adbono posted:CaCO3Girl posted:Will posted:Here is a novel idea. You play the best kids. And why would a coach not do this? It defies any type of logic.
Because it's not Travel Ball and it's not College Ball. For many of these kids high school is it for baseball. They have no plans to take it further and they are there to have a brotherhood in high school and their picture in the yearbook. It's not always "the best kids play" in high school, often it's the seniors for their last hoorah. It's still a game at that point, not a career.
That is juice box and participation trophy mentality- and it has permeated an entire generation of kids. As a result way too many don’t know how to compete. Later in life, when they have to compete, they fall flat on their face. Give a millennial his first job and see what happens.
It’s the parents more so than the kids. The kids are still malleable...it’s the parents that perpetuate the entitlement.