- Nov 29, 2016
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I'm curious to hear some different thoughts about a situation that's developing on my daughter's rec league all star team. I don't know if I'm being over sensitive because DD's one of the players riding the bench but I'd like to think that I'd feel the same even if she was the number 1 pick on the team.
Here's the situation. The team consists of 13 girls because almost every weekend there's going to be a girl who's missing a tournament. The team has 4 pitchers who pitched a good amount of innings for their teams during the season, three of them are about equal and one is a little behind the others but nothing drastic. One of the three better pitchers has fractured a finger and will most likely miss most of the all star season if not all of it. The coaches on the team now want to use this to recruit in to the team the top pitcher from the regular season who wasn't allowed to tryout by her parents. Getting this girl would be within the rules of the league and would certainly help the team. My issue is the message it sends to the other girls who are trying to earn their playing time. It basically tells them and everyone else on the team that you're not good enough to win games for me so I need to do whatever it takes to bring in another player and I think that's just wrong. These girls have sat the bench for 2 weekends now and have done their best to work hard in practice for playing time. They should not be disregarded in this fashion. It would not be a detriment to the current team if any of them played more, they're just at the bottom of a pretty even crowd. If it were a case where the team was in danger of forfeiting games I'd have no problem but that's not the case. It's just one coach who sees his opportunity to squeeze a better player. Now what happens if the injured player comes back? If the coach drops the 14th girl she'll feel like she's the one who is causing the team to lose now. It just doesn't seem right to me. Or am I just being a disgruntled Dad of a daughter who's not playing a lot.
Here's the situation. The team consists of 13 girls because almost every weekend there's going to be a girl who's missing a tournament. The team has 4 pitchers who pitched a good amount of innings for their teams during the season, three of them are about equal and one is a little behind the others but nothing drastic. One of the three better pitchers has fractured a finger and will most likely miss most of the all star season if not all of it. The coaches on the team now want to use this to recruit in to the team the top pitcher from the regular season who wasn't allowed to tryout by her parents. Getting this girl would be within the rules of the league and would certainly help the team. My issue is the message it sends to the other girls who are trying to earn their playing time. It basically tells them and everyone else on the team that you're not good enough to win games for me so I need to do whatever it takes to bring in another player and I think that's just wrong. These girls have sat the bench for 2 weekends now and have done their best to work hard in practice for playing time. They should not be disregarded in this fashion. It would not be a detriment to the current team if any of them played more, they're just at the bottom of a pretty even crowd. If it were a case where the team was in danger of forfeiting games I'd have no problem but that's not the case. It's just one coach who sees his opportunity to squeeze a better player. Now what happens if the injured player comes back? If the coach drops the 14th girl she'll feel like she's the one who is causing the team to lose now. It just doesn't seem right to me. Or am I just being a disgruntled Dad of a daughter who's not playing a lot.