Turns out that 2 of the boys are on the varsity squad as sophomores. One player isn't at his school and is on the JV.
The programs at the 3 schools are pretty comparative in terms of skill and success.
Here is where things got pretty sensitive. The 3 Dad's, in effect, felt that the quality/reputation of the travel team should influence the level of your high school team and that the coach of the player playing JV either isn't competent or had another agenda. They supported this by the fact that each of the 3 was also receiving college recruiting literature.
Since I know a bit about the one high school coach, I indicated they were way off base and that high school coaches shouldn't consider travel ball/status/etc in determining whether a sophomore should play up or play JV. It should be decided based on the quality of play at the high school, alone.
After about 30 minutes of some raucous
Maybe I just don't know enough about current skills and levels in travel/select ball. If a player is on a good and reputable 15-16 travel select team, does that support that he should be selected for the varsity team as a high school sophomore, when programs are similar and his travel peers are on varsity at other, but pretty equal programs?
If I am not wrong, how does a high school coach ever deal effectively with parents like the 3 I talked with?