Another week of basketball games have passed… Another week of controversy!

Last night, we went to Ringwood to watch Justin played. He ran a lot and did a few unselfish passes. The game was fun and entertaining to watch. The coach was encouraging, not yelling and screaming… We are so happy he had a good work out and enjoyable game. Most important thing is he enjoys it too.

Then, it was Jonah’s game at Bentleigh. Missus had to take him there because it was a late game and I had to stay at home to look after the 2 little ones.

Where do I begin? Missus came home last night and she was not happy. “Why?” I asked. Jonah was benched most of the game because he did a few turnovers. Is this normal? It is when the coach treats everyone the same. A few kids did more turnovers than Jonah but were not given the same treatment!  Jonah was the scapegoat!

Here is the history. Missus knows all the parents in Jonah’s team, including the coach’s x-wife. The coach’s son is also playing in the same team.

Every week, the team’s manager sends the game fixture to all parents. However a few weeks ago, the team manager was away and the coach had to email the parents. X-wife asked missus for the game’s fixture as she wasn’t on the email list and unaware of the fixture. Missus forwarded the email (written by the coach) to x-wife. Somehow, the coach found out and emailed missus advising that there was no need to send the details to x-wife as she was away and didn’t need to know. The email wasn’t friendly at all, more like a warning. Who does he think he is???

To be fair to this coach, he is good at teaching basketball and that’s it, nothing else.  He is hot-tempered and is not fair towards people he doesn’t ‘like‘.

Calm down, grow up and just let the kids have a fair go COACH!!!

Jonah may not play under this unfair coach anymore. We are considering pulling him out as we cannot bear seeing him go through the same controversy again.
The team itself comprises of a great bunch of kids and their parents, we will miss them for sure.

Jonah also plays for another basketball club.  There is a huge difference when he plays at the other club.  He enjoys the game and smiles all the time.   He is happy over there and there is no stress at all.

All we want is for him to be happy and enjoy what he does!