22. "Two seasons of Pop Warner. Never again." In response to In response to 0
It was fun, but once the kids figured out the legal parts of it, it kinda sucked.
Meaning, we had a kid who basically started a revolution of laziness. His exact words: "it doesn't matter, you still have to let me play." Once he did that, all the other kids started half-assing it in practice, and being generally disrespectful of the process.
I coached in one of those leagues where you had the Striper Rule, so the bigger kids ( we played based on weight) couldn't play skill positions. So it was hard enough getting the bigger ( read: good ) kids to play the line, and then we get this guy talking shit.
We also had that "have to be a starter on either offense or defense" rule too, so it was hard getting quality play out of a kid who didn't necessarily deserve to start. It got to the point where we were hiding bums.