Dr. Friendly is a non-certified medical amateur, whose advice column appears exclusively in Hidden Blog.
Dear Dr. Friendly,
My son's lacrosse coach is such a first class bum!
All Timmy's life he's been the go-to guy on his teams. His skills with that stick-thing are better than anyone else. When he gets the ball in that scoopy part of the stick-thing, no one can get it away from him. He may be a little slow, sure, but he's going to grow out of that, any coach can see that. Come on. Sure, he only catches a few passes in the games that are thrown his way, and when he whips the little ball toward the net-man it usually bounces off someone's head or into the stands. Who's perfect?
He always gotten more playing time than his buddy Skip. And now Skip's on the senior team. And Timmy's on the bench, whining and complaining. And why not? His teammates chew him out all the time. Can't Coach Monkeybrains see Timmy's leadership skills? Every day it gets harder for him to put on that facemasked helmet and matching shorts with the same joy that he used to. If the coach isn't careful, he's gonna lose him, and have to find someone else to replace those two goals and one assist. How do you get through to a guy who just doesn't see the obvious?
Driven Dad
Dear Dad,
If I knew, I'd write a longer response. Winners change themselves. Losers try to change others.
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