It takes one parent

El Dorado coaches Corey Smith and Henry Harrell gave me more reasons to not be a basketball coach.
The coaches talked about some of the players' parents, including one who was unhappy, not with the amount of shots their child was taking but with the amount of shots one of the other children was taking.
Another parent was not pleased with the way the starting lineups were announced. He felt his daughter should be announced last.
But, just when you're about to lose faith in all humanity, Coach Harrell told me the story of another parent. The daddy called Harrell and told him his daughter skipped the team's practice to go shopping.
The daddy informed the coach that he talked to his daughter and told her she needed to be at practice. The girl said she'd rather go to the mall with her sister.
The daddy then told the coach, "Handle it however you want to handle it."
Finally, an old-school parent - I thought they were all gone.
I love it, not only does the father drop dime on his child, he tells the coach he's okay with whatever punishment he deems satisfactory.
I guess for every three parents who just doesn't understand what a "team" is all about, there is one who still gets it. It's that one parent who keeps coaches from losing their minds.