stateorbust Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Well it is a different time that these kids are in. Hate to sound like an old guy, but when I wrestled if I did something wrong, my coach would yell and embarass the heck out of me. Now days it seems that you cant even do that, as a coach,it seems, you have to be a little more considerate with the kids "feelings". It seems like this trend is only going to get worse as time goes on. This does make it hard for coaches to motivate and push kids in a sport in which such qualities are needed to make a champion. I sure do miss "the Good ole days" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcatcountry97 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 WOW. I am shocked by the replies to this!!! 1st - "We as adults have to teach our children that they have to accept the decision of authority figures." This is exactly the opposite of american; perhaps communist!! If you follow this logic we would still have slavery and women would not be allowed to vote. 2nd - Making up statistics to prove your point is a little weak. The high school kids "may have been 100lbs bigger." Who knows, the middle school kid may have been bigger!! Don't just make things up! 3rd - We dont know the whole story, so it's really hard to make a decision. If the high school kids were bullies, then good. If they were just trying to push the kid a little harder to make him better (and the future of their high school better) then kudos to the High School kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decbell1 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Regardless of what happened here. Agree or disagree with the situaton. Agree or disagree with the decision of the administrators. We as adults have to teach our children that they have to accept the decision of authority figures. Don't make excuses. Don't blame someone else. Say you are sorry and accept the consequence. Like it or not. Some day you will have a boss that makes a decision for you. Maybe you don't agree with it. You can either accept it or start collecting unemployment. That is life. I'm not sure how much I agree with this philosophy. Don't question authority? Just accept it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcatcountry97 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Oh man. Did Decbell and the Wildcat just agree on somthin???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decbell1 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Oh man. Did Decbell and the Wildcat just agree on somthin???? You bet we did. If there was one thing I learned at college, it WAS to question authority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcatcountry97 Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Yeah. I could not believe how many people just started agreeing with that guy! O well. Let's all unite in the Jay County fiasco, check out the link "Post to show your support" for more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltwaterchangedme Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 You bet we did. If there was one thing I learned at college, it WAS to question authority. Boy oh boy Dane you are starting to sound like some of those disrespectful soccer players I used to coach back in the day when you were about 13 years old. There is no doubt that I am right now eating crow about the situation at Jay County when it comes to questioning authority. I admit that! But did that high dollar Butler education teach you to really question authority? Would mom and dad Fuelling have been happy if you questioned their authority? Say they told your curfew is 10:oopm. You think it is ok to argue that you think it should have been midnight? Should your students question you? Say you assign them to do 40 math questions. Should they argue with you that they think they should do 30? I am not saying that you can't disagree with authority. However, in most situations, questioning authority results in a lose lose situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillgus Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 In our school, the HS and MS have to practice together as well. When i was in MS, the HS kids helped me a lot and pushed me to become a better wrestler. Parents need to let their kids grow up sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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