Friday Night Tykes

[ToineMac]

Has anyone else seen this show? Completely unreal. The parents and coaches are unhinged. As someone who youth football at the same age as the kids on the show I am appalled by the language from the coaches and the absolute ridiculousness of the behavior from the parents in the stands. Please tell me I am the only person who has subjected himself to this.

 

[give_him 6]

Has anyone else seen this show? Completely unreal. The parents and coaches are unhinged. As someone who youth football at the same age as the kids on the show I am appalled by the language from the coaches and the absolute ridiculousness of the behavior from the parents in the stands. Please tell me I am the only person who has subjected himself to this.

I saw the advertisement for this show and had no desire to watch it. I agree with you, the whole concept of adults drilling kids and losing their minds in this manner over a sport is absurd.

 

[SamRebel35]

Has anyone else seen this show? Completely unreal. The parents and coaches are unhinged. As someone who youth football at the same age as the kids on the show I am appalled by the language from the coaches and the absolute ridiculousness of the behavior from the parents in the stands. Please tell me I am the only person who has subjected himself to this.

I watched the first two episodes. The Broncos coach is a psychopath. Making these kids run and condition in the Texas sun until they puke. He also jumps up and down and screams like he's on the sideline at a Super Bowl. The kids on that team are going to give up in football before they even have a chance to learn anything about it. There are a couple of teams on the show that seem to have the right attitude about youth football. It should be an introduction for these kids into football. It should be fun while also giving them a real sampling of what competition and self discipline actually is. The team that was chanting "f*** the rockets" actually seemed to have coaches that cared about the kids and tried to keep it fun for them. I know that getting the team to cuss in unison is a little disturbing, but besides that, they seem to have the right idea.