That's about how long it will be before they are competitive or at least considered competitive with FH again.
Two years in a row. Frankfort might be daring enough the cross the bridge again soon.
Do you see Fort Hill still being a dominant team and the future with these discipline problems?
Waggle Pass just summed it up. There have been big discipline issues come through in the past. Sometimes kids mature, sometimes not. But some classes have more of it than others. This 8th grade group is loaded with these issues. I suspect a few of them won't ever wear a uniform. Nor should they. It almost always starts with the breakdown of the parental structure.
Interesting. There's a chance Cambridge comes here in the playoffs. Could be a wild one.
If the seeds hold true, and Alco is able to get by Ridge. Cambridge would need to knock off Brunswick. Alco beats Perryville. Then if Alco can get by Patterson Mill they get Fort Hill in the final. The prize for them is most likely a running clock.
You aren't alone. We're witnessing societal decay. The evidence is everywhere, so why wouldn't sporting events be included? Last night, I heard a mother screaming at the field things that I've NEVER heard at a sporting event. I don't think she was drunk. This was her mentality, her mouth, who she is--on full public display. Kids don't stand a chance. Then, they go to school with other children and end up harassing/terrorizing classmates, teachers, bus drivers....without consequences. It's a shame. I won't even talk about the casual conversation I overheard between an older adult and an elementary school aged child. The adult listened to this child complain about another kid while using every profane word in the book. The adult listened like it's normal for a little kid to talk that way. Didn't correct the child for using that language. It was totally normal for both of them. It's sad and it's crazy.
A wise man you are! Very few could tolerate what you are seeing and hearing and not go ballistic. Wouldn't it be nice if a coach said here are the rules "you talk back to a coach, you use foul language, you lay a hand on somebody, you are out the rest of the game, you do it twice you are off the team". Honestly what would you be losing?
This is not a FH or South End problem, it's a societal problem. Discipline always starts and ends at home. I could pontificate all day on how things were in yesteryear. Waggle put it correctly in this world of "not my child" participation playing time and entitlement parents and kids. Maybe not in my lifetime, but sometime in the not so distant future, youth sports may become obsolete, and a thing of the past, lack of coaches and officiating. It's been going on for years and keeps getting worse. How much longer before more adults refuse to deal with the disrespect. In my day every minute on the field or court was earned. No school = no play. No practice = no play. Bad grades= no play. Most important disrespect to coaches= dismissal from team. It didn't matter how good you were, or who your parents were.
