Against my better judgement, (and with all the controversy recently over Penn State)... I will admit that I am a football Mom. During the last two years, I have seen all sorts of football coaches from other teams. Fortunately, my son has fabulous ones. I won’t tolerate physical abuse in any manner or form. However, I don’t mind and fully understand when coaches push a player. It is a sport that takes a certain amount of ... shall we say, male testosterone. Many times, it is all about rising above fear, insecurity and facing a much larger team. Since my son plays the line, I know that one assistance coach will whisper to him, ‘Pick your B*tch”. Doesn’t bother me in the least. Many of the freshman J.V. who were more sensitive to running, drills, and hits... left the team early on in the season. It just wasn’t for them. I don’t have a problem with the “feelings” report. My son howled when he read it!
And that’s how it should be! If some of them can’t handle that kind of sport and the coaching just graciously bow out and find something else fun to play!
My son came home this year after practice -
All excited to tell me - he says “Dad - have you ever heard the phrase “knocked the snot out of me” - and I said “yeah” and he says “well - they ran this trap block, and I wasn’t paying attention, and Hurley hit me so hard snot flew out my nose all over my faceguard! It was awesome! I never knew it was really possible!”
Total lineman.
When I was a boy - our coach - well - lets just say this was how he would probably talk to his mom on the phone. But never swear. Best coach and leader - ever. Won our league like 15 years in a row. As wrestling coach - sent players to Ivys - multiple guys every year. Multiple guys out of 8 seniors. An ROTC scholarship - every year.