I'm just glad to be done with all that crap.
Sorry to those of you who arent, but I jumped through those hoops for decades as a kid and young adult and then another decade as a coach.
I enjoyed coaching for the most part, but every time my wife asks me if I want to take it up again I just remember everything about it and I just...
I dont think I have the energy anymore, and I dont think I'd be able to let that much BS slide anymore...
It can be really hard on the kids, I get that and I liked fotze's post!
My God...I remember my very first time as an evaluator at a try-out and as a coach selecting a team out of the kids that I see and I was astonished...I just couldnt believe it.
These people didnt know a goddamned thing about what they were doing. I'm not even sure any of them even played soccer before...or even just watched soccer?
This was pre-Moneyball, and I'm not talking about statistical analytics, I'm talking about those scenes where you've got elderly scouts talking about toolboxes and all kinds of other eclectic crap that doesnt mean anything.
Like Holy Hell...they dont know what they're talking about.
Just remembering it upsets me. Ugh...it was awful.
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