My son's coach (IMO) has somewhat of a dilemma on his hands this year. Typically he keeps about 18 players. This year he has 17 seniors returning. 10 played varsity almost the entire season last year. The other 7 had little to no varsity experience last season. There is one junior who was on the varsity all year last year. The remaining crop of underclassmen who were on JV or the Freshman team last year are just as good as most of these seniors--especially the 7 who had little varsity experience.
Would you keep the seniors just because they are seniors or do you cut some of them and keep the underclassmen that are equal in talent?
If I had to make the choice, I'd go with the underclassmen who have a real chance of playing time. My thought process being to consider the future and give these guys some experience so as not to have an entire team next year with absolutely no varsity playing time.
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