When you look at most of the gold level or top level 16U coaches, what's the one common thread?? EGO They all want those big school names listed on their website so they can say "we" are the best organization because we send Little Suzi to Big Time U. I think, like much of corporate America, greed is a controlling factor in how these so called "coaches" roll!! From what I've seen on our own team, the coach is more of an administrator than a coach! Real coaches coach their players up, not down. This coach coaches players down!!! It seems strange that this is more common than not!
Also, how many 11 or 12 grade girls really enjoy giving up most of their summers to travel to all parts of the US playing softball? I mean how many Junior and Senior kids truly enjoy that? College ball is where they should be exposed to greed, underhanded hijinks and other cheap ploys. Let the young ones enjoy the sport and when they get to college then let it become their "job". That's my $.02!