All starters will follow strict protocols on max pitch counts and days rest.
Stop! What your son does as a pitching coach doesn’t speak for all schools. I’ve seen pitchers this weekend going 120+ pitches. I guarantee there will be Friday and Saturday pitchers on the mound today in relief. It happens every year.
A coach would have to wrestle me for the ball when I started. I’m sure most pitchers feel this way. When I relieved in college it was different. I knew I was in for specific hitters. I heard a story (verified) one pitcher a few years ago told his coach to “Go back to the effing dugout” when the coach came out to pull him in the eighth.
It’s on the coach to show proper disgression. Not all do. Pat Casey trashing Keven Abel’s arm was only a few years ago. At the time Abel said he woukd do it again to win a CWS. They won. But how does he feel now that he’s mid 20s and he’s struggled in his comeback the minors? He went from top prospect (big money to not in the draft.