Jacob Graham
Differences in style and opinion between the Bluffton Men’s Soccer players and the coaching staff might be the reason for tension that has been going on and may always be going on between the two sides.
The coaching staff handles every situation carefully doing their best to make everything fair for everyone. “The views of the coaching staff are to first be a good person, second be a good student, and third be a good athlete” said Sophomore Seth Hertenstein.
“We want to win games, that’s why we came here, to play soccer” said Junior Nolan Phelps. The players are used to winning games when they come to Bluffton. The majority of players on the team come from high schools that won over 50% of their games.
Bluffton Men’s Soccer has had one season winning 50% of their games in the last 16 years. This poses a problem when players go from winning the majority to losing the majority.
Among the different ranks of the Bluffton Soccer team there is different levels of tension with the coaching staff. It seems tough for both sides to come to common ground between the coaches and the players.
Junior Co-Captain Brian Good describes the tension as “the players look at the small picture and want to win games. The coaches look at the big picture and want to make better men out of all of us. They (coaches) make us better people in life, by forcing grades to be high and help the community, as well as trying to win games”.
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