New to a club this past year and I am being asked to manage my kids team next year. Seems like a lot of work, any pros or cons? Looking for advice.
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Don't do it. You'll be doing more than your kid's coachOriginally posted by Unregistered View Post -
Do not do it. It's a lot of work and you get nothing out of it but headaches.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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unless they give you a deep deep discount on tuition (at least 50%+) do not do it.Comment
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same poster - also it's a thankless job. People will be vocal when there's issues (often which are out of your control) and not say a peep of thanks when you do a good job.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Depends on the club too.Comment
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Let your club hire some admin people to do all that work. This just another way these clubs rip you off.Comment
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Exactly. Clubs don't want to pay so they take daddy coaches and mom team managers= recipe for disaster. Where we are, coach is paid, and does not only the coaching but the administrative part of managing the team and everything runs very smoothly and organized. Not our experience at our former club with daddy coach and mommy manager.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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our club gives tuition discount of 50%, but manager says that even that isn't enough now that he's seen what he has to deal with.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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I don't know why clubs have parents as team managers. Let the coach do his job, having a middle man often just leads to more confusion.
My kids are both at the same club, one team had a parent manager this year, while the coach took care of everything for the other team. Guess which team had more communication problems and major mix-ups?
I think when a coach has a team manager, they end up being less proactive in figuring out what is going on, thinking the manager will take care of everything. Half the time, our coach had no idea when tournament games were, or if there were changes in the league schedule until the last minute, since he didn't need to coordinate an entire team of players to be at the right place at the right time. We ended up getting a lot of last minute emails with important details from the coach resulting in many frustrated parents.Comment
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A good team manager makes everything run more smoothly. My preference is when a club has someone doing that work to avoid issues. But at smaller clubs sometimes that isn't an option and it can help keep costs down. It is work but mostly busy work. My advice is if you do it you must stay neutral and unbiased...even just appearing too chummy with some parents and especially the coach can cause issues. Doesn't matter if nothing is going on - appearances matter. Do a good job job and most parents will be appreciative. Some will be a pain in the azz no matter what you doComment
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Our clun gives zero discount and then treats you like dirt for being stupid enough to volunteer in the first place.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Thank God we're not in your clun.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Back to the original post, I would say, these lyrics are directly applicable to the job of team manager.
"Knee 'pads,' Jeanie never wears no knee 'pads'
Have to be so drunk to try a new dance
So afraid of every new romance...."Comment
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A smart coach asks the parent of his/her best player to be manager. Then there's not a question of favoritism.Comment
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A smart coach just does it him/her self. It's not that hard and takes very little time even for disorganized people.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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