[quote=WillyM
Good show with what you had. Hope your coaching staff is building your team by entering your younger wrestlers in every JV tournament he can find. Entering a varsity tournament and getting your butt slammed teaches nothing. Nice for a 9th or 10th grader to say he is on the varsity, but if not winning needs to go down to his competitive level. Sitting the varsity bench just to talk up the girls at the lunch counter means nothing!

A short story. 19 years ago when my son was a HS freshman--and a very good soccer player--the HS coach told me he was going to keep him up with the varsity. My response to the coach was if he was getting varsity playing time OK. But I did not want to see him just sitting on the varsity bench and not even getting JV experience. He got varsity time as a sub and by the 3rd game he was starting--and continued starting for the next 3 years--all conference soccer 3 years, 2 years junior college soccer. My point is, sometimes the parent has to manage both his athlete and the coach. Seen too many kids sit the varsity bench and get no playing time at any level. [/quote]


When you where "Managing" the coach 19 years ago, did you tell the coach that my son is a JV scrub only good enough to be a punching bag if he cant start. Did you tell your kid your a JV, punching bag scrub if you dont make the varsity.

MY son is on the varsity level and he has had 3 guys challenging him for his spot and gets challenged every week and is getting challenged tonight. I manage the coach and tell him my kid is going to fight as hard as he can to retain that varisity spot. But if he loses, the coach will send him with the second team to a varsity tourmanent and he will get him the best competition he can so he can continue to progess. I wont call him a scrub or that he's only good enough to be a punching bag. I might try to say something supportive to build his confidence, but not call him a scrub.