This is a very emotional sport. Our director, after many times our head coach has told the kids to get off the mat and take it outside, had a club meeting. He told all the kids and the parents they would be pulled from a tournament because of such behavior. For the most part it straightened the wrestlers out. That is the place to single the kids out. Not on this forum for all wrestling fans to read. If they wrestled for your club......you are not the only one with all your wisdom that knows how to coach. I read these posts everyday. Nigel you make it difficult when you on one hand delete a post but throw a jab at the mom. They can't take it, wah. Early in this post you didn't want to upset certain people. If you would leave those jabs out perhaps people would be more interested and take more seriously what you have to say. Make suggestions in general. You will not FIX anything on this web jabbing at people then taking another jab because someone is offended. Getting so much in anothers misery must be a really lonely life. I stated earlier my son lost a match he was winning. Standing up with his head next to his knee he got caught in a cradle. That was a tough loss. That was a learning experience. Matt was mad & hurt, expectations, his and others. I don't know what I was but I like to think we learned from our head coach and director. I really don't know what others thought but I'm grateful nobody singled us out or made fun of us on this forum. We made progress and that's what we should all strive for. Progress not perfection.
