(Extended version)
When young men and women join the United States Army, Navy and Marines, the parents and friends of these individuals tell them prior to joining, "you must respect, obey and adhere to everything that your commanding officer ask or tells you to do," and everything will workout just fine.
But when it comes to basketball, many parents feel that they have the right to tell their child (player) what they want them to do (from the sidelines) while disregarding what the coaches want them to do. This is wrong!
[I call this conflict of interest!]
Parents, yes the players are your kids and yes you have a trillion rights under the parental laws act, but when it come to sports, you bare the responsibility of teaching your child to respect the authority of their coaches; and you too must learn to accept the fact that it's not your team and that you're not the coach, you're the parent.
And finally parents, stop trying to coach your kids from the stands because this often interferes with who's instruction the player (your child) is going to follow.
It also further complicates things and brings on more conflict and dissension between the coaches and you, the player and coaches and the fans in the stands and you.
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