College coaches are getting paid to win, and they have so many coaches, assistants, helpers and volunteers and everyone needs something to do. So they call pitches. The number of coaches in TB is even worse, like 1 for every 1.2 players.
If you are going to hold kids back and condescend them, do everything for them because of it, why coach them? Why not set high expectations, give them ownership, and let them surprise you. Yeah, they may fail, but its their game, not yours. If you want to prove you are smarter than them, then the competition is among coaches and not the kids. Really selfish, easy pickens' to prove you 'bettered' a kid, even your own, and not anything I would want to be involved in. What are you afraid to lose or something? Wow. That's why kids quit when you are this type of coach.
I hate that college coaches call pitches, but we have two schools here that don't, and I enjoy watching them, especially when they play each other. I have my own ideas of coaching, and rather being ingrained into it from the sideline and watching video, I am in the game and have been in the game. So I am not changing because sheep do what others do. We are out there learning and taking it in and trying our own things on the field and making our own new ideas. Everything people thinks is new here or the holy grail, I have seen them come in and out of style and come back again in some form. Or I have seen someone succeed with a completely different method. So I pick what works for my team (and when I teach camps, what works with the kids).
I understand completely why you would defer pitching calling to your catchers. That is probably an excellent idea.