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Sounds like you've gone above and beyond to me. At this point a text "Have tried to call" kind of thing, and be done.
Rejection?
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I left 3 messages for very good friends yesterday. Only one called back. Kind of disappointing, and I consider it a lack of common courtesy. I'll keep my friends around and give them $H$T, but I think you have given it a valiant effort.
WARRIORMIKE
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Probably heard that your DD was seen at other tryouts and is focused elsewhere. When I made the call several years back coach answered the phone saying "you better not be calling me to tell my DD1 isn't coming back"... In that case DD1 told him she was going to see if she could make a Gold team so he knew from her that she was out there. She did make the Gold team, liked it so much better, and the rest is history.
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Cannonball
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Prison on the West Coast.
WARRIORMIKE
Pro-Staff Everything
Lmao....... Wonder if we are related ?
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Dominating the California Penal League?
Cannonball
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I"m going to tell you the lengths I went to with this young man and embarrass myself some. I cut him his junior year. He came to me and told me he was going to change. I told him I would help in any way I could. I served as a reference for him to get a job. I volunteered to drive him to work. I did everything and then, I hear he is using drugs. I ask him and he lies to me. I tell him he is a "Zebra" and Zebras don't change their stripes. Then I challenged him to prove me wrong. So, every Monday in that school, I got to school when it first opened up and posted zebras in all of the hallways. I would stop him and ask him if he had changed. He told me he had. He was arrested for drugs the week before tryouts.
I received a letter from prison from this young man. He mentioned everything and how he was a zebra and he didn't change his stripes. Then, he mentioned that he was now wearing stripes. The shame of it all is that he had so much potential.
My daughter made her first travel squad this year. When she told her hitting coach she made a team, he asked her "What are you going to say to the other teams that make you offers?" She didn't know. He said "Its easy, say thank you for the opportunity, but I have accepted another offer." Keep it simple.
WARRIORMIKE
Pro-Staff Everything
I coached a girl back in 10s-12U, who I've mentioned before on this forum, and I can tell you she was a great asset to have on any team. Great personality and a great ball player. Now she is a Junior in HS and I keep tabs on her through her mom. Things have gone down hill. Bad grades, gets in trouble by fighting a lot, which we saw before, and likes having different boyfriends. It sucks to see these kids go down hill. We tried to help as much as we can, but there are ultimately not our kids. I blame both parents. Dads a drunk and mom is clueless when it comes to raising kids. Kinda sad really.
