If you are coaching a team kids want to play for, the majority would tell you what you want to hear to make the team.
Then none of it should surprise them, and they shouldn't become a prima donna about it.
If you're saying they lie just to make the team, then I would argue it is their own fault they're not playing more minutes. If they'd have told the truth, maybe they wouldn't make the team, but they'd perhaps play more somewhere else.? What they want in that situation is to have their cake and eat it too, which doesn't work.
A simple life lesson: When you try to pull a "bait and switch" or other con-artist type tactic on people, they usually don't react well.
In other words, don't tell me you'll be a team player no matter what your playing situation is because you want to be on the team, then come back two or three seasons later and make demands, because you should know better.
You seem to want to recruit practice squad players who just show up to have a warm body to run scrimmages but don't care if they play. Those players already exist, they are called walkons.
No. I want the game to be realistic and show that not all scholarship players are prima donnas.
I also expect players who are being paid to play (in the form of a scholarship) to be more grateful for the chance to get a free education. I guess anyone with even small talent in sports grows up being entitled to a free education and takes it all for granted. At least that's what some of you seem to be saying.
This is a game representing kids on scholarship "to play basketball". Not go to class, not get the college experience.
Agreed. This also means they should remove the GPA element from the game entirely, but I doubt that will happen either.
"hey listen, I want you to work your tail off every day. Now, you won't play, but that's cool cause I'll be successful and get endorsements and probably a better job with a raise, and you'll get your degree in management or whatever, but it's all about the team. now, if that ain't cool with you, you selfish boy, who would want you"
Once again, this is taking things to the far extreme because that's the only way to support your arguement.
The real conversation would be like this: If you join this team, you'll be expected to work hard every day in practice and in the games. I will make decisions that are in the best interest of the team and all of its players, not just you as an individual, which is actually a good thing for everyone, including you. We also expect you not to take your opportunities for granted. You're getting a free college education and a chance to play for our team, whcih is great for the following reasons (list them all).
I have never ever coached or supervised or managed a group of people and been able to have all of them be fully satisfied, all of them working to improve with all of the effort and ability they could muster. Just never seen it.
Neither have I. That's unrealistic.
What IS realistic is to make it a practice to only hire and retain those employees who will give their full effort, whatever that means at the time given the conditions of living this life.
Not everyone will be satisfied at all times, but responsible employees keep doing their jobs and giving that effort. Not everyone is always happy, but they do their jobs if they are decent employees.
If you recruit properly (either employees or in this case, fictional players), you match the desire and ability of the recruit with your needs and you get someone who does what you need them to do without the drama of anyone making demands or anything else.
That I HAVE seen and continue to see on a regular basis, so I know it happens.