bballman posted:Looks like OP went back and deleted all his previous posts. Can someone fill those of us who missed it in on what happened?
What we were told: Kid makes varsity as a pitcher last year in 8th grade, this year, kid gets sent home from practice and parent gets email complaining about kids' attitude.
Parent decides that the coach is wrong (and implied abuse), and meets with him (despite many people here saying that was the wrong approach.) Meeting didn't go well.
My assessment: Parent doesn't listen well, which means that kid doesn't listen well. It was a whole bunch of "everyone else is wrong" (posters here, the coaching staff, etc.) and I'm willing to bet the coaches were absolutely right, if the kid is anything like the parent. I would note that the parent really didn't go into much substance about what was said about the player, and only those responses that gave the benefit of the doubt regarding the implied abuse accusation were treated with any credence.
If I'm misremembering, please correct me.