Father-Son / Coach-Player relationships

[Turbine]

_ This is true. It's a lose lose.

Solution: Coaches should never have kids that become D-1 athletes. _

LOL

[cajun1300]

_ its just a little suspicious when justin gets shoulder tendinitis and hurts his groin and get promoted to the starting first baseman when there are other guys on the team who can play first, hit, and don't pitch. Justin is much needed as a Saturday guy on the mound. If that's not daddy ball then I don't know what is. _

Sounds like you got beat out by Jut or got cut by Tony -- or both.

[Bigcobra]

If the son is good enough, there is nothing wrong with it. I personally would rather my son go somewhere else than where I was coaching to avoid these discussions. But I dont care about any of that. Robe needs to go because the program has been consistently losing.

[ManAboutTown]

_ If the son is good enough, there is nothing wrong with it. I personally would rather my son go somewhere else than where I was coaching to avoid these discussions. But I dont care about any of that. Robe needs to go because the program has been consistently losing. _

If we were ranked, and winning, no one would be talking about this. Robe is hands down our best Fielding first baseman, and he hasn't exactly been horrible at the plate. This discussion is so disconnected to the actual problems of this baseball team.

[RCAJUN90]

_ If the son is good enough, there is nothing wrong with it. I personally would rather my son go somewhere else than where I was coaching to avoid these discussions. But I dont care about any of that. Robe needs to go because the program has been consistently losing. _

But he is not going to be let go. He took us to the World Series back in 2000 and his son is on the team. Should we let Robe stay until his son finishes? If he didn't have a son on the team would we have let him go long ago? I don't know about you but I would feel strange cutting someones dad that is on the team. We seem to end up with a lot of father son combos. Perhaps that is a selling point for us?

[Bigcobra]

_ Dont Forget about Jack and John Elway
And
Bob Hurley Sr. and Bobby _

Jack Elway coached Stanford after John graduated. John coached his son in high school, and his son no longer plays football. Bob Hurley coached his son in high school.

Not saying examples dont exist; just these two dont apply. Like I said already, I could care less who's on the team, I just want them to win. Im just tired of these apologists saying Robe doesnt make excuses and is committed to fixing the problems. Of course he's gonna say that. What else would he say? "Its the players fault, not mine." People, especially alumni, should have more loyalty to their team/school than to one person.

[alum81]

I do not like the idea of a coach's son playing on his team. From what I can tell, it generally messes up the relationship between the coach and his players. Is it just a coincidence that Brandon's last year was his Dad's last year also? How about Brad and his Dad? If I was a coach I would want to coach my son too but I'm just not sure it is good for the team. Jmo

[CajunEXPRESS]

I do not like the idea of a coach's son playing on his team. From what I can tell, it generally messes up the relationship between the coach and his players. Is it just a coincidence that Brandon's last year was his Dad's last year also? How about Brad and his Dad? If I was a coach I would want to coach my son too but I'm just not sure it is good for the team. Jmo

I'm damned glad Brandon played for his dad. It was a good thing Jake had him to throw to.

Since this comes out of the blue, are you being critical of Hud's son and coach relationship. If so that is just foolish, the kid isn't on scholarship, and isn't in contention to start ever. I'm absolutely fine with that kid being on the team. Some mighty good basketball players have had their dads as coaches. So maybe your take is just about football quarterbacks and receivers.

[Cajun Monkee]

I do not like the idea of a coach's son playing on his team. From what I can tell, it generally messes up the relationship between the coach and his players. Is it just a coincidence that Brandon's last year was his Dad's last year also? How about Brad and his Dad? If I was a coach I would want to coach my son too but I'm just not sure it is good for the team. Jmo

Uhhhh, I think the baseball team that was ranked #1 nationally two years ago would disagree with your point.

[Cajunsmike]

I do not like the idea of a coach's son playing on his team. From what I can tell, it generally messes up the relationship between the coach and his players. Is it just a coincidence that Brandon's last year was his Dad's last year also? How about Brad and his Dad? If I was a coach I would want to coach my son too but I'm just not sure it is good for the team. Jmo

From what I understand, Hud's son will be the holder for place kicks next year