Coaches getting drunk at competions

Date: Wed Oct 1 9:23 PM, 2008

Coaches getting drunk at competions

Date: Wed Oct 1 9:31 PM, 2008

i think it is a serious no no.

Date: Wed Oct 1 9:38 PM, 2008

This topic has been discussed many times over.

ATTENTION ALL COACHES! Make sure you do not hang out with your parents this season. If the parents are staying at the Hotel A, make sure you stay in Hotel B. You all work extremely hard and you deserve to relax without a bunch of eyes...peering out a slightly drawn curtain in hopes to get a glance of what the coaches are doing. Your coaching job begins and ends the competition venue. Hopefully, parents/cheerleaders will begin to understand that.

Speaking of parents, make sure you all do the same. There are so many parents that go out and drink as well, and then the following day can't seem to roll out of bed to get their cheerleaders to the competition on time. It's quite frustrating for coaches.

If you all are going to hold your coaches to the highest standards, you all need to demonstrate good behavior as well.

PEACE TO ALL!

Date: Wed Oct 1 9:40 PM, 2008

I think it'a an even bigger problem with the parents. I have seen it so many times where the parents and coaches will have parties in hotel rooms and get hammered!!!! It really makes me sick! I think it sends wrong messages to the kids and it just isn't the appropriate time.

Date: Wed Oct 1 10:20 PM, 2008

I'm all for allowing coaches to do as they like in their own time while at competitions, but the team my daughter was on for the past few years had the owner no less getting hammered from the evening of arrival through the last night of competition. The problem was that there were some competitions where the team would have a practice the night before the competition and it was totally inappropriate to have the girls seeing their "leader" well past tipsy. We had a slew of parents partaking as well, and while inapproriate, at least they weren't the ones running a practice in that condition.

Date: Thu Oct 2 3:34 AM, 2008

I don't care if the coaches drink if kids are not around them, but I am don't appreciate crabby, hungover coaches who are not being effective motivators and leaders for the kids because they don't feel good. I figure if they want to be in a bad mood, they have 40ish other weekends a year to take their headaches out on their loved ones, but not a youth team. (And yep, we're not there anymore either.) I know people can slip up, but I am spending a lot of time and money for those 7 weekends.

And I think most coaches DON'T DO this by the way. Just FYI. Current coaches are amazing and wonderful, and I don't care how many beers they have because it is not showing up at the competition in anyway.

I actually do think it is a good idea for the coaches to stay away from the parents as someone said, so they can let a little steam off. LIkewise, just because you are being 'paid", you are not owned for 24 hours a day those weekends...you need time to let down and relax so you can perform effectively when you are "on".

Date: Thu Oct 2 6:23 AM, 2008

I guess even coaches need something to take the edge off..... some meditate, some watch a liitle TV, some sip on a glass of wine, others take a few shots , pop a few pills..... whatever works to get in the zone! It's called making responsible choices when minors are in your care!!! In my opinion, why would you want to compromise your clarity for a competition anyway. Find otherways to chill!!

Date: Thu Oct 2 9:37 AM, 2008

The day that there aren't drunk cheer parents and drunk coaches is the day cheerleading dies. Especially the parent part. Just think.... have you ever been to a competition where there weren't drunk parents all over the place. Nationals are especially bad.

Date: Thu Oct 2 10:18 AM, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

The day that there aren't drunk cheer parents and drunk coaches is the day cheerleading dies. Especially the parent part. Just think.... have you ever been to a competition where there weren't drunk parents all over the place. Nationals are especially bad.

I only think it is a problem when the coach is throwing up or can't warm up her teams because she had one to many the night before. It goes with anything-be responsible.

Date: Thu Oct 2 10:30 AM, 2008

Drunk coaches at practice too

Date: Thu Oct 2 10:47 AM, 2008

I think it's a problem when the athletes see their coaches/mentors drunk. That is not setting a good example and if this is happening during practices, whether that be at the gym or at a competition, than there's a safety issue to consider.

Date: Thu Oct 2 11:32 AM, 2008

Anonymous wrote:
I think it's a problem when the athletes see their coaches/mentors drunk. That is not setting a good example and if this is happening during practices, whether that be at the gym or at a competition, than there's a safety issue to consider.

what are your kids doing out past midnight or later in the lobby of the hotel. Maybe you should get them to bed. You wouldnt let your kid goto to your local bar or your highschool reunion. Most coaches from around the nation get to see old teammates and old friends o ly at these competitions. If you have a coach who cant balance going out the night before and doing thier job you might be at the wrong gym. Dont lump all the coaches into that category. If you cant trust your coach/leader/mentor/rolemodel. why do you expose your impressionable youth to that. Take charge leave or pull your kid aside and say (look that is not how a responsible adult acts). Be active dont just whisper behinde thier backs while you buy them another shot.

Date: Thu Oct 2 12:17 PM, 2008

I was not talking about coaches enjoying themeselves after the competition. What they do in their own time is their own business. I was referring to one particilar owner/coach who showed up drunk before a practice session that was held the night before at an away competition. It is ironic that you brought up not buying this person another shot because another cheer mom and I were actually asked to do so as we walked past the bar to go up to our room, but we declined that hard to refuse offer. Because of this particular issue, along with a truckload of other issues my daughter no longer belongs to this gym.

Date: Thu Oct 2 12:23 PM, 2008

Then you should not be concerned about this issue any longer. Instead focus on the great times you are going to have / are having at your new gym. Stop living in the past and stirring up old issues it will only cause you unneeded stress which none of us really could use right now with how the economy is going...

Date: Thu Oct 2 12:25 PM, 2008

Thanks Dr. Laura..oh if we could all be as perfect as you.

Date: Thu Oct 2 1:44 PM, 2008

What if they are drinking on the Nfiniity bus during the competition and then going back in to warm up the kids?

Date: Thu Oct 2 1:49 PM, 2008

No kidding! calm down Mother Laura. She was just stating her opinion as you were . Could you possibly be one of those coaches that needs to unwind after a long day of competition???? By your judgemental words, it sure sounds possible!!

Date: Thu Oct 2 3:57 PM, 2008

I think that most coaches are responsible and most parents are responsible...it's just the few that stand out that even bring this topic up. I would be just as upset to find out a fellow parent had their kid running around at midnight also when they should be resting. I know, I know...I sound all pious, but I try to do everything I can to help the team and hope others will too. hmm

Date: Thu Oct 2 8:29 PM, 2008

What about the coach who partied with his team in Las Vegas when they got into bars with fake ID's. I found out about it and left at the end of the season. I didn't want my young daughter to think I thought it was OK. Many other parents at this gym only care about winning not what kind of example is set.

Date: Thu Oct 2 11:42 PM, 2008

This behavior continues because poeple are unwilling to speak up. Knowing that a coach was actively engaged in contributing to minors and nothing was ever done bothers me. Where are the parents and why wasn't this dealt with?