Dealing with a sour booster

Coach Easton hit the nail on the head. You have a lot more to lose than this clown does.

Take the high road.

Coach Cella,
You hit the nail on the head also about parents only caring about their kids and not the team. I made the mistake of letting a booster president and her husband get too close to my family. Their son happened to be the starting QB. In our final regular season game he stunk it up for about the 3rd game in a row, so in order to shake things up in the second half, I yanked him, put in a soph backup, the kid leads us to 28 second half points and we loose by one point. I then started the soph for the playoff game. You never saw such angry parents (the booster couple)show up to the screening of the video. Long story short, I put myself in an awkward situation by allowing booster club parents to get too close. We had a verbal confrontation in which I used self constraint, but it shouldn't have been necessary.

CUI: Ignore the player's father...it's not worth it.

THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE. THE OLD SAYING THAT BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER CERTAINLY IS APPLICABLE HERE. I AGREE THAT, MOST OF THE TIME, PARENTS DO HAVE ULTERIOR MOTIVES WHEN THEY BECOME INVOLVED. BUT, AS ADULTS, LET US REMEMBER THAT EVERYONE THAT HAS A SON WHO PLAYS, DOES NOT THINK ALONG THOSE LINES. PREJUDGING PEOPLE, BY LUMPING THEM ALL INTO ONE CATAGORY,
DOES NOT REFLECT A VERY INTELLIGENT ATTITUDE, IMO. MY PERSONAL BELIEF IS THAT EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO EXPECT TO BE TREATED LIKE A DECENT HUMAN BEING UNTIL THEY JUST FLAT OUT SHOW THEMSELVES TO BE OTHERWISE. WE HAVE ALL HAD THIS TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL TO DEAL WITH. BUT, I ALSO HAVE MANY DEAR FRIENDS THAT I HAVE COACHED THEIR KIDS, THAT CAME TO ME REALLY WANTING TO HELP AND WITHOUT ULTERIOR MOTIVE. THEY DID A BANG UP JOB IN THE BOOSTER CLUB, THEY WERE VERY SINCERE THAT THEY WANTED TO HELP IN WHATEVER AREA WE NEEDED THEM. I'M STILL VERY MUCH OF THE OPINION THAT HOW YOU ARE PERCEIVED BY THE PARENTS HAS A VERY FORCEFUL EFFECT ON YOUR CAREER AS A HS FOOTBALL COACH. YOU MAY ACCEPT THAT STATEMENT OR NOT, BUT AS YOUR EXPERIENCE LEVEL GROWS I WOULD BE WILLING TO WAGER THAT YOU SEE MY POINT OF VIEW ONE DAY. I DO NOT MEAN THAT YOU SACRIFICE YOUR STANDARDS TO KISS UP TO SOME PARENTS, IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM! THAT IS NEVER CALLED FOR, EVER!!! I'M JUST TRYING TO CONVEY THAT DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR. LET THEM WALK OVER YOU? NOT ON YOUR LIFE!!! TRY YOUR BEST TO BE DISCREET WITH THEM IN YOUR DEALINGS, HONEST AND FORTHRIGHT? YOU BET!!! REMEMBER, YOU CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY THAN YOU DO WITH VINEGAR. HOPE THIS WILL HELP ONE OF YOU SOMEDAY IN YOUR CAREER.

Coach Easton

Coach C-

Handpicking your board is not always an option unless you are a big name coach or something. I have yet to see that up here in Oregon. I do understand Texas football is an entity unto itself, having watched it closely for many years, and the ability to pick one's boosters would be a great advantage to have. I do have to agree with you that as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and know you are doing the right thing, then everything on the outside is a non-factor.