91-0 : Coach accused of bullying!
“The allegation stated that when we had the game in hand, we should have told our players to ease up and not play so hard. That’s not really what you do in athletics.”“
“The allegation stated that when we had the game in hand, we should have told our players to ease up and not play so hard. That’s not really what you do in athletics.”“
I wonder how many coaches think coaching is not that big of a deal. I wonder how many players think playing is not that big of a deal. I wonder how many referees/officials (like myself) think officiating is not that big of a deal. I wonder how many fans think cheering (positively or negatively) is not that big of a deal.
In the 2012 South Metro Wrestling Tournament in Georgia, Demetrius de Moors faced an opponent that caused him to ask the question, “If I could only wrestle one time, only experience this one time, how would I want it to be?”
“I try to give my players leadership. I teach them the plays and let them call their own plays during the game.” He went on to say, “Besides that, I can’t tell my kids just to roll over. I am teaching them to play hard.”
The lessons I learned while playing basketball at the Citadel Bulldogs from 1963 to 1967 have proven priceless to me as both a writer and a man.