[CaptainCrunch]

I think that for me, one of the biggest issues is and its not all, but some of the parents actions in the stands.



From yelling at opposing players, to yelling at the officials, to even yelling at coaches, I've been abused verbally by parents of other teams.



Now as for parents of our players, I'm not a super social person, I will chat quickly with parents if they need to, if they ask for feedback on their kids, the whole what does he need to do, or why don't you utilize my kid more, right to the why are you teaching my kid not to do what I tell him to do. I used to not mind it, but now I've become very short with them, and stay fact based with them. But I dread seeing a parent walking up to me after a practice or game.



Also at some point, parents need to sit back and learn or understand how much work coaches put into coaching. From the amount of money that we pay to the courses. For me at Bantam, its 2 hours of practice a day 3 to 4 days per week. Probably 5 hours on game day. My Sunday is literally 6 hours of film review, game planning and practice plan building.


Oh and the other thing, parents that want to coach their kids. I've had position coaches that were parents of their kids and I have to constantly supervise them to make sure they're not giving their kids more snaps or more teaching. And also I've had parents that have come to me as coaches asking me to adjust my game plan or schemes to favor their kids. So I don't cotton to that anymore. If I have to choose a position coach between a parent of the kid on that side of the ball, and someone else, I know who I'm taking.