I was personally in this same situation about 8 years ago. However, I was volunteering my time. I have played 4 years of college baseball and came to a program where the head coach had never played. Practices were very unstructured. I talked the head coach into letting me have the infielders for a half hour one night at practice. So the head coach tells the kids that the infielders were going with me while the outfielders hit in the cage. One of the outfielders says "can't we hit on the field to see how far they're going?" So head coach says "alright, get the screen, we'll hit on the field." That was the last practice I attended for the year. The head coach was asked to resign after the season and I was hired the next year.