A few weeks ago I was somewhat stunned to hear that a kid I have coached in the past didn't make his JV team. He's the kind of kid who (in my opinion anyway) any coach would love to have, good attitude, polite, hard worker, and lots of talent. Last summer he played on a team that won a state championship, so he definitely can compete.
He told me that the JV coach was good friends with a travel team coach and basically took that entire travel team. I was taking that information with a serious grain of salt until I heard the exact same story from two other sources that are in a position to know this.
I watched this JV team play the other day and was stunned by the lack of talent on the part of the catcher who beat out the kid whom I know. Granted, this catcher could hit, but he cost his team 4 runs with passed balls and sloppy play. No, it's not my son who didn't get picked, so I don't really have a horse in this race. (My son won't be playing JV 'till next year, not even the same school thank goodness).
Please tell me that this sort of thing doesn't normally go on.
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