cabbagedad posted:Just as Ironhorse said this about putting together rosters...
"Don't underestimate the different layers that go into deciding on a varsity roster if you've never done it. It looks easy until you're make the decisions rather than suggestions."
... much of the same applies to in-game substitutions and PT. We usually have a pretty strong schedule so not to many blowouts. When we do, sometimes there can be a fine line between having a four or five run lead with your #3 pitcher and all of a sudden run ruling a team and having the game called short. Often, at various points in the game, things could have gone either way. If you pull the plug on starters early and it backfires on you, that's about the worst move you can make. People see a final score that implies a comfortable win and wonder why more guys didn't get in. They don't necessarily know how the game unfolded and what could have happened along the way.
For many of us, those multiple sub opportunities don't come that often. When they do come up, one could certainly argue that the program is better off giving those opportunities to the young players that will be contributors in the future and need game experience than to a senior who you know won't be. Still, there is sentimental pull.
Just a few of the MANY layers...
I see that point, but as a father of a kid that always got to play, I still believe there are opportunities to get those bottom of the roster kids some PT. HS is probably 30 games a year, so logic says there are some opportunities. (Blow Outs either way)