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Post by Auf Kiltre on Mar 26, 2024 13:45:03 GMT -5
Ugh man, the unruly sports parents. As little as I've attended kids events it's obviously a trigger for some mental health issues simmering just below the surface of normalcy.
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Mar 26, 2024 14:31:39 GMT -5
This same guy has a daughter that plays D1 basketball and he's gotten kicked out of multiple venues for his outrageous behavior. We ran into a couple of those "sports dads" while our daughters were playing comp softball. One was so bad that he showed up at a tournament drunk and then came into the dugout to argue belligerently with our team's head coach about strategy (bad idea: the coach was a correctional officer, as were the asst. coaches). Mr. Know-it-all ended up getting taken down. Then the cops were called and he was hauled off in cuffs. Needless to say, his two daughters, both of whom who played on the team, were mortified. There was another one who was routinely told to leave after incessantly heckling the umps over what he deemed to be "bad calls". At least that one never showed up drunk. Really sucks when wanna-be/never-was adults try to live vicariously through their kids... I coached recreational soccer and softball for quite a few years. For soccer, our mission was to provide positive organized sports experiences for all players with an expectation of relatively equal playing time for all players on the team. This wasn't a club league, it wasn't about winning per se, but more about making sure all the kids got to play and enjoy the game. I had a kid on my team that was very talented...easily the most productive player on the team. But, true to our mission, he spent time on the bench while much less skilled players were on the field. His dad stormed all the way around the field to accost me towards the end of a game...he was really mad that his son wasn't on the field since he was the best player on the team. I tried to explain why but he just grabbed his son and dragged him out of the complex. He never came to another game or practice. I felt really bad for the kid because he loved the game and was good at it, but they didn't have the financial resources to get him into club soccer. So this kid had to give up a sport he loved because his dad didn't like the fact that he couldn't play every minute of every game. This was in grade school. I ran into the kid when he was in high school at one of my daughter's (no pics) events. I chatted with him...he never played soccer again. Too bad, I think he could have been really good. |
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Post by tahitijack on Mar 28, 2024 14:18:04 GMT -5
Years ago there was a great Italian restaurant, Mario's By The Sea, in Dana Point. Eventually an Olive Garden opened across the street. Mario's never skipped a beat while Olive Garden sat virtually empty each day. Someone at corporate must have been reviewing the file laughing at the comments...No Brainer! Well eventually Olive Garden closed and was replaced with a thriving Trader Joe's.
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Post by rickyguitar on Mar 29, 2024 10:55:25 GMT -5
Ohle's deli on E Colfax in Denver was superb. Lots if space for tables and really excellent food. I worked fir a company that had a sound shop a block and a half away. Tried to time my day to be there at lunch. I think it is some dirt if performance venue now. Great place.
Company also had a shop on West Colfax. 5 or 6 blocks away was Rosen's Deli. Also good but...
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