Angry Parents Speak For and Against Bath Sports Administrators

More e-mails have come in and I now share snippets from them here:

"Nothing has ever changed at Bath and nothing ever will."

"...and why are parents letting the coaches be so controlling?  There is a lack of communication between the parents and the coaches and administration.  If there were enough people telling the coach the same thing, or if they approached the coaches in groups then there would be changes."

"We are an open enrollment family and love Bath schools...One sports experience in the high school was more than enough for us to push our kids toward band and away from sports for good."

"There are so many more important issues than sports.  If you are not noticing that our kids education is lacking on many levels then you are not paying attention."

"Maybe our new superintendent will do something."

"I am the kind of guy who will say something.  It only took me a few conversations with my daughter's coach to learn that there is nothing I can do to change her mind about anything.  I have not said anything about playing time or how things should be run.  The only things I talked about were things that aren't really important like fundraising ideas and weekend practice schedules.  If there is nothing I can say to help the coach make more logical decisions about the stupid stuff then what in the world could I say to get her to change illogical policies?  I also quickly discovered through observation that if you do say anything other than "you're a great coach" that your kid will be treated differently than they were before you said something."

"Who is going to step up to the challenges that are obvious?  Boosters was disbanded, Dad's club seems to be breaking apart, football parents haven't done anything productive for years, no sport has any support doing anything effective, and the Athletic Director is taking advantage of this gap in support and is running roughshod with his own agenda.  Somebody needs to get in his ear!"

"I haven't seen any mention of Coach Ford on this page.  She has full control of softball at Bath and has consistently produced winning teams without the drama that these newer coaches have.  Please Coach, teach the young how to properly create traditions of winning."


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