Coach leaving my son out of the team

[Mousybrown]

I'm really not if I should say anything or not as I'm normally pretty easygoing about kids stuff but this has really got my back up.
my son has played for the same football team for the last 7 years, every training session and match, he is there no matter what the weather...even if he is just on the bench but following a text from the new coach ( who has just taken the team over)he has been left out of the squad for the first two matches of this coming season ( not even on the bench, he has been told not to come...unless he wants to each from the sidelines).......this would be fine (ish) was it not for the fact that the new coach has taken on severl new players over the summer, some who already play for other teams and theses 'new boys' have been included in the team in some capacity either as players or as subs.
My son is gutted ( he is 11) and he doesn't want to go at the weekend to watch with all the other boys asking him why he isn't playing or in the kit and I really want to tell the coach to shove it......I know he isn't their star player and they want to put a good team out but......the kids has been a loyal player for years and he has been overlooked for kids who are only just signed and I feel so sad for him.......so would I be unreasonable to speak to the coach or not??

So much of kids sport these day is parent driven. They are the ones insisting on so much training. I don't think young children would ever choose to practice so much
I agree with you if it's an hour or two a week. But IME the kids that put in hours each week are obsessed by the sport they play. I only know a couple of kids who train for hours each week, and they both eat, sleep and breathe sport.

joni my ds would have trained every day of the week if possible aged 11
Luckily for him at 17 he gets to do just that

A lot, in fact I would say most, aren't that motivated though Tantrum

That's why you get players like the Nevllie brothers and Steven Gerrard who weren't as highly rated as others at a young age, making the grade as top players. They all admit to feeling less able than other boys when they were teenagers but they all worked their socks off to make it to the top. That's what makes them truly exceptional.

I agree that a lot aren't that motivated, but then they are not the ones putting in hours and hours. They are probably just doing a couple of sessions a week.

It does seem to be generally accepted that Steven Gerrard was a late bloomer. But given that he was scouted and accepted by Liverpool Academy at the age of 9, I would think that he was already showing signs of greater than average ability at an early age.

Steven Gerrard was obviously talented at a young age but he was lucky not to be dropped when he was older. He deserved all the success he had because he worked so hard to make it as a professional footballer.
My DC play a lot of sport and they enjoy it. I know other boys are pushed very hard by their parents. I wonder whether they'll retain their love of sport.

@Mousybrown I know it's among time back now but just wondering what happened in the end with your son and his football? We're currently facing a similar situation with ds10