHO.

I have made many mistakes in my life.. but I'm not talking about a 1 time DUI..I talking about continous behavior and life style. My job doesnt involve supervising children at any point though. Teachers, coaches, preachers, social workers etc.. set themselves to higher standards than the rest of us. They take on the this responsibility when choosing their career paths.

[ballfan87]

The same parents who would answer yes to this are the same ones have NEVER made a mistake in their lives.<sarcasim off> Each case dictates how the public perceives a person. If it is truly a first time mistake, then everyone deserves a second chance imo. If this isnt the first time, then that person is not making a mistake, but continuing a habit and they no longer need to supervise students or athletes. Again IMHO.

I have made many mistakes in my life.. but I'm not talking about a 1 time DUI..I am talking about continous behavior and life style. My job doesn't involve supervising children at any point though. Teachers, coaches, preachers, social workers etc.. set themselves to higher standards than the rest of us. They take on the this responsibility when choosing their career paths.

[meangreenrobinette]

At the middle school level I think we should teaching game fundamentals, and coaching good life skills. How we teach or coach those are on a individual basis, all kids respond differently. But if we stick to the basics of life and of sports the kids will be better high school players as well as young men and women!

[basketball101]

I think it is very inportant for our coaches to live a certain way because my son loves his coach and would never want him to find out anything about him that as a parent would have to tell him was not right,,,,One of our hs boys got in trouble for a weekened party and his answear to his mother was drinking cant be to bad coach does it and hes a great person,,,,We dont want our kids to grow up thinking its ok,,,,because its not,,,