Yeah, he's not alone. There is no FCS in southeast Wisconsin. Or the entire state for that matter. The closest school is Valpo followed by ISU. Anyway, Corona is a coach's dream. Weight room warrior. He could be very good for the Beloved Birds. And he's not a safety.
I've interviewed a few coaches in the past. My first question was always the same. "How do you feel about kids playing multiple sports?" Unless they were a total dope they knew where I was going, so I would get the answer I expected. When the pressure started on Jimmy Pointguard to not play a fall sport I had that answer in my hip pocket.
A young man from a small school near me, now at Iowa playing football, played basketball and wrestled at the same time. His coaches learned to work with each other to make it happen.
I think it is up to the athlete and what he/she wants to do. Back in the dark ages when I was in grade school there were not many choices. Baseball, Basketball, flag football and wrestling were about it. A number of intramural sports. High School almost everyone played three sports. Very few just did one or two, this was the 60s/70s. For my sons it was quite a bit different. So many youth sport choices and even at a young age there was incredible pressure to specialize, particularly in youth soccer. I encouraged them to try a variety of sports but that goes against the grain with many. One travel soccer coach at a big club down here told his players that they had a choice to make. Either commit full time to club soccer and decline to participate in any other sports, High School or club, or they would not see the playing field on his team very much. Club sports can be rather fanatical. It puts the players in a bad position. Let them play any sport they wish to play without pressure. Lets be honest, maybe 1% are going to be pros. A few more will get college sports scholarships. Most will benefit from the life lessons sports bring and have some great memories.
Yep, it should always be up to the kid, though parents should certainly steer and guide the child along the way. It should always be about doing something productive with your time, getting exercise, being part of team, working hard, finding what youre good at and like, having fun doing it, etc. It can also be music, theatre, other social activity clubs at school or in the community. But exercise is important distinction when it comes to steering kids into sports .. many valuable life lessons can be learned thru sports while you are getting exercise.
And many of them require total commitment to their sport . . . both of my girls experienced this, and weren't given a chance because they had other activities . . . one had one sport, music and theater, the other had three sports and music
I hated this in elementary school years. Though partly understood it as they get to their "varsity" years when college recruitment starts to become a very important factor. But still, if a 17 year old football stud wants to play baseball in the spring because he's also good at that and all of his friends play baseball, he should 100% play baseball if he wants to .. coaches and parents should encourage this.
I can attest to your second paragraph fourth.
How you dare you look out for the students best "interests" !!!
I'd play for you any day, Coach.
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