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    Team Manager's Child Deserves More Time

    I believe the amount of hours a team manager puts into the team warrant a few fringe benefits, one of which should be increased playing time for their DD or DS. In addition, the extra time invested into the team before, during and after practices and games should allow the said player some flexibility and grace on other aspects of participation such as attitude, attendance and dress code. Don't complain when the person in your office that works longer and harder than you get compensated better.

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    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    I believe the amount of hours a team manager puts into the team warrant a few fringe benefits, one of which should be increased playing time for their DD or DS. In addition, the extra time invested into the team before, during and after practices and games should allow the said player some flexibility and grace on other aspects of participation such as attitude, attendance and dress code. Don't complain when the person in your office that works longer and harder than you get compensated better.
    Obviously, SOMEONE is butthurt that a manager's kid is getting PT that they think their own kid deserves.

    In practice, it depends on the coach and club. I know plenty of coaches who are hardest on their own kids (should they get them), and being manager means nothing. Also, some managers take the job specifically for greater access to the coach, even if they don't attempt to leverage that into more PT for their own kid.

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      #3
      UpDAtiNG TeAM SNap is HaRd my crappy kid should ply more

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        #4
        If you're paying to be on the team, are playing at u13 or below, have attended all practices, and the situation is not knoockout play, then guess what: all kids deserve exactly equal time.

        If this isn't happening then you should complain. Almost all soccer in OR is rec-level, and you're a paying customer.

        There. Now you don't have to worry about the manager's kid.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          I believe the amount of hours a team manager puts into the team warrant a few fringe benefits, one of which should be increased playing time for their DD or DS. In addition, the extra time invested into the team before, during and after practices and games should allow the said player some flexibility and grace on other aspects of participation such as attitude, attendance and dress code. Don't complain when the person in your office that works longer and harder than you get compensated better.

          Too five dumbest posts I’ve ever seen

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            #6
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            UpDAtiNG TeAM SNap is HaRd my crappy kid should ply more
            That cracked me up!

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              #7
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              I believe the amount of hours a team manager puts into the team warrant a few fringe benefits, one of which should be increased playing time for their DD or DS. In addition, the extra time invested into the team before, during and after practices and games should allow the said player some flexibility and grace on other aspects of participation such as attitude, attendance and dress code. Don't complain when the person in your office that works longer and harder than you get compensated better.
              Shut up, team mom. If I am paying my kid's coach for private training, my kid deserves more play time than yours. After all, coach's Mercedes isn't going to pay for itself.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Too five dumbest posts I’ve ever seen
                New here?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

                  Almost all soccer in OR is rec-level, and you're a paying customer.
                  Mostly true just about every where...not just Oregon. Clubs dupe parents into believing there something more to it. How else can you demand 1500 a year.

                  All kids get 100% minutes in practice and the very best kid isn't going to sit. Tell your kid to be that player. They get 3 hours a week and who knows how much time at home.

                  And of course, juggling at home. I know, crazy idea. Touch and decision making training for free. Only every great player I've ever met has said that was pivotal in their development.

                  Of you can come to TS and complain about it...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Mostly true just about every where...not just Oregon. Clubs dupe parents into believing there something more to it. How else can you demand 1500 a year.

                    All kids get 100% minutes in practice and the very best kid isn't going to sit. Tell your kid to be that player. They get 3 hours a week and who knows how much time at home.

                    And of course, juggling at home. I know, crazy idea. Touch and decision making training for free. Only every great player I've ever met has said that was pivotal in their development.

                    Of you can come to TS and complain about it...
                    99.99% of parents would rather come to TS and complain about it than accept personal responsibility and/or consider that their child may not be the superstar their biased eyes see. And that right there is the problem with this generation of kids. Mommy and daddy tell them they are special and amazing and they believe it. So they feel entitled to something they don't believe they have to work to earn.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      99.99% of parents would rather come to TS and complain about it than accept personal responsibility and/or consider that their child may not be the superstar their biased eyes see. And that right there is the problem with this generation of kids. Mommy and daddy tell them they are special and amazing and they believe it. So they feel entitled to something they don't believe they have to work to earn.
                      Will accept that for a second, but here is contrary perspective:

                      Irrespective of work ethic, some kids are more naturally talented than other others; some grow faster than others; some kids are more awkward in the awkward years than others.

                      Should the more talented kids (who in the short-term, talent advantage has very little to do with work ethic) get materially more playing time than the less talented kid, when there parents pay the same and the kids put in the same effort?

                      signed,

                      parent of kids with average talent, with solid work ethics

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Will accept that for a second, but here is contrary perspective:

                        Irrespective of work ethic, some kids are more naturally talented than other others; some grow faster than others; some kids are more awkward in the awkward years than others.

                        Should the more talented kids (who in the short-term, talent advantage has very little to do with work ethic) get materially more playing time than the less talented kid, when there parents pay the same and the kids put in the same effort?

                        signed,

                        parent of kids with average talent, with solid work ethics
                        What you are describing has often been called a late bloomer. A kid who, at younger ages, is less physically dominant, but hard working and dedicated to the sport/team. Those kids often end up being the top players at high school ages, because the more talented kids, as you alluded, sometimes don't have the best work ethic. So when the great equalizer of puberty kicks in, and those formerly more talented dominant kids are suddenly not the biggest/fastest/strongest, they don't have good work habits or a growth minded attitude in place to overcome adversity. Meanwhile, the kiddo who had to scrap and work and fight for every minute from day one zooms right by them.

                        So in answer to your question, a good coach will reward the hard working kid with an equitable amount of playing time in every possible situation except possibly a state cup game or tournament championship.

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