CADad, how do you mean rigid? I have re-read my above statment, and I see absolutly nothing that I could change. I/we give them every opportunity to prove that they can play. We eliminate any prejudice from the selection process by having a point's system based upon abilities needed for the game. Every kid is given the same chance and every kid is rated by every coach. HOW COULD YOU ASK THAT I DO MORE? 5 coaches watching every kid that tries out for more than 7 days. Have I cut players that can play? I would guess so.
Some things that some of you don't recognize is that cuts have to be made. I lose a lot of sleep over it. I'm not Attila the Hun. I see kids that thought I walked on water before the tryouts and now, they won't speak to me. No coach I know wants to do it. I was, in fact, cut myself 2 times in high school before making my varsity team. It motivated me to be so good that no one could ever cut me again. Heck, I'm fighting just to keep my current schedule with all of our budget cuts. So far, I've only lost one regular game and one tournament. We get x amount of uniforms. I get x amount of money and it is substantially less than last year. Well, sorry for the soap opera.
Please explain my obvious flaw. Juniors can't play JV in our area. We keep as many Juniors as we can but they must be better than kids below them.