C77fastpitch wrote:Pdad, I'm sure you've dealt with a lot of failure. Here is a Churchill quote- You have enemies, Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Fastpitch05, your a Hey-bucket, sanctimonious hypocrite. You, and a few others on this forum don't talk about softball, your just rude. This is why a lot people won't express their ideas on this forum about softball matters. So take your hypocritical advice and stick it you ear. Talk about softball matters and stop interjecting your idiotic remarks.
I really enjoy talking about softball matters on this forum, I'm not coaching any more but softball is in my blood. I even like discussing other topics to some extent, if it's pleasant. However, a lot posters on this forum don't just want to disagree with you, they want to slam your grammar, your intelligence, ect., and if you fight back they say you don't matter, because they talk for everyone. Well I'm tired of it! If you insult me, I'll give it back to you in bunches, If you disagree with me, fine, lets discuss that softball matters Intelligently.
C77, while I will admit to sometimes using thinly veiled innuendo in my replies to serious posts. Which I believe precipitated our first go around. I hesitate to say it's a Socratic response, but it's in the neighborhood. I am not alone in writing style, many members on this board employee the same response style. I "mentored" a young aunt helping her single mother sister just beginning a few years ago navigate some of the pitfalls of travel ball. I gave her a similar response to her initial post, she got it, and we have become friends, via the Internet/telephone.
Go back and read some of those posts, the answers are there, if you read them. We're trying to help you understand, this is just a game, lighten up a little and quit taking it so serious. That not only applies to this board, but life in general. The sun's going to come up tomorrow one way or the other, whether you lost a game that you put your heart and soul into, or a court case.
I don't have all the answers, I don't pretend to. I have been fortunate enough to coach some pretty gifted athletes. I think I've been pretty plainly stated that they most likely succeeded in spite of my coaching, rather than because of it. I've coached some really bad athletes, but good kids who gave me everything they had, at the end of the day, hopefully I helped prepare them to be successful young ladies. At 50 years old, having been involved in youth sports at varying levels for 30+ years, I've been around and seen some things. I think I've gained something that only comes with age......wisdom. I've never claimed to know anything on this board, other than having reached a zen like state of being a smartass, I am not only good at it, I enjoy doing it. If you want to continue to make attacks and call people names, I'm more than happy to play along. Otherwise, I'd suggest a distilled spirit of your choosing, I'm a Scotch or Bourbon guy my self, lighten up, and lets focus on the positive aspects of this great sport.