Nice job of twisting my words again. I said I'd take a certain HS coach over other coaches sight unseen. I've seen the HS coach work with kids as we've played against his team multiple times and I've seen his results with his HS team which include back to back national championships. I really don't have to see anyone else to know that this is a very good coach. I've also seen how the coaches with extensive big league experience do when they come into our HS league and it isn't always a pretty sight so I'd rather leave some of those short season A coaches sight unseen. I don't have to go watch every short season A coach to know that some of them are going to be very good, some are going to stink and most are going to be somewhere in between.
And yes of course I selected a hitting and pitching instructor for my son who I had seen and whose qualifications I had checked over other coaches who I hadn't seen. That is what we all do. That is what I said not what you tried to twist my words to say. I think one of the other poster put it pretty well when he said that you seem to expect everybody to stop posting and applaud whenever you take the time to post something. I guess I shouldn't be surprised as it is obvious that certain posters are more than willing to throw in insults on your behalf without taking the time to understand what was written.