Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People

[michigancat]

[Mrs. Gooch]

[michigancat]

[asava]

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[MakeItRain]

[Mrs. Gooch]

[CNS]

Oh man

[puniraptor]

wtf?

[DQ12]

good for Pepe.

[bubbles4ksu]

Yes, happy Pepe's are so much better. This one, for example, is soul-crushing.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

[star seed 7]

While reading ksuw's post please keep in mind he's the dad who cheats in the pinewood derby and everything he says must be filtered through that viewpoint

[CNS]

The discussion is near worthless without discussing age, but making sure all kids have fun in a given league is def a priority at a young age.  Development can't happen if they aren't interested in playing anymore.  Playing competitive leagues before most kids that age even have a grasp on fundementals only boosts the ego of the parent and does very little for the kid.  I coach, or assist, in all my kids sports and it's a problem.  The other problem is that most of the ppl that don't understand that also don't understand the sport they are being ridic about.  Otherwise they would see their own ridic'ness.

[michigancat]

Kids should always have fun playing sports. So should adults. Even high school coaches should place less emphasis on winning IMO.

[wetwillie]

Smdh. It's no wonder we have accepted oscar and his crap with that kind of attitude.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless, and participation trophies are their reward. -kenny powers

[michigancat]

oscar would probably be a better coach if he let his kids have fun.

[cfbandyman]

The discussion is near worthless without discussing age, but making sure all kids have fun in a given league is def a priority at a young age.  Development can't happen if they aren't interested in playing anymore.  Playing competitive leagues before most kids that age even have a grasp on fundementals only boosts the ego of the parent and does very little for the kid.  I coach, or assist, in all my kids sports and it's a problem.  The other problem is that most of the ppl that don't understand that also don't understand the sport they are being ridic about.  Otherwise they would see their own ridic'ness.

Exactly. Kids younger than like 10, and definitely younger than like 7 don't need to be harassed to play a game. When i played baseball starting off everyone got "something" in t-ball and coach pitch. By the time kid pitch began at age 8ish that's when you actually had winners and loser. FTR i remember everyone keeping score, just the emphasis beforehand was getting the fundamentals down. Winning and losing wasn't emphasized yet as was making a good play. After all, most kids that young are picking dandelions in the outfield or waving to mom and dad in the stands.

If giving a trophy to a kid that young keeps them interested that's fine, or don't give them anything other than juice boxes and orange slices after, that motivates them more than a damn little plastic trophy.

I think the whole participation trophy knee jerk comes way more from an adult looking at the situation from an adults POV, and not seeing it from a kids. Kids just want to have fun, winning is fun too and no one wants to lose or be destroyed, and losing happens, but the joy the game brings entices the kid more than winning. Especially at that level. I understand competitiveness, and even in college playing intramurals, but at the end of the day, unless you are going to make money off of playing it, unless you know and can tell the kid "has it" which often doesn't happen til a little later, then really, what is the point. They'll eventually need to move on and make their way in the world through other means, and the skills of teamwork and "just showing up" actually do make a difference. And also, big deal, you're rec league champ, rec league getting all knoted up in that success makes more Uncle Ricos trying to prove they can still throw it over them mountains and if coach would have just put me in the 4th quarter we'd be state champs. A bunch of living in the past mental cases.

[cfbandyman]

The real reason IMO we have so many kids that are "pussified" comes from their parents being overly involved and micromanaging their kids lives, and not allowing them to fail or experience set backs, and how to deal with it. And honestly, those who drive their kids to excel often times push their kids too hard, to the point where the kids feels they cant fail or else risk the wrath of mommy and daddy. And that fear drives them on, rather than love of what they are doing, and when they do finally fail, as everyone eventually does, they dont know how to deal with it, and its earth shattering to them.

Which brings it full circle to end my /rant. Just participating early, gaining the love of w/e you want rather than worrying about some stupid trophy and who gets one at the end leads to a more fulfilling time for the child, and its true in all cases. And actually if done right prepares them for disappointment, realize that winning isn't everything, and that winning is preferred over losing, if you do lose, you dont meltdown and learn from the mistakes and try better next time. That should be the goal anyways.

[michigancat]

Bottom line is that Louisville women's coach is a loser

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Bottom line is that Louisville women's coach is a loser

Absolutely.

[cfbandyman]

Bottom line is that Louisville women's coach is a loser

Absolutely.

Took the words right off my keyboard

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This coach won the Maggie Dixon award in 2008 as the nations best 1st year head coach in a season where his team finished tied for 5th in the conference.  I hope he threw that award in the garbage because, and I'm sorry to put it so bluntly, 5th place is for losers.  But I guess it's just the world we live in where coaches get awards for finishing 5th. Back in my day coaches won awards when they won a championship.

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Sadly this coach has now been crippled for life by a sense of entitlement and a poor work ethic because he received a trophy for finishing 5th when he rightly should have been called a loser and sent home.