THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE

  I received a phone call last night from my daughter. She asked me to fill in as Soccor Coach for the twin's team. I asked the usual "I don't want to do it" questions to no avail. It was only for an hour. Wasn't this the same girl who told me to stop yelling at this team's game last Saturday? Now she wants me to coach them??? Needless to say they are all emotionally scared for life. Do the math..Former Marine, Former Goalie, hates losing at anything....My grandsons say I have to be gentle because this is Futball not Football. It quickly went to a higher level of soccor...The result..Kids had more fun. They like competition and contact sports. One lil one did throw a temper tantrum and went off to sulk..that was received well by the other boys. He did come back when he found out no one begged him to come back. His dad wasn't too happy but I'm sure it was discussed later. If you join a team to play a sport...then play. Coaches are not babysitters. Teams win, Teams lose...that's life! Deal with it.