Chris18 wrote:
I know hockey parents are crazy, but last night was the first time it really hit home for me. Miss 18.1's bantam team played a home/home vs a comparable team this weekend. We tied 6-6 on Saturday, with us tying it with 48 seconds left. Sunday's game was one of the most physical games I've ever seen in bantam, with a few boarding calls, quite a few roughing calls... I didn't hear this personally (good thing), but I saw some of our parents going back & forth against the other team's parents verbally. Apparently Miss18.1 was taking the puck up ice when one of their mothers yelled "Hit her! Hurt her! Take her out of the game!!!" Miss 18.1 heard this, and was pretty rattled. She told me about it on the way home (also a good thing). I had to explain to my 13 year old daughter that some "adults" are bat shit crazy, and don't put any thought into what they say, especially at sports events. She reminded me it's a YOUTH sports event, and I had nothing to say besides "some people are losers." What can you say to the kid? I tried telling her it's because she's good, and their parents were frustrated. It's a bunch of really rich people, who don't like seeing their kids checked, no matter how cleanly. I kept telling our team to hit hard, but clean, and not get involved in the BS trash talking. Then their parents yell shit like that? Fucking disgrace.
They had one of those "you always think you've seen it all" moments. Kid hit our goalie well after the whistle and got 2 minutes. He began yelling at the ref like nothing I've ever seen. Went completely mental. Put his arms out so he couldn't be pushed into the box, screaming, crying, etc. Finally got pushed in (by BOTH refs), and proceeded to throw his helmet, hitting his team mate with it, who then started hitting him. Coach tried climbing over the glass to calm things down and took a few shots to his head from both kids. So the kid got a 2nd minor. Later on, he got another minor, flipped even worse, and was thrown out, again, having to be pushed off the ice by both refs. Nuttier than squirrel shit! He obviously should have been tossed the first time, and the kid obviously has real issues and should not be playing a sport where he's got a stick in his hands and blades on his feet. Terrible job by the refs to let him stay in the first time. After the game their coach & the refs were talking about "the last time" they had to throw him out, and how this wasn't as bad. Fucking really? Wow.
We play them in Game 1 of our tournament next week. Should be "interesting" to say the least.
Man, that's crazy.
I hear guys on my own team talking about crazy parents,on their team of 7-8 year olds.
I remember an incident with my older brother's team where one parent was just being a total asshole. One of Moms on my bro's team walked over and basically told the guy to sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up. She was a correctional officer
Not a peep from the guy after.
Guy I used to play with, assistant coaching 14 year old AAA kids was just grabbed by the throat and pushed up against a wall by one of the team's parents and the opposing coach had to pull him off. Assault charges. Steve's pretty small, can't be more than 5'6", and the kids on the team love him. Looks like the asshole tried to pick an easy target.
My younger bro played with a guy whose family got assistance from the town for playing. His alcoholic Dad showed up to a game one night hammered with a baseball bat and went after the coach. I think the coach took him down. That one ended up with the cops there but don't think it resulted it any charges.
Some people are just fucking crazy. Just...you don't even know how it gets to that point.