Team California is back

[noncrazynorcal]

something is missing here where is the 14U team? I would think there "must" be one. Is that news coming after everyone returns from PGF, or possibly after Westerns?

This is going to be interesting, just a hunch.

Well the 99s don't technically age up until January. The real question is why would anyone leave Mizuno All-American?

[Stealing Home]

You clearly know nothing about this coach.[/quote]

I know it's amazing you are even fielding a team this week. Not sure why - you have as many wins this year as I do fingers. Thought for sure this team would fold within a week after Fresno. Are you telling me Granger cannot pull in more talent to coach this team?

[bedevil]

If you are a Coach that judges by wins and losses you should not be coaching!
You are here for the girls. No ego's aloud!

[thing is ...]

If you are a Coach that judges by wins and losses you should not be coaching!
You are here for the girls. No ego's aloud!

Very true. Stealing Home is trying to rally people to dislike someone he doesn't like. Perhaps he should spend this much energy on developing his child so she can get off the bench. Just a thought.

I am looking forward to this new program. These coaches have a great philosophy.

Take care.

[1st to home]

Thought for sure this team would fold within a week after Fresno.

Again Shows how little you know about this coach or team. If you thought these players or coaching staff would have ever quit because things were not going great you know very little about the parents, players or the coach. This team had the chance to pick up 99's from both Stone and Garcia's tryouts as well as a ton of talented 00's at tryouts after winning a ton of tourneys last year. Instead the coaches chose to give 3 pitchers and bunch of players who wouldn't have a started anywhere else a chance to be a starter and learn. My daughter has played for this coach through the good of last year and the not so good of this year. I couldn't peel her away from this team if we lost every game. My daughter has learn so much from this staff from life lesson's to softball. These girls love having a coach who they can laugh with and play for, someone who really cares about his players and doesn't treat them like a commodity always looking for the next best player to replace them.

Maybe Granger is the smart one hear. Last thing we need is another coach with an ego.

[linedrivelouie]

As a coach who has competed against this coach for the past few years I would agree you don't know a thing about him. I have watched this coach go talk to the other teams players in their team meeting after the other team lost in a int tie breaker to Mizuno 00, just to let the other team know how proud he was of the effort they put forth against his team and pick them up after a hard fought loss.

Last year my daughter was pitching and someone hit one out on her to win a long hard battle, Walk off home run. she was down in the dumps and really beating herself up for what she felt was letting her team down. Coach Lep was in the stands watching waiting to face the winner in the championship game. This coach took the time out to pull my daughter aside, who he only new from playing against and talk to her about how great of a job she did for her team and by the end of a few mins she was laughing and things were looking up. This horrible coach you speak of has more class than the majority of the softball community and clearly yourself. Team CA has a great person and coach representing them. Wish you guys the best of luck in your move to Team CA.

[Stealing Home]

I do have first hand knowledge from within the team, so I don't feel I'm too far off. Maybe I'm wrong on the person he is, but I still have my thoughts on his coaching ability. From the sounds of it here - he has his supporters which is great for a fresh new start The Team CA experience can only be better than what it was last year.

[noncrazynorcal]

The coach is fine. I'd have concerns about who's actually running the show though because of the way the last team didn't even make it through the fall season, and it wasn't because of the coaching.

[ICMTM]

I guess whatever certain teams/orgs/people do WILL ALWAYS be news. I just don't know why people are being so critical if you're not even going consider the team? Really it sounds more like a team moving orgs than it does a startup team? Hopefully they work it out! When things go right it works out for everybody! The last thing anybody wants to see is a team who can be good fold because of things other than what the players bring to the field.

Put your hate down!!!

[Crazy4SftBl]

I hope that Granger is strong enough to make this work for the girls. The problem last season was not the coaches it was the leader of CPYC. Trust me I know 1st hand. This team is doomed from the beginning with poor leadership. History has a funny was of repeating itself. Unless the leader of the program has had a serious character change it will lead down the same path. It was awful what happened to the girls on the last Team CA. They all left great programs and teams to play there and it turned out to be a disaster because of one specific person. If you are a parent taking your player to this team I couldn't encourage you enough to do your homework on what happened last season. Educate yourself and then make a decision. I just wish that someone had given us that same advice. The sponsor of this team will try and sugar coat it.. I am only saying to please be cautious. He will promise the world and when things don't go his way he will throw his weight around and rip everything away. He tries to buy people! I am not trying to be hateful it just makes me sad to think of this possibly happening to another group of young ladies. Proceed with caution don't be dazzled by his big talk.. underneath it's very shallow!