- Jun 8, 2016
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First off, a league age 12U player has no business playing 16U. It's not appropriate even if she was a stud and could hang with the older players which in your case she can't as she is a bench player. Sorry I can't get on board with that at all and the parents and coaches are doing this kid a disservice by allowing it.
Initially, you did what you needed to field a team when you were short players. Good on you.
However, you chose to add those p/u players to enhance your team for the remainder of the season. Unless you needed to add them to field a team you should have left them on speed dial and continued with your original 11. P/U players added out of necessity are fine but if they are added for other reasons then it's almost always a sure thing for ruining team chemistry.
IMO the dad probably shouldn't have conducted that discussion in front of others but his message is appropriate.
This ^^^. Nice post.