Hmmm.....a responsible request followed by a questionable reaction followed by an unreasonable response. I have to think this wasn't an isolated incident....if it was, that's a bad response by the parents. Everyone jumps the gun on this. What if she had arm fatigue and didn't want to tell the coach out of trying to "tough it out" and dad stepped in?
Man, there are so many layers to this. Everyone wants to blame the parents but it is the parents job to help guide their kids. Here are a few things that coaches did that I considered very questionable but opted to stay out of it. You tell me if the coach was in the right:
With very little practice time (about 7-10 days) and zero pre-season workouts, a varsity baseball coach decided it was a good idea to pitch my oldest son for 110 pitches in 40 degree weather in an opening game after pitching two days earlier in a scrimmage. He throw over 50 pitches in the scrimmage.
Same son took a hard fall and hit his head against the turf out of bounds on a pass play during a football game. He was squirming all around and the HC never went to check on him. He went back in the game and after the game his teammate told me "I was worried about him....when I got to him his eyes were rolled back in his head." I was told they did a concussion test on him but after watching the game tape.....I never saw one administered.
My senior year I received a severe concussion in a football game. I had to leave the game....didn't know any of the plays, who I was and did not recognize people...had no idea where I was at and was completely out of it for almost three hours. I was taken to the hospital after the game and after the bus ride home. I was at practice on Monday and the only pre-caution the following week was that I would only play defense and return punts and kicks and forego playing offense.
Now, there are waaaay more stories about obstructionist parents, for sure and that is trending up. But, I just wanted to share a different perspective.