- Oct 14, 2019
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This thread is not about mistreatment. It’s about parents thinking they know better than the coach about who should play where. (And maybe they do - but does that even matter?)
Is the coach supposed to take a straw poll of the crowd before drawing up a lineup or making a substitution? Does anyone here think the coach in this thread made the last substitution because she was trying to lose the game or didn’t care about the outcome of the game? If her strategy had succeeded, the DD would have had a whole new ballgame of AB’s.
I doubt anyone on this thread who has been a coach listens to the parents when making game decisions. Instead, that coach does what they think is right based on their own experience and knowledge.
Every season some girls and parents are going to be disappointed. First, you have the girls who are cut. Then you have the division between starters and non-starters. Then you have girls thinking they should be playing a different position or pitchers thinking they should be #1. You can’t make everyone happy.
Interestingly, I don’t see OP showing any empathy for the 3B that he keeps throwing under the bus. He would have been thrilled to see her benched. I’m pretty sure she’s somebody’s DD also.
OK, I’m done.
Is the coach supposed to take a straw poll of the crowd before drawing up a lineup or making a substitution? Does anyone here think the coach in this thread made the last substitution because she was trying to lose the game or didn’t care about the outcome of the game? If her strategy had succeeded, the DD would have had a whole new ballgame of AB’s.
I doubt anyone on this thread who has been a coach listens to the parents when making game decisions. Instead, that coach does what they think is right based on their own experience and knowledge.
Every season some girls and parents are going to be disappointed. First, you have the girls who are cut. Then you have the division between starters and non-starters. Then you have girls thinking they should be playing a different position or pitchers thinking they should be #1. You can’t make everyone happy.
Interestingly, I don’t see OP showing any empathy for the 3B that he keeps throwing under the bus. He would have been thrilled to see her benched. I’m pretty sure she’s somebody’s DD also.
OK, I’m done.