I was at the swr esm game and thought it was a great game. It was 6-6 for a while with no scoring from either side until the last ten minutes of game when swr scored while esm was down a player. Defense was great on both sides. To whomever posted about parents complaining about other players-is this really shocking? happens all the time at every sideline, you probably were in within earshot of an overly boisterous parent as opposed to the mutterings usually under parent's breath. Either way, in light of the boston tragedy, who cares? there are some really wonderful young ladies on the esm team so your comment about apple not falling far from the tree is really uncalled for. great job to all the young ladies that were fortunate to play this wonderful sport today.
Shocking? No; but still inappropriate anyway. If one feels the need to speak in that fashion, save it for home. It gets back to the kids and coach and can affect team cohesion. By the way; speak of someone else's child as you would like your's to be spoken of. It's a matter of respect; an element that is indeed lacking.
As for the matter of respect; coaches can be the biggest violators. Coaches expect and demand total and absolute respect of both players and their parents; yet refuse to reciprocate. A coach does not want a parent to overrule his/her coaching; but will insist that parents "dont' know anything." Or even worse; allow one of his captains to curse ad nauseam during games, at him and his assistant and at players. And to top it off; no action is taken as respective coach is fearful of retribution from the captain's parent. This is not how you command respect at all. Coaches set the tone and climate of a program.
Good luck to all the ladies who are competing today.
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