I know no one will like my rebuttal, but, I’m going to put it out there.
Unfortunately, some kids just aren’t “made for football”. Although they have a love for the sport, they just don’t have the God given talent that other players do. (Not saying this is your child)
As a coach, you are expected to win... at ANY level. The only object of a competitive sport is to win. Telling your “elite” players that one player deserves as much playing time as him just because he’s on the team is not fair to anyone... including the elite player’s parents.
We as coaches are expected to field the best 11 players on the team, and include all other players a minimum of 7 plays. As stated before, players do not get better from the 1 hour game played on Saturday. Players get better during practice, and extra time/effort put forth outside of “normal” practice times.
Some children are blessed with more athletic talent than others... that’s just the way the world works. Would we absolutely love if every child on our team had the same abilities and could contribute to the team equally? Yes!!! But again, this world wasn’t built that way.
If we were to give every player equal playing time because they signed up, you increase your chances of not winning. Next step, parents with elite players complain that you aren’t fielding the best team possible. Again, we are expected to win. I’ve seen teams in multiple sports fall apart because they simply do not win.
As coaches, we cannot simply GIVE a child more talent. We can only teach, ask for their best efforts, and gauge our responsibility as a coach from the displayed abilities.