16s FATT DADDY's ....what's going on!!

[mr.flamboyant]

The rumors are true and there will be a lot of shuffling of good teams and great players this next season. Now, if we can just get all these new free agents to consolidate on existing teams, Norcal could get even stronger.

But first let's concentrate on everyone finishing this season, with Westerns, ASA Nationals and Premier coming up. I hope everyone is tightening up their game and adding the final touches because the competition will be fierce.

Good luck to all!

Some teams cant wait that long!

[GameTime23]

Mr. Flam....Org and coaches couldn't wait either.....

ICMTM.....There will be just as much movement with the top teams too, TRUST ME!!!

Things about to get wacky and wild....GET YOU SPREADSHEET READY...

[ICMTM]

Mr. Flam....Org and coaches couldn't wait either.....

ICMTM.....There will be just as much movement with the top teams too, TRUST ME!!!

Things about to get wacky and wild....GET YOU SPREADSHEET READY...

There won't be anything to do for me...the kid is happy so we're staying put. This happened with the 97's last year as well. We've learned from that experience, and while we did end up switching teams it was due to the fact half the team was gone and they brought in a new coach AFTER tryouts. It wasn't the same team. Moving on sounds fun and all but grass turns green only after you water it or you get rained on. Right now it's hot. It's hard to make the grass green.

And the 98's will get a new coach in February. That's three different coaching staff's in six months. If you aren't happy now hopefully you go to a good high school because it's not roses there. The worst situation is the split team. For you guys it will be 98/99's on the same team. We just went through that and it was less than ideal. It was a lot of adjusting for my kid and she's finally settling in again. Besides I bought spirit wear (something I don't do) so we're stuck until at least I get the full wear out of my sweatshirt.

[fansoftball]

Gametime, the teams in pool D beat up on each other pretty good at Arnaiz. Doesnt look like much else happened out there. the recruiting and team shopping sounds interesting. when you do plan on shedding some light on some of the changes you forsee?

[lv2earat8]

With all this impending doom around the corner shed a little Nostradamus 2012 action on us. That way when you are right, maybe you can start an accurate poll we can all trust!

[GameTime23]

Fan S-ball…. that was a great Pool-D Last week with Grapes, RR99, Strom and KG…3 out of 4 in finals.

Out of all due respect for players, parents, coaches and orgs..It's best that I let them tell you their business. Trust me, it will happen.

Players and teams still have to play ball for the next month and a lot of things happen around this time of the year. And YES it happens to ALL Team’s... Just some have it worse than others. This Fall there will just be more VOLUME of movement with players, coaches and orgs… For many reasons…good and bad…Nothing new just a lot more this fall.

When I coached, I hated when players and parents were talking about tryouts, who's coming and going when the season wasn’t over yet and your spending all this time , money and effort to compete at the highest level you can.... But it’s part of the softball deal…

Parents go where the COACHING is and your kid will PLAY….

I will throw out a few bones or a little glue to puzzle with Fall Rankings….

Send PM-if you have to know….

[GameTime23]

lv2hate....No doom... I'm not big on being right, trust or Polls....

Just Rankings....T-Shun already told you...Props and Approved....All in good fun!!!

[joepup]

14U Lady Sharks-Teal will be merging our 98's with 14U Lady Sharks-Black in the Fall, to form an all 98 team. The head coach will be Vicky Reeves. Vicky is an outstanding coach, with 20+ years of experience, and numerous top finishes at ASA Nationals. We're excited about this upcoming change and look forward to competing in the Fall.

We will be posting tryout information (tentatively Aug 12), along with our Fall schedule in the next couple weeks.

[Tenshun]

14U Lady Sharks-Teal will be merging our 98's with 14U Lady Sharks-Black in the Fall, to form an all 98 team. The head coach will be Vicky Reeves. Vicky is an outstanding coach, with 20+ years of experience, and numerous top finishes at ASA Nationals. We're excited about this upcoming change and look forward to competing in the Fall.

We will be posting tryout information (tentatively Aug 12), along with our Fall schedule in the next couple weeks.

Wowzers! Gametime23, aka Nostradamus is already proving to be right!

[Iluvblue]

This is nothing new, but I do think it is getting worse. There is nothing wrong with kids leaving teams as i think there are very few coaches out there that can combine teaching, with game management, with parent management, with playing time. So when any of those things are neglected, the PARENT takes their kid to another team. The only problem with this is that it is likely you are going to another team that has coaches that will have the same issues. So the cycle just continues on.


There are more teams than ever before, so you see this more than ever before.

If you find a pretty good team, and the coaches are good solid people that are teaching your kid about the game, you should STRONGLY consider staying put. Match your kid with the level team she should be on. Some kids get on a team that they are not good enough for, and then they are going to sit. Give two weeks of sitting and mom or dad or both is going to blow a fuse and leave. Avoid that if possible.

Good luck.