I have become spoiled

My rec 12U team had a scrimmage today. DD pitched pretty poorly, wasn't terrible behind the plate, my other pitchers were actually worse, and my other catcher was playing hungry hungry hippos with her glove - and she's usually tight. Base running was atrocious by all. Fielding wasn't exactly great. Bats were dead.

I have been spoiled by my middle school team. This may be my last year coaching rec.

I am not sure if that is good, bad or how to respond.

BuckeyeGuy said:

My rec 12U team had a scrimmage today. DD pitched pretty poorly, wasn't terrible behind the plate, my other pitchers were actually worse, and my other catcher was playing hungry hungry hippos with her glove - and she's usually tight. Base running was atrocious by all. Fielding wasn't exactly great. Bats were dead.

I have been spoiled by my middle school team. This may be my last year coaching rec.

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If your weather has been like mine, you haven't been able to practice or play very much recently. I have little doubt that my team will suck when we finally dry out.

quincy said:

I am not sure if that is good, bad or how to respond.

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That's exactly how I feel. I think that now, with a night of sleep between me and it, I just need to adjust my expectations back to rec level. I did have high hopes for this team, though. I was looking for rec tournaments lol!

Haha... at the start of our rec 10U season I was thinking about getting our coaching staff prepared for all-stars (new coaches) because there were only two teams in our county and we had beat one already. Since then we lost 3 other games and 2 to the other team in the county by scores of 14-1 and 15-5. Needless to say coaching all-stars is one worry off my mind. Our pitchers are getting worse and our catcher missed 2 practices before our last game. About 4 or 5 games left to keep my sanity.

BuckeyeGuy said:

My rec 12U team had a scrimmage today. DD pitched pretty poorly, wasn't terrible behind the plate, my other pitchers were actually worse, and my other catcher was playing hungry hungry hippos with her glove - and she's usually tight. Base running was atrocious by all. Fielding wasn't exactly great. Bats were dead.

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This sounds like the perfect opportunity to employ the "Buttermaker" coaching philosophy....