I was at a Tom House pitching clinic a few years back and this topic came up. Tom offered that from his perspective that as your child goes from Little League to High School, College, Minor League and Majors that each step of the way you would like to think the coaching gets better when in fact it gets worse. He was serious. One lesson from that comment might be to get used to it.
Of course Tom offerred that assesment when he was a consultant. He may have another opinion now that he is the pitching coach at UCLA.
Finally, now that its the end of the year it might be a good time for awards. I would like to nominate TR for the Bluto Blutarsky award for starting the most food fights on this site. Any seconds or other nominations?