SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOR

It's a rainy night in Georgia <the very best kind> & we're reminded of this past weekend in Chattanooga @ the McCallie John Strang Championships. First of all, the weather caused extreme chaos to a very well-planned tournament but the weather was only the half of it. Due to a combination of events, the very unhappy TD said it was the worst McCallie tourney he'd ever experienced.

"I wish that I was not here."

So began Vice President Joe Biden's address to the families of the men who were killed in yet another senseless attack - this time in Chattanooga - exactly one month ago this past Saturday. How shocking to learn that the McKenzie Arena where the VP spoke was almost empty but the traffic on many of the surrounding roads was at a standstill. Even more disturbing was the reaction we observed when this inevitably impacted the junior tennis tournament.

We've been around junior tennis long enough that we still can't believe it but we surely expect this fact: Weather <or any other factor that is completely out of their control> will be blamed 100% on the hard-working tournament staff.

Can't tell you how many self-absorbed, downright narcissistic junior tennis parents rolled their eyes & loudly complained that they & their child were being inconvenienced. You would think we could at least shame them into understanding how out of line they were by explaining that the VP was in town to express his condolences to the families of men who'd lost their lives...but no such luck.

AND THAT IS SHAMEFUL.

Not trying to generate any controversy whatsoever...
but we observed way too much horrible behavior on the part of adults who are supposed to be setting examples for the players.