SDO12 wrote:This constant defending of coaches is silly. It's the reason this topic never goes away.
On all teams there is hypocrisy and favoritism. Many talented kids have dads that coach but more have kids who are not that good but still play. These are the reasons that parents get upset. The whole start your own team rhetoric ?
How about just sticking to your word ? That same August speech where : The best 9 will play come bracket, the hitters will play. If you miss practice, blah blah blah Then come Sunday , the same old game.
Coaches also acting like the kids don't know who the better players are ? They do.
On a good note , college coaches look for kids with great attitudes, great work ethic and great grades.
Just like in life, those kids that had positions and playing time handed to them are now likely not playing or playing at a lower level.
Anyone who has ever coached started doing it for their kid and if the other kids benefitted....great. I don't know if you have coached before, but I've done it for a lot of years. I really enjoyed coaching teams where I had no kid. On those teams I didn't have to come home after a three game friendly and explain to my wife why my daughter didn't play every inning of every game or why she was playing OF and not 2B. It's not easy. I didn't coach teams with National Championships in mind. I tried to improve all of my players. Some did very well, some didn't, but I think they all had fun playing for me.
It's not an easy thing to do and requires a huge amount of time and effort. In the end, bad coaches eventually are weeded out.....unless they are in 18G. Nobody will play for them.
The honest truth, though, is that there would be much fewer teams without "daddy ball" teams which would cause a huge growth in rec ball teams. Maybe not a bad thing, but a mathematical certainty. A whole lot of young ladies who are getting the TB experience would never get it if it weren't for these teams.
If your kid is great, keep complaining about these coaches. If she isn't great you better worship the ground they walk on because your kid might develop into a great player by playing TB and be picked up by one of the better coaches at some point. Just something to consider.