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Wait a minute....This is HS soccer....are you telling me that NO other player drove to the game.....and that the GK could not find a ride???

GROW UP!!

Grow up?

a) I am a grown up.

b) The original post states this is a hypothetical situation. It may or may not have happened as described.

c) By the time a player realizes that mom is running late, it's far too late to call a friend.

d) I support the coach, as much as it pains me to see the team lose.

e) I prefer India Pale Ale. You can keep your malty browns.

Have a good weekend.

it all depends on how much you want to win, if you really want it then you could make a small exeption like this without losing credit with the rest of the team. If you win the game and the keeper had a shutout then no one would remember that the kid was ten minutes late for warm ups. This coach is an idiot who doesnt really care about results.

i respect our coach DCA, it is not like we needed you or we lost the game, and plus i scored; so in turn i think i should start at stopper/Center Mid, which ever you prefer, because i do have more goals than you, and i am a keeper.

I would't put the keeper in for as long as he missed unless he has a good reason for being late. I also think that teams should have two goalies for that exact reason.

Rules are not Rules. Look at the SC high school league. No games suspension for a player with a straight red and give another player a two game suspension. Real consistent. Sets a good example doesn't it.

I guess I'll chime in. I don't think that, in that situation, the punishment matches the crime. I think a coach has to be more creative than the hypothetical coach was in that situation. A punishment for one time offense like that doesn't have to affect the outcome of the game. There can be running at the next practice session for instance. The important thing is, that the players know what the concequence is before the crime is committed.

you're a moron jared....can we get a humility check please?

I HAVE LOOKED AT THIS TOPIC FOR SEVERAL DAYS THINKING THAT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME, AND I WOULD NEVER POST ANYTHING THAT I THOUGHT WOULD OFFEND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT ARE SOME OF US NOT TAKING OURSELVES A LITTLE TOO SERIOUS HERE?
ARE WE NOT FORCED TO MAKE DECISIONS DAILY THAT MIGHT INVOLVE VARIOUS CONFLICTS PLAYERS MIGHT HAVE? IF A KID HAS MULTIPLE CONFLICTS AND THIS BECOMES AN ISSUE--GET RID OF HIM, BUT IF NOT ,THINGS HAPPEN. HANDLE EACH SITUATION INDIVIDUALLY AND IF NEED BE DISCUSS BRIEFLY WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM WHY A SITUATION IS HANDLED THE WAY IT IS.
I HAD TWO PLAYERS THIS YEAR IN THE SCHOOL PLAY AND NEEDED TO MISS PART OF TWO PRACTICES FOR FINAL REHEARSAL.I KNEW ALMOST TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE AND SO CONCERNED WERE THE PLAYERS TO GET ON THE PRACTICE FIELD, THEY DID NOT REMOVE MAKE-UP THEY WERE REQUIRED TO WEAR.HOW DO YOU PUNISH PLAYERS FOR THAT? DON'T YOU THINK THEY CAUGHT ENOUGH HELL FROM THEIR TEAMMATES?
WE DON'T PUNISH FOR PRE-ARRANGED CHURCH FUCTIONS OR OFFICIAL VISITS TO COLLEGE.I HAVE TWO PLAYERS RIGHT NOW REPRESENTING OUR SCHOOL AT A REGIONAL CHORUS PROGRAM IN TAMPA. I KNEW A MONTH AGO AND THEY HAD TO MISS TWO GAMES.HOW DO YOU LOOK THESE TWO YOUNG MEN IN THE FACE AND SAY, "GO AND FACE THE CONSEQUENCES WHEN YOU GET BACK"?
SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOUR TEAM. YES, SOME RULES ARE NECESSARY, BUT THIS IS NOT PARRIS ISLAND AND WE ARE NOT DRILL INSTRUCTORS.