Fair Play: How to deal with armchair coaches
THERE really is something confusing with the way the Department of Education regional office is insisting on another evaluation to determine the region’s lineup to the Palarong Pambansa.
And Vivian Ginete’s recent interview just added to the confusion.
In another daily, Ginete said they will have an evaluation on Feb. 19 and 20 but whether an athlete gets in the lineup or not will largely be based on his or her performance in the Cviraa.
Eh?
I don’t know about you, but for me the statement seems contradictory.
If the Cviraa is the basis for an athlete’s inclusion to the Palaro team, why hold another evaluation, at all? The coaches already did that after the Cviraa.
And the really funny thing? Ginete said the evaluation will be based on the players’ performance and statistics in the Cviraa.
Statistics in the Cviraa? Now that’s a good joke. I’ve seen match reports in Cviraa and these sometimes don’t even include the score so what statistics are they talking about?
I’ve always suspected the regional office of DepEd only have a faint idea how coaches and athletes work, and this suspicion was bolstered by a statement by the regional director.
“Even as we evaluate and review, the teams are doing their regular trainings and necessary preparations for the upcoming Palarong Pambansa…We want to send the best players in each team event,” Recaredo Borgonia told Sun.Star Cebu.
Any athlete and coach know that preparing for something is hard work, but the fact that you are IN that tournament can motivate you.
But how can you motivate yourself to train hard if the pencil-pushers can steal your spot? How can you even focus on the Palaro if your place isn’t assured?
One coach said he can’t understand DepEd anymore, while another said it seems the officials want to insert favored players to the team lineup.
Sun.Star Cebu reported last Wednesday that Borgonia, “wanted to evaluate the performances of the players in each team event so that they can make the necessary replacements with those who have more potentials.”
Oh dear, the regional director wants to play coach.
One of the most important things in a team event is knowing what your players can and cannot deliver. When a player gets down, a coach readily knows who he should tap to replace him. And that is a knowledge gained over time.
So why insist on including other players in the team lineup? Is it because of the “point system?”
This system, according to the public school teachers I’ve talked with in the past, is the reason cheating was rampant in the Palaro. They say you earn more “promotion points” by being a Palaro champion than being a masters’ degree holder.
Will a coach, whose players get inserted to the champion team’s lineup, earn the same points if that team wins the Palaro title? Hmmmm.
You know what, DepEd 7’s move reminds me of a time back in high school when a bunch of sore loser-coaches, whose players never got selected for the team for the next level, pressured the Decs office for an 11-3-2-1 format.
It called for the unit’s football squad to be made of 11 players from the champion team, three from the runner-up and 2 and 1 from the next two placers.
Thankfully, our coach was smart enough to recognize that move and ignored it.
This move by the DepEd regional office may be an ill-advised attempt to impose on coaches, folks who worked hard to earn the right to select their own team by winning the Cviraa title.
And the best way to deal with it? Well, one coach had the perfect reply.
“Bahala na sila, I will stick with my own players.”
And Vivian Ginete’s recent interview just added to the confusion.
In another daily, Ginete said they will have an evaluation on Feb. 19 and 20 but whether an athlete gets in the lineup or not will largely be based on his or her performance in the Cviraa.
Eh?
I don’t know about you, but for me the statement seems contradictory.
If the Cviraa is the basis for an athlete’s inclusion to the Palaro team, why hold another evaluation, at all? The coaches already did that after the Cviraa.
And the really funny thing? Ginete said the evaluation will be based on the players’ performance and statistics in the Cviraa.
Statistics in the Cviraa? Now that’s a good joke. I’ve seen match reports in Cviraa and these sometimes don’t even include the score so what statistics are they talking about?
I’ve always suspected the regional office of DepEd only have a faint idea how coaches and athletes work, and this suspicion was bolstered by a statement by the regional director.
“Even as we evaluate and review, the teams are doing their regular trainings and necessary preparations for the upcoming Palarong Pambansa…We want to send the best players in each team event,” Recaredo Borgonia told Sun.Star Cebu.
Any athlete and coach know that preparing for something is hard work, but the fact that you are IN that tournament can motivate you.
But how can you motivate yourself to train hard if the pencil-pushers can steal your spot? How can you even focus on the Palaro if your place isn’t assured?
One coach said he can’t understand DepEd anymore, while another said it seems the officials want to insert favored players to the team lineup.
Sun.Star Cebu reported last Wednesday that Borgonia, “wanted to evaluate the performances of the players in each team event so that they can make the necessary replacements with those who have more potentials.”
Oh dear, the regional director wants to play coach.
One of the most important things in a team event is knowing what your players can and cannot deliver. When a player gets down, a coach readily knows who he should tap to replace him. And that is a knowledge gained over time.
So why insist on including other players in the team lineup? Is it because of the “point system?”
This system, according to the public school teachers I’ve talked with in the past, is the reason cheating was rampant in the Palaro. They say you earn more “promotion points” by being a Palaro champion than being a masters’ degree holder.
Will a coach, whose players get inserted to the champion team’s lineup, earn the same points if that team wins the Palaro title? Hmmmm.
You know what, DepEd 7’s move reminds me of a time back in high school when a bunch of sore loser-coaches, whose players never got selected for the team for the next level, pressured the Decs office for an 11-3-2-1 format.
It called for the unit’s football squad to be made of 11 players from the champion team, three from the runner-up and 2 and 1 from the next two placers.
Thankfully, our coach was smart enough to recognize that move and ignored it.
This move by the DepEd regional office may be an ill-advised attempt to impose on coaches, folks who worked hard to earn the right to select their own team by winning the Cviraa title.
And the best way to deal with it? Well, one coach had the perfect reply.
“Bahala na sila, I will stick with my own players.”
Comments
I would be surprised if people start coming forward about what DepEd and school officials have done to the sports program money - from the national budget and from corporate sponsors.