Should Travel Team Coaches Be Allowed to Cut Players for Poor Performance once the season starts.
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No.
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You picked 'em, you play 'em. There may be reasons (few & far between) to cut a kid. But for poor performance? No.
if you dont play well you shouldnt be playing, this isnt like one bad game your gone, this is multiple games without playing well
would you rather sit the whole season, or be cut and not waste all that time on the bench?
would you rather sit the whole season, or be cut and not waste all that time on the bench?
This is select ball. The coach should never have picked a kid for the team if the kid isn't good enough to earn his share of playing time. And given the expense, parents have a right to expect some playing time if the coach selected their kid.
You picked him? You play him.
You picked him? You play him.
No. You ask for a commtiment from the player the least he can expect is a commitment from you. After the season is over all teams and players can evaluate their situation thats fine with me.
No. The time to change out a player is at the end of the season. If you brought the player onto your team, coach him, teach him, talk to him, and help him get to the next level that's what a coach's responsibility is toward a player.
If the player doesn't respond, or is lazy, lacks doscipline and self-motivation deal with that one on one and get your captain(s) to help keep the player on track.
Baseball is a game of skills...has nothing to do with "feelings". What you feel about a player is not as important as what you think of his skills...just remember that.
If the player doesn't respond, or is lazy, lacks doscipline and self-motivation deal with that one on one and get your captain(s) to help keep the player on track.
Baseball is a game of skills...has nothing to do with "feelings". What you feel about a player is not as important as what you think of his skills...just remember that.
quote:Originally posted by Dibble:
Should Travel Team Coaches Be Allowed to Cut Players for Poor Performance once the season starts.
No, not for poor performance. For other reasons, yes, but not for poor performance only.
No way! I know of a storied baseball program (the likes of Reggie Jackson, Al Kaline, et al. played in this 19-20 program) that did this **** all the time. Hell, they would let a player play with them the entire summer and then replace him a week or two before playoffs started. Lots of AAABA World Series titles to their credit. If that is what it takes to win a summer league title, I'll have none of it!
The kid has probably put a lot of time and money in this team and there isn't a way that he should be cut. Would the Braves cut Chipper Jones if he went into a extended slump? No way. Expalin to the player that his playing thime may take a dip if he doesn't get into gear and that might motivate the guy.