@TPM posted:Another important job for all coaches is scouting reports. Think about it, if a team has 4 games a week, pitching coaches have to scout almost every hitter that they will play, and relay that info to the pitchers before each game. Same goes for the hitting coaches scouting the pitchers. There is plenty of resources to accomplish these tasks as well as contacting area scouts for opinions. I think that the portal which has created more new players on staff each year makes work even more time consuming on all coaches.
Iowa had a great system for that — student managers. They have tons of them, maybe 20? They do everything from writing scouting reports to on field promotions. They learn real skills and make the life of all the coaches easier. And when they graduate, they get jobs.