That's a scary thought... One of my best friends played junior hockey up until a few months ago when his coach and a coach from a team halfway across the country tried to initiate a trade. He played for a team that was half an hour from home - he's seventeen and didn't want to be "forced" by coaches to move across the country and leave his family, so he just quit playing for that organization altogether.
Nope. Actually i have 2 BAs one in history and one in archaeology. My boss has a business degree. He is my husband mentor and friend and when I had trouble finding a job, he was looking for an assistant. He offered so I accepted, we are both blunt and honest to the point of cruelty at times... ok alot of the time and not to boast but I'm pretty good at reading people so it works for us. The rest I learned from him or reading. I never thought about this a career but its fun.
so upset for courtney
What is this from? I feel for her, and thought about how upsetting this must be. I think all coaches can empathize with the feeling when you're blindsided by a kid quits that you think you have a bond with. If it's a kid you've coached and thought highly enough of to have on your selective premier team for 6 years, then you clearly care for them. I've also wondered how Eddie and Orby feel with all of this. Yes at the end of the day you have to move on and take the high road, but most coaches would admit that its not a joyful felling... that is unless its the problem child that you're waiting to for they day they leave. Thats a different thread though!aw
Benjamin Pope with Courtney Smith-Pope and Sarahbeth Swicegood Macrow
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Courtney might not be the best at cleaning the house, packing, or getting up early in the morning. She is absolutely amazing at bringing out the best out of each athlete she has ever coached. I have seen Courtney stay up all night to work on routines or making changes to the routine for all the teams to be successful. I know as parents we have blinders on when it comes to our children but to say Courtney has bullied an athlete is absolutely ridiculous. She is tough, persistent and expected 100% effort from all the athletes and so is every successful coach in any sport (Bear Bryant, Vince Lombardi).
What people didn't see is how upset Courtney was when she got the text message not a phone call a text message informing her that Amber quit. Courtney tried to call several times to talk to Amber or her mother and no one answered or called back. Amber has been with the program for many years and in those years she has won the Majors and Worlds twice. For someone to say that Courtney does care about Amber or she bullied Amber is really hard to believe when Courtney has given so much time and effort to help Amber reach so much success.
It's ok. It just means you have a different frame of reference than the rest of us. So you can't expect us to not be totally on the game with this.
I wonder too- if this is a potential problem when you have a mega-gym. Let's say they're trying to get the mentality of K-ville in at another gym. You're not with the coaches 24/7, and sometimes they might cross a line. You need to address it, but how do they know? If you're there, they're not going to do it. Or if the people aren't used to harder coaching/individualized coaching, it can be perceived as bullying.
Adding: @crazyredhead - I think 'If you can't hit this stunt/throw your tumbling/do the job you need to do to be on this team, I'm taking you out of this sequence/the air', is a reasonable threat. If you were put on a team and you haven't been hitting a skill required for WEEKS/MONTHS, then it's time for a little pressure.
