05-31-2024, 07:54 AM -
The coach grimaced as he watched his young ice hockey team. At one point during the game, he called one of his 7-year-old players aside and asked:
"Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?" -- The little boy nodded affirmatively...
"Do you understand that what matters is not whether we win or lose, but how we play together as a team?" -- The little boy nodded once more.
"So..." the coach continued. "I'm sure you know that when a penalty is called, you shouldn't argue, curse, attack the referee, or call him a pecker-head. Do you understand all that?" -- Again the little boy nodded.
He continued, "And when I call you off the ice so that another boy gets a chance to play, it's not good sportsmanship to call your coach a dumb asshole, is it?" -- The little boy nodded yet again.
"GOOD, Now go over there and explain all of that to your mother"....
"Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?" -- The little boy nodded affirmatively...
"Do you understand that what matters is not whether we win or lose, but how we play together as a team?" -- The little boy nodded once more.
"So..." the coach continued. "I'm sure you know that when a penalty is called, you shouldn't argue, curse, attack the referee, or call him a pecker-head. Do you understand all that?" -- Again the little boy nodded.
He continued, "And when I call you off the ice so that another boy gets a chance to play, it's not good sportsmanship to call your coach a dumb asshole, is it?" -- The little boy nodded yet again.
"GOOD, Now go over there and explain all of that to your mother"....
This post was last modified: 05-31-2024, 07:57 AM by Hobbit99.
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