- Oct 19, 2009
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The situation really deserves its own thread and I haven't been able to write about it yet. Between V & JV they had 23 girls at tryouts, some were told not to bother, a couple were cut immediately, more than 15 girls left in the last 3 weeks (12 walked off the field during a practice in protest). I wrote about this coach last year, besides just being a really bad coach when it comes to the game, she is just a horrible person who should not be involved with kids. The day that 12 kids walked she fired the JV coach and proclaimed to the few (7 girls were left at that point) that "this is my job for life". She's been placed on leave pending the results of a district investigation. Unbelievable and very sad for the girls who just wanted to play HS ball with their friends.
DD is a assistant coach at a middle school and high school her first year as a coach. The middle school has 2 teams some DD advised that has never played before this year. They tried to evenly divide the middle school teams and not have a varsity and JV team, but 2 equal teams. HS they do have a varsity and JV team they did not have enough for a JV team so they moved the 8th graders up to have enough to have a HS JV team, seems like this formula has worked because the varsity usually finishes near the top in the state.
Sorry for your DD experience, you may try and find a league for her to play in or travel ball. GOOD LUCK to your DD.
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