softballblessings wrote:I'm sorry you don't go from upstanding, moral, good coach, to bad coach in one game! There had to be other incidents that the team did that they didn't get caught on prior to this one. Players don't go from knowing right from wrong in one game either. They are old enough to know better! Give me a brake it's not the company who posted it, it's not the bad umpiring, it's a bad group of girls and a bad leader that allowed this to happen. The coach and the players should be ashamed and called out. I wouldn't' even allow my DD to play for any organization if they allowed the coach to keep the team.
What a great day - I found HB looking to improve my understanding of softball, and now I've found moral guidance from an authority who has clarity beyond that which Christ himself ever claimed to posses. Like you, I've never done anything stupid in my association with this sport, when I was the age of these young women, or at any other point in my life (not 100% sure about this, but I can't think of anything offhand), but I'm a bit of a newb at the whole judgement thing. I'm hoping you can help me with a few questions:
- I agree that they
must have done some other stuff in the past. Nevermind the lack of evidence, there has to be other stuff, and probably a s---load of it. I get this, but where do we go from here? Do we come up with a list of probables (shaved bats, incorrect use of the DP/flex rule, etc), or do we just leave it as general thing? I'm good with whichever, BTW.
- This coach is clearly bad, as you said, in every softball, moral, and ethical sense of the word, as is this group of girls,. Is it all of them, though? Pitcher and catcher - nuff said. First base acted like she thought it was really a strike, so she's on the list, too. I didn't like the body language of the rest of the infield either, to be honest, and there was something about RF I just didn't like the looks of (granted, all I could see was a silhouette, but still- you know how you can just tell?). I wasn't sure about CF, LF, though, and the players in the dugout -what do we do about them? I'm guessing we go with the whole "birds of a feather" thing, but could it be that there might be one or two that could be potential candidates for salvation? Probably not worth the effort, but give me your thoughts.
Obviously, we need to get these people out of our sport. Let me know what you think, but I'm thinking about starting a new sanction. We'll call it the Righteous Softball Association, unless you've got a better name. I'm wondering what to do with the tolerance policy, though. "F up once and you're out" shouldn't be too hard for to live with for you, myself, and ours, but should we build in something for everyone else? I was toying with the idea of having the UIC perform confessions and absolutions at the field. Something like "forgive me father, but I left the bag early because the ump wasn't watching". On the other hand, if we limit participation to people like us, we can get rid of the umps all together.
Looking forward to your input, and I hope you'll expand beyond softball in the future.