When you discover your kid's new coach has very different political views

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Athletes tend to be more conservative. Maybe stop focusing on politics so much. You’ll be happier.

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I have friends with opposing views on important topics (US immigration, war in Gaza, to name a few). I can handle a coach like this, unless it starts to affect the kids' wellbeing on the team.

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We live in the DMV. There are people that have views on both sides of the aisle among us. Separate coaching from politics.

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Anonymous wrote:Athletes tend to be more conservative. Maybe stop focusing on politics so much. You’ll be happier.

LOL. Nope. You must not have a basketball player.

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Anonymous wrote:We live in the DMV. There are people that have views on both sides of the aisle among us. Separate coaching from politics.

There are not two sides that is BS

And because of that utterly stupid thought process the US is dying a horrible death.

Find your dam brain cells.

Adult men screaming “real men wear diapers” no it’s a dam
Cult. Unamerican to the core proud boy Nazi propaganda garbage. So no two sides!

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Anonymous wrote:We live in the DMV. There are people that have views on both sides of the aisle among us. Separate coaching from politics.

There are not two sides that is BS

And because of that utterly stupid thought process the US is dying a horrible death.

Find your dam brain cells.

Adult men screaming “real men wear diapers” no it’s a dam
Cult. Unamerican to the core proud boy Nazi propaganda garbage. So no two sides!

Please, enlighten us as to who is saying this.

[Anonymous]

Not on doc media but I’ve become friendly with my kids soccer coach and we’ve shared our views on conversation which are very different. I’m more likely to get him to see my point of view from a civil conversation about his vote affects people’s lives including mine than if I were to write him off and not engage.

[Anonymous]

It should not matter but I agree with OP that it leaves a bad taste. If someone is in a leadership position they should refrain from comments that can isolate and target the group.

I also think it’s just obnoxious to post sarcastic political stuff on Facebook, period - it’s antisocial and unproductive and adds so much junk to our feeds. I promise I hate it just as much from “my” side as I do the other.

[Anonymous]

PS, the people I know in person who post like this are usually self centered and in a bubble.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We live in the DMV. There are people that have views on both sides of the aisle among us. Separate coaching from politics.

There are not two sides that is BS

And because of that utterly stupid thought process the US is dying a horrible death.

Find your dam brain cells.

Adult men screaming “real men wear diapers” no it’s a dam
Cult. Unamerican to the core proud boy Nazi propaganda garbage. So no two sides!

Not PP, but there are quite literally two sides of the aisle, and there always have been. Differences in political views is literally what this country is built on.
You don't even know what the exact political view is and you're assuming a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It should not matter but I agree with OP that it leaves a bad taste. If someone is in a leadership position they should refrain from comments that can isolate and target the group.

I also think it’s just obnoxious to post sarcastic political stuff on Facebook, period - it’s antisocial and unproductive and adds so much junk to our feeds. I promise I hate it just as much from “my” side as I do the other.

It's about not having the sense to refrain from sharing far and wide that kills me. I don't care which side you're on, it's just not wise.

If you can't pause and think before posting, what else are you not thoughtful about?

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Anonymous wrote:What do the coach's political views have to do with their coaching abilities?

Nothing, obviously. But I'd prefer my kids' teachers and coaches to be smart enough to keep that stuff off social media, or at least have private accounts so it's not the first thing that shows up if I google them.

Well, the solution is easy. Don’t Google them. Don’t ask questions if you don’t want to know the answer.

The question I was attempting to ask was where they'd coached previously, not who they voted for.

Isn't this typically information provided to prospective players and their families in the first place? Coach's bio?

And you found social media posts when you ostensibly searched for this innocuous information. Come on, now...

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Anonymous wrote:What do the coach's political views have to do with their coaching abilities?

Nothing, obviously. But I'd prefer my kids' teachers and coaches to be smart enough to keep that stuff off social media, or at least have private accounts so it's not the first thing that shows up if I google them.

Well, the solution is easy. Don’t Google them. Don’t ask questions if you don’t want to know the answer.

The question I was attempting to ask was where they'd coached previously, not who they voted for.

Isn't this typically information provided to prospective players and their families in the first place? Coach's bio?

And you found social media posts when you ostensibly searched for this innocuous information. Come on, now...

Or by asking the coach directly.

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Anonymous wrote:What do the coach's political views have to do with their coaching abilities?

Nothing, obviously. But I'd prefer my kids' teachers and coaches to be smart enough to keep that stuff off social media, or at least have private accounts so it's not the first thing that shows up if I google them.

Well, the solution is easy. Don’t Google them. Don’t ask questions if you don’t want to know the answer.

The question I was attempting to ask was where they'd coached previously, not who they voted for.

Isn't this typically information provided to prospective players and their families in the first place? Coach's bio?

And you found social media posts when you ostensibly searched for this innocuous information. Come on, now...

Maybe this is a baseball thing, but the first result for many baseball coaches is their twitter (sorry X) feed. That's the #1 vehicle by far of baseball players posting and college coaches keeping track of kids they are following.

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Anonymous wrote:It should not matter but I agree with OP that it leaves a bad taste. If someone is in a leadership position they should refrain from comments that can isolate and target the group.

I also think it’s just obnoxious to post sarcastic political stuff on Facebook, period - it’s antisocial and unproductive and adds so much junk to our feeds. I promise I hate it just as much from “my” side as I do the other.

I’m also an adult and I think it’s obnoxious (and pathetic) that my fellow adults use and care about Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Please take your feeds and tweets back to high school where they belong…