Almost had one of these guys on my son's team this summer...
His son is a SS. Ever since kid travel ball days, daddy has been his coach. Kid was always a decent, but never outstanding player.
Going into HS, the kid got accepted into a local private that has a pretty good national reputation. Multiple high draft picks over the last decade. Dad beat his chest about how his son was going to be big time...
Fast forward a couple of years and his son hadn't seen the field. Transferred back to the local public -again dad was confident he would take over the SS position. Wrong again. Played behind a senior who ended up being a late round draft pick.
This summer he joined my son's team - same story, dad says going to be the starting SS...
Found himself somewhere around 4th on the depth chart behind 2 foreign players who will be signing pro contracts next month and a rising junior who is a cannon armed, switch hitter.
Moved on to a local low tier travel team where I think he may actually be playing SS finally.