quote:Originally posted by Callaway:
I admit it. I'm a "Daddyball" coach. My son plays 1st base and pitches. He bats 3rd in the line-up and plays most, if not all, of each game.
I'm currently evaluating this season's "watch list" that each coach submitted to the league of the players they felt were worthy of consideration for All Stars. What is interesting is that every other head coach has their son on the watch list. And you know what? Every one of those son's deserves to be there.
I think that if parents were honest they would realize that it's usually the dad's with the best players that coach, not the other way around. JMO.
R.
Calloway. The more that I think about this the more I see that you are correct. 90% of daddyball coaches that I have met havea son that deserved to be an all-star.
This does bring up an interesting point though. Can coaches ever "win". For every daddyball coach that is unfair, there is one that tries to be as fair as possible. I know a coach right now that has coached for 18 years, but he decided to quit after this season because of overzealous parents. He had a game last week, up 10-1, took out his best players, put in some of the boys that don't get as much playing time. They found a way to lose the game, and the coach was verbally abused by several parents for taking out his best players. (One of them even "physically" approached him) I think it truly frustrated him, becase he was ****ed if he did, and ****ed if he didn't