I posted about a great tryout that DD had yesterday where the HC took a lot of time to get to know all the girls, memorize names, joke around a little to break the ice, etc...
Tonight: different story. "Big name" org here in the hometown. There are 8 girls from the team there and 6 girls trying out. I completed a form in advance with all the pertinent info (desired positions and all the rest) and emailed it.
He runs the girls through a bunch of drills and all is well. At one point, he broke the "newbies" and the "vets" (his words) apart and worked with each. DD was in the outfield and he was yelling at her to change positions. Problem? He was calling her by entirely the wrong name (a few letters were the same, but entirely a different name). Had to ask AC her name. Now, I get that he doesn't know her, but he knew every other girl's name and had called them by it repeatedly. And by the way, he asked the AC her name again about 20 minutes later.
So, that was a little annoying, but we go through the entire workout and he never asks her to suit up (she's a catcher). For the scrimmage, he has a team member catch for one "team" and another "newbie" catch for the other team for all four innings. Never asks if there are any other pitchers or catchers. I mentioned to one AC that DD is a catcher, but nothing happens.
As he's letting everyone go, he pulls a piece of paper out of his bag and looks at it. He calls DD over and asks if her Mom had filled out the form. She said yes. He asked DD to have me fill it out again and email him. Then he turns and sees me. I ask him if he would like to see her catch. He looks at me, cocks his head, and says, "But isn't she a lefty?" I said yes and he just made a face.
He then quickly asked DD to get her gear on and tells her he'll get her pop time. He gives her zero time to warm up and has her throw 4 or 5. Before he let everyone go, he says (in front of everyone), "Susie, Jenny, Amber, I'd like to see you guys again for sure. Everyone else, I'll email you. Thanks for coming out."
Am I being thin-skinned? The whole thing felt rather rude/impersonal/crappy. It was so utterly obvious which girls he was interested in and that he had zero interest in the rest. He's a baseball guy and he seems to have an extremely high opinion of himself.
ETA: I suppose it's possible that HC could see this post and figure out who I am. If so, oh well. I just think he needs to understand the impression he is sending (I've heard rumblings and saw one of his current players at a tryout last night, so not everyone is happy).
Tonight: different story. "Big name" org here in the hometown. There are 8 girls from the team there and 6 girls trying out. I completed a form in advance with all the pertinent info (desired positions and all the rest) and emailed it.
He runs the girls through a bunch of drills and all is well. At one point, he broke the "newbies" and the "vets" (his words) apart and worked with each. DD was in the outfield and he was yelling at her to change positions. Problem? He was calling her by entirely the wrong name (a few letters were the same, but entirely a different name). Had to ask AC her name. Now, I get that he doesn't know her, but he knew every other girl's name and had called them by it repeatedly. And by the way, he asked the AC her name again about 20 minutes later.
So, that was a little annoying, but we go through the entire workout and he never asks her to suit up (she's a catcher). For the scrimmage, he has a team member catch for one "team" and another "newbie" catch for the other team for all four innings. Never asks if there are any other pitchers or catchers. I mentioned to one AC that DD is a catcher, but nothing happens.
As he's letting everyone go, he pulls a piece of paper out of his bag and looks at it. He calls DD over and asks if her Mom had filled out the form. She said yes. He asked DD to have me fill it out again and email him. Then he turns and sees me. I ask him if he would like to see her catch. He looks at me, cocks his head, and says, "But isn't she a lefty?" I said yes and he just made a face.
He then quickly asked DD to get her gear on and tells her he'll get her pop time. He gives her zero time to warm up and has her throw 4 or 5. Before he let everyone go, he says (in front of everyone), "Susie, Jenny, Amber, I'd like to see you guys again for sure. Everyone else, I'll email you. Thanks for coming out."
Am I being thin-skinned? The whole thing felt rather rude/impersonal/crappy. It was so utterly obvious which girls he was interested in and that he had zero interest in the rest. He's a baseball guy and he seems to have an extremely high opinion of himself.
ETA: I suppose it's possible that HC could see this post and figure out who I am. If so, oh well. I just think he needs to understand the impression he is sending (I've heard rumblings and saw one of his current players at a tryout last night, so not everyone is happy).
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