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Originally posted by waveball:
WOW!! At the risk of being the punching bag, I just wanted to say the following;
There are terrific HS coaches in this country and the majority of them work harder than most people give them credit for. Yes, there are some coaches that leave a bit to be desired. If that is the case, a parent has choices such as private schools moving etc. I enjoy this site and have read some great posts and I especially enjoy reading about the success stories about players making it to the next level and living their dreams. What I do not enjoy reading is people opining and taking unfair shots at other posters, does not matter if they are a coach or not. Right is right, wrong is wrong and some of the stuff I have read is plain and simple, WRONG! I do not agree with every perspective in life or on this site. However, I respect the opinions of others and there are many times that I have reflected on things and found some merit to the "other" opinion.
Respect the game, be a student of the game and do not become a student of negativity and name calling. I win games, and I lose games, their is no crying in in baseball. I make mistakes, but I try not to make the same mistake twice! It's part of life.
Nice post.
Where I come from, most of our select team coaches are much better than many HS coaches.
A parent needs to approach HS baseball for what it is within their own area. We have many fine coaches who assist in HS programs and are MUCH better coaches but their roles are limited as to who plays and who doesn't.
I consider HS ball to be what it is, HS ball. A chance for many players to participate in an extra curriculum activity. A chance to play the sport they love maybe for the last years of their lives. We had a good relationship with son's HS coach, even though I didn't agree with all he did, it was his call, and he played all fairly, whether you were the next #1 draft round or not. If you showed up for practices and on time, he put more weight on that than playing the best on the team for the next district championship. He didn't talk to parents regarding playing time and most parents didn't approach the subject. If players didn't like it, they left, some came because they liked that philosophy. The only time we bucked heads was when sons pitch count got out of control and we settled that with him and the AD. As a sophomore and junior mine was better than any junior, senior pitcher, but he never complained because they got more starts over him. That's HS baseball life folks. We relied on the tournament and summer team route.
Someone mentioned something about parents should approach a coach in the same as any other teacher their son may have. I don't agree, as baseball is not a subject you are being graded on. Your son made the team, it may not have given him an open door to play every game.
What bothers MOST parents is that they see the HS coach not being involved enough in getting son to the next level and MOST HS coaches don't do that. It's not in their union contract to do so. It's parents responsibility t seek out other opportunities for those options. If you have a HS coach who goes way beyond that role, you are very lucky. There are many fine HS coaches, but I also believe one can go through 4 years of playing for one and NOT learn A THING.
Now if I was paying a summer team coach lots of money and mine was sitting, I'd have a different opinion.
Although some say it is every coaches responsibility to field the best players on a team (the one with better stats), it doeesn't always happen that way in HS. I do believe that was what the original post was about.
Opinions on this topic have been varied and interesting and they are what they are opinions and should be respected. As in any topic, when you begin to get nasty, I am NOT going to listen to your opinion anymore because that just leaves you looking like a jerk, and jerks usually have very little credibility for their opinions, regardless of their knowledge.
See ya'!
