jaxvid said:
Ground Fighter said:
If more White kids stood up and said, "F*ck you coach, I'm a corner NOT a safety, dammit!", we'd see more White skill players in the NFL. Not much more, but at least some. Bottom line: White players need to start being more assertive and stubborn.
You'd see more white kids on the bench is what you'd see. Coaches are all powerful, no one is going to tell them what to do and by nature they are hard asses who would get pissed off by some kid telling them what to do. What's the option? Play another position or stand on the sidelines every Friday and/or Saturday. Not much of a choice for most kids.
I have to agree with that. Coaches do not like being told what to do by kids, who usually DO NOT know better than the coach. I think that there are a lot of bad coaches, but they still know more than all but a few kids.
However, a young athlete who thinks that he can play another position very well can keep asking for a fair chance to show his/her stuff and should get the opportunity. Hopefully you read the post about high jumper Scott Sellers who was assigned to be a distance runner, but believed himself to be a high jumper. He kept asking for a chance to high jump and finally, after months, got his opportunity. He cleared 6 feet on his first attempt and then went on to set the U.S. high school high jump records for freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Unfortunately, he was injured his senior year and did not break that record.
In my opinion, a coach who does not experiment to find out who can really do what well is not a good coach. You cannot tell who is good just by looking at him/her. When i go to track & field meets the 1st placer and the last placer usually LOOK pretty much alike, but thy sure do not perform alike.
