IrishinTN
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After reading these posts regarding the transfers and the justifications that might be made for them, I made an important decision today and it went something like this:
"Honey, kids, I have reviewed the depth chart on this family over the weekend and have used this valuable time to come to an imporatant decision for me. After realizing I was now second on the depth chart to my 10 year olds X-Box, my 6 year old's barbies, my 2 year olds binky and my wife's vibrator, I have decided to transfer to another family. I hope you will all support me in this endeavor and best of luck finding a new father."
The kids were upset at first, but then my wife told them that, "Hey, if he doesn't want us, then we don't want him and we will be better off in the long run." That made them all feel better.
Okay, all facetiousness aside, if you take this at face value most (if not all) of these kids suggested the greatest amount of distress in their decision to transfer was the fact they were not at a place on the depth chart they felt they deserved to be. Anyone who has played organized sports has been in this position, but did you quit the team and go somewhere else? If you did, then you should be compassionate here. If you didn't and just decided to rook up your ball sack and work even harder to get that spot back (like I did), then your level of compassion will be less.
To me, this is like the "take your ball and go home" ploy. the kid who brought the football doesn't get picked until last, so rather than help everyone out and stick around and admit they might not be the best player, they take their ball and go home. And yes, some of these situations have other outside influences from being homesick to possibly having personality conflicts with the coaches style, etc. And some of these kids leaving WILL help the team, as sorry as that is to say. But the bottom line is, Charlie is probably not losing a wink of sleep over it becuase other than be honest with these kids and tell them how it is, there is nothing else he can do. So if they decide to take their ball and go home, so be it. There is still a game this Saturday.
"Honey, kids, I have reviewed the depth chart on this family over the weekend and have used this valuable time to come to an imporatant decision for me. After realizing I was now second on the depth chart to my 10 year olds X-Box, my 6 year old's barbies, my 2 year olds binky and my wife's vibrator, I have decided to transfer to another family. I hope you will all support me in this endeavor and best of luck finding a new father."
The kids were upset at first, but then my wife told them that, "Hey, if he doesn't want us, then we don't want him and we will be better off in the long run." That made them all feel better.
Okay, all facetiousness aside, if you take this at face value most (if not all) of these kids suggested the greatest amount of distress in their decision to transfer was the fact they were not at a place on the depth chart they felt they deserved to be. Anyone who has played organized sports has been in this position, but did you quit the team and go somewhere else? If you did, then you should be compassionate here. If you didn't and just decided to rook up your ball sack and work even harder to get that spot back (like I did), then your level of compassion will be less.
To me, this is like the "take your ball and go home" ploy. the kid who brought the football doesn't get picked until last, so rather than help everyone out and stick around and admit they might not be the best player, they take their ball and go home. And yes, some of these situations have other outside influences from being homesick to possibly having personality conflicts with the coaches style, etc. And some of these kids leaving WILL help the team, as sorry as that is to say. But the bottom line is, Charlie is probably not losing a wink of sleep over it becuase other than be honest with these kids and tell them how it is, there is nothing else he can do. So if they decide to take their ball and go home, so be it. There is still a game this Saturday.
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