OT: Austin FC
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Hopefully Austin FC can take down LAFC today. Tough task at their house. Win and in the MLS championship in only their 2nd season.
My little girl is playing and has exposed me to more kickball than I would like. 5 games into it I've found that most of the action is in the crowd. Every damn week I have to put some blowhard in his place over "pushing". No hands thrown yet but damn it's been close. Overall, the game is still pretty boring to me but I'm keeping myself entertained.
Most MLS games are pretty boring. Like watching that freaking Broncos-Jags game this morning. I kept nodding off. However, the Leeds-Liverpool game yesterday was great theatre.
You know-- I went to my buddy's(the dad) birthday party in Austin last night. There were some other dad's there who's kids play on the team. They were......... what I'd guess a typical "soccer" dad was like. Never played football... meek... small in stature.
They told me that there's been SEVERAL incidents this year involving parents getting verbally obtuse and calling out players, refs, other parents etc. Now my buddy played SS at Texas. 6'1... 220... not particularly a "let's go skull fvck people" dude..... but if you shake his tree, you better pack a lunch.
Turns out, he's had to jump into some of these forays between the bainty rooster nerd dads, threatening to poke each others eyes out with their protractor and compass. Apparently he's had to wade into Nerdville a few times and defuse some differential equations.
But even he has told me that soccer parents are worse than football and baseball parents combined.
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Not too far off. We're talking guys losing their minds when 7-8yo kids are unintentionally grabbing or pushing for their chance to kick the ball.
I have firmly but politely informed them I'm about to assist them to cease yelling at kids and just let them play. I get it if we're watching pros play but Jesus.....
I know several College/NFL ex players that are now soccer dads. I also know several nerds that are soccer dads, lol. Of course, most of the guys I know that played at a high level don't say much. I don't say much because I coach for a living and honestly, I just want to watch.
Soccer parents are bad though. Not so much because of the yelling at refs, but because they don't know the freaking game. I hear "big kick" and "clear it out of there" all the freaking time and it wears me out. In what other sport do you just yell for a kid to do random shit? LOLOLOL. "Nice catch son! Now throw that summbitch over the fence!"
Baseball parents are the absolute worst though. Maybe it is because that is what I played and have coached the most??? They don't know shit, but they all act like they could've been the next Hank Aaron/Nolan Ryan.
Some of my favorite parent sayings
"Tackle that guy!"
"Somebody block!!!"
"Get eeem, get eeem!"
"Wrap up!"
"Rock and fire!"
Kid watches a freaking piped FB down the cock -- "Now you're ready!"
"Straighten it out"
"Tie goes to the runner!" SMFH
I'm sure there are some more, but I'm tired, lol. Parents are an asswhip sometimes.
My all time pet peeve.......
I go watch my nephews play football-- not even varsity age yet--
Parents will walk over to ME and say "why are we lined up with 4 linebackers on a 3rd and 2 inside the 20? What is he thinking?"
I'm like "........... *shrug* ..... want me to go down there and ask the coach?...."
My kid is 7 and has graduated to a bigger field where they try to play actual positions a little more instead of a free for all (it's still a free for all 90% of the time). My favorite are the parents yelling at their kid to run and "GO GET IT" no matter where it is on the field or how many teammates are already there. I'm like there is no need for your kid to run across the field all the way to the goal when the coach specifically had them hanging back to be a defender. Right on cue the ball gets kicked back to the other side and the other team has a breakaway because no one stayed back. I don't say anything but damn it's frustrating.
Holeeeee sheeeet...yes!
It's like Electric Football from the 70s, LOL.
I've seen 10/11 year old teams set up with ZERO midfield, 4 defenders in a straight line across the 18 and the other 5 field players all chasing the ball in the attacking 3rd. What...the.....actual.....****????
And then when the ball does manage its way down to the kids just standing there...they coached to either kick the shit out of it back up field, or kick it out of bounds. Absolute madness, lol.
I understand they are volunteers in REC league, but damn. Watch a 2 hour video on what is appropriate for a specific age group. And this goes for all sports to be honest.
Hell, I've seen 8/9 year old football practice where 2 kids are set up to just melee each other while a line of 10 kids just watch...and this "drill" happens for 30/40 minutes. SMH.
Little league baseball practice....one kid hitting off coach pitch and 12 others shagging like it is freaking MLB pre-game.
Watch a short video. Take 30 minutes to plan so there is some semblance of organization. Not asking too much. If anyone gets upset because their not even middle school kid didn't win a game they're a dumbass.
