Re: LB BASEBALL COACH IS A JERK FROM WHAT I HEAR
Posted by:
Southeast.Jerome
()
Date: January 03, 2012 03:29PM
if it were true Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Southeast.Jerome Wrote:
>
> >
> > Here's the thing...ok? I know it's easy to come
> > onto an Internet forum and post this. It makes
> you
> > feel better, doesn't it? And you might find
> some
> > people who agree with your position and or
> > situation...
> >
> > But, despite all these great computers,
> > smartphones and other technologies we have now?
> If
> > you want to effect social change...in your
> case,
> > NOT requiring players of a public high school
> > baseball team to incur a cost to play on the
> > coach's travelling team...you need to pick up
> the
> > phone and make an appointment to speak with the
> > coach's boss. That's either the athletic
> director
> > or the director of student activities.
> >
> > If talking to that person IN PERSON doesn't
> work,
> > then you make an appointment to speak with the
> > principal and after that, the area
> administrators
> > and potentially the school board. Everyone who
> > works in the public school system has someone
> that
> > they answer to. Again, if you want to effect a
> > change in policy you have to be willing to work
> > the system and its chain of command. Show up
> for
> > your appointments early, well-groomed and
> clothed
> > with your remarks bullet pointed on a single
> piece
> > of paper and take additional paper and
> something
> > to write with. (A tablet PC would also replace
> the
> > paper and stylus for notetaking purposes.) Keep
> > your remarks respectful and your tone even.
> Stay
> > on the facts and avoid breathy, long-winded
> > tangeants which often trail off. Do more
> listening
> > and less talking. On paper it might look like
> > this...
> >
> > "Good morning/afternoon {insert name here}. My
> son
> > is interested in playing for Coach Rutherford
> > however we've recently been informed that in
> order
> > to play Bruin Baseball under Coach Rutherford,
> our
> > family or a sponsor of our son would be
> required
> > to pay for him to play on Coach Rutherford's
> > non-Fairfax County Public School travel team.
> Can
> > you please confirm the accuracy of this
> > information?"
> >
> > (Listen, take notes, ask appropriate follow up
> > questions, set mutual action plan deadlines,
> thank
> > them for their time whether you get your
> desired
> > or not and exit.)
> >
> > I'm guessing 15-20 minutes for the whole
> meeting.
> >
> >
> > Now, I'm not saying this will be an easy change
> to
> > make. But, if you believe your cause is just
> then
> > nothing should stop you, right?
>
>
> Thats all very true, but your forgetting one
> simple fact. For all of that to work this story
> has to be true. A lot of people make excuses for
> why they didnt make a team or why they didnt start
> ect. Without being there and knowing the
> situation its impossible to know the truth. Even
> if it were all true he is a good coach and has had
> a lot of success and it may not mean anything.
> But I highly doubt this story is true since he
> would want the best travel team possible and that
> means getting kids from multiple schools.
I don't know if it's true or not and I suppose I'll never know. I'm an LB alum from 20+ years ago so, on a small level I care and I was trying to help someone out who clearly wanted some feedback. But, I also know the teams weren't run like that when I was there and this is now. Maybe he is a good coach, maybe he isn't. But having this travel team requirement is not a policy (as you pointed out, if it's true...) that speaks to Rutherford's coaching ability.
On the one hand, it might be true. I can see the wisdom (disregarding the financial commitment...) of having the same roster on his travel team as he does for the purple and gold. This would imply that what's really important to Rutherford is the Bruins' performance as having the same roster would give him consistancy, chemistry and cohesiveness.
On the other hand, it might NOT be true. If as you suggested, Rutherford's priority is the performance of the travel team then having the best roster culled from multiple schools would be the way to go. It doesn't make sense to me that he cares more about the travel team. Isn't he paid more to see that the Bruins perform?
LOL...Then again, if he cared about LB's performance why is he saying as the OP stated, "I don't care if you're the next Babe Ruth..." I don't have everyone's tax returns from the 22151 and 22015 and I don't know what the travel team's fees are but, I should think most students families from that area could afford it. It's not exactly a low-income area. It's not Beverly Hills either. In the end, if the next "Babe Ruth" at LB came from a poor family it seems hard to believe if he made the Bruins better that Rutherford wouldn't dress him because he didn't play travel.
Ok, I think I've covered all the angles...:)