The Good Stuff thread has sparked new discussion regarding hitting and so, I didn't want to detract from that thread with this discussion here. Thus the "Part II" emphasis.
To most of you, I as well as other posters on this site are Cyber Personalities. In reality, you know nothing of our abilities to really get the job done. We all have our own philosophies and some of them align with other philosophies but to be sure there are certain "characteristics" of the swing that we won't agree on. Therefore, we begin the arguments concerning "experts" which then eventually leads us to the argument that so and so doesn't know anything about the swing and won't know until they subscribe to such and such's videos and or philosophy. The natural progression from here is to spout resume. I certainly fight that a lot. Then the p-i-s-s-i-n-g contest begin. In all of this argument, where then does resume or results factor in. Say John John is a coach and his program succeeds in producing several D-1 candidates a year. Does the proponent of such and such overlook this achievement and write off that John John just gets more talented and atletic kids who overcome his coaching? I always find it hard to accept this argument and choose to believe that John John just might be a very good coach regardless of whether he's up on the lastest fad in hitting. In order to be considered a good coach, do you have to add to your resume that you are also a student of Ralph the latest greatest...? This also leads us to who are the critics and why do we care. I think most good coaches have egos that need to be fed. I admit I do. However, I believe my ego needs to be fed for the good of my program and is not needed for self. I admit I use this site to promote my program and kids. Countless times, I assert that the one thing I know above all else is that I don't know nothing. Well, then, what about those critics. Again, to me this is the rub.
We took a couple of glancing blows in "The Good Stuff" thread regarding what we teach. In other words, the insinuation that we don't know what we are doing. Unlike many on the site, you can view the end results of what we teach/coach any time. We certainly aren't ashamed of what our program is doing. A few examples:
2006 Team:
http://prepsports3.stltoday.com/baseball/06/stats/overall266.shtm
2005 Team:
http://prepsports3.stltoday.com/baseball/05/stats/overall266.shtm
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