CaCO3Girl posted:HOWEVER, when little Timmy says the coach isn't playing him due to politics you might want to attend a practice before you believe that line.
When my daughter was a freshman five freshman started. The previous year the team went 4-18 which included a part of a thirty four game losing streak. Mothers of upperclassmen replaced starters started attending practices and filming them. They were looking for ammunition to get the coach fired for giving preferential treatment to freshmen.
The mothers never got their evidence. The team went from last to first. They won more games than the previous four years combined. The five freshmen all ended up playing D1 softball. The following year came three more future college players. Then a ninth future college player the following year. For two years every starter was a future college player. Given the pitcher was one of the top studs in the state (top pitching dominates softball) my daughter may be one of the few whose high school team could beat her travel team. They won four straight conference titles. They lost two conference games in four years. So much for the mother's argument.