d-mac posted:bacdorslider posted:My son does not and will not sacrifice his body and or future until he is being paid to play... not for the College World Series not for anyone. Player is to blame. Coach is paid to win.
The player is to blame? Part of the coach's responsibility is to be the adult in the dugout and make the tough decisions. The players are competitors, they are going to want the ball every chance they get. Someone has to be the grown up and tell them no. That's the head coach's job.
It's like saying - Don't go to the bad part of town at 2am, bad things happen.
People shouldn't rob you, but you shouldn't have been in the bad part of town at 2am either. Is it the victim's fault? Not entirely. Could it have been avoided? Probably.
Same thing here and don't forget that these kids have parents. They talk to them after each start, ask how they're feeling and what's next. There is more than one person at fault here.