Poor form by both coach and club. Club's JDO shoulda been onto it by half time.
Only just said it to a parent at work who mentioned the behaviour of an U/11 coach yesty .... worst thing about Junior Sport at times is
(1.) parents, and (2.) wrongly motivated coaches. Let's be honest if we're doing it to whack an underage premiership photo on the mantle at home then we're in it for the wrong reasons.
It doesn't matter where we coach/mentor .... but it 100% matters as to why we coach/mentor our youngsters.
Doona - you are 100% correct and the world of junior sport would be a much better place if what you say is in fact what happens. But unfortunately that is not the case, and it is nowhere near it.
Div 1 GF's yesterday, the determination of coaches & parents(kids probably 3rd in that line), to "stick it up Smore" and the comments coming out of Abers supporters were not fit for Junior sport.. These same Parents that drive across multiple suburbs so their kids can play at a"successful club" do not care about "participation", those who want to "participate" can play in the lower Divisions. They do not want the coach to risk a win especially in a GF, so every player plays the same amount of game time.. They are happy to sacrifice a kid(easier if it's not yours) if it means a GF win.