We've been rolling through the mud a bit in this space the last day or so with new posters throwing things out there and older ones returning with more and the usual mud slinging , and the 'Culture " dynamic has bene bandied about in a negative vane concerning this program .
What I think of when I think of the Coffman 'Culture " at this point is a culture of Grind , work , sacrifice , ambition , attention to detail , consistency , effort , focus and 'Work Ethic" . Academic expectations and achievement as well . When you have about 65- 80 kids in a varsity program you may have some issues . That's a given . Does that mean the many positive attributes are invalid? Of course not .
I took you at your word in your earlier saying it was your last post, pointed to the critic with an agenda. But then you brought it back up, so Ill take it as an invitation! Thank you!
But you bring up culture and that is a great conversation. I would love to get feedback from you and others and see how they identify culture.
Of course these are all completely hypothetical anecdotes. But lets say these did occur, would this be an indictment of poor culture or would it be something that is purely mud slinging, maybe even signs of strong culture.
Lets pretend like there is stunning playoff loss to a 6-4 team. Really bad game on offense. And as the game was still within reach, but not not going particularly well (losing), some of the star players are not able to go into the game because of they are on the side lines taking selfies. Would parents be justified in saying this is not a good culture?
Lets pretend like there are player(s) who tell the coaches who they will or will not play against, sometimes during the week of the game. Or pretend it is the parent that will tell the coach when their son will play. Would other players be justified in saying that this is not a good team culture?
Lets pretend like a coach was suspended for recruiting, even though he categorically denies nothing occurred, he is still suspended by central office. Would an administrator be justified by saying this is not a good culture among the program?
Lets pretend like an assistant coach that same year takes over the team when the head coach is suspended. And lets pretend the team actually wins in the head coaches absence. Lets pretend even more that the team the assistant coach beats in place of the suspended coach is a team that said suspended coach lost too earlier in the season. Would an administrator or player or assistant coach or parent be justified in saying this is an example of poor culture?
Lets pretend like star players come to some practices. Dont come to others. Lets pretend like coaches look the other way and let the players play in the game. Would a parent or player be justified in saying this is not a good culture. What if an assistant coach said it was not a good culture? Would it be justified?
Lets pretend like practices are run by parents or volunteer coaches. Lets pretend like they use school equipment because someone a varsity coach leads them in that direction. Lets even act like they damage the equipment when they run these practices. Would assistant coaches be justified by mentioning to administrators that there is a bad culture because parents run the team and not coaches. Would an administrator be justified by saying they are tired of dealing with this as an indictment of the culture, maybe even comparing it to the amount of time they dont deal with in the other two district school teams?
Lets pretend like a team loses a tough game to a 1-3 team and with the game on the line proper amount of players are not on the field, because either they werent organized or the players werent playing attention. Would an assistant coach be justified by saying this was an example of poor culture?
This is a great purely hypothetical discussion! Im glad you drew me back in Harry! I enjoy this banter!
