[lee martell]

This whole story sounds wild. Lucky for the coach, both he and the Missus were packing. They know the Coach’s age, but not the name? It should be easy to identify most the assailants, who is the team member with the crazy Dad?

[EQAndyBuzz]

Had a situation like that several years ago. Thankfully I wasn’t been up. Several parents cornered me about why their little Gretzky’s weren’t getting equal playing time. I calmly explained ice time was earned and not an entitlement. They told me that when they pay 7k a year their kids are entitled. I disagreed and told them to read the contract each parent and player signed.

Five parents pulled their kids from the program. I went from 18 skaters to 13. In the end it was addition by subtraction as we won league championship.

[defconw]

I knew this was going to happen. I was alarmed back in the late 90's early oo's when my friends were all obsessed with going to everyone of their child's games, meets etc. Then it got worse, they started hanging around at practice.

Does no one work anymore?

My parents came to maybe one game a year.

Hey! Not every kid is going to go pro! Why can't kids just be kids and play a game for the joy of it?

I feel so sorry for these kids with these over supportive parents. You are putting to much pressure on them and all that caterwauling from the sidelines is really unattractive!