I'm going to kind of rant..
DD played JV as a freshman and was one of the 3 players who played every game - was basically 1 or 2 in all batting stats. Played either CF or SS. One of the other freshmen who played every game actually was brought up to play varsity some last year but mostly as a base runner.
This year, DD is playing Varsity but she's not a permanent starter. He only started 7 players every game - every inning. DD probably got the most playing time as a non perm starter. She played RF the majority of the games and LF on occasion. The other girl was primary CF but pitched so when she pitched, the coach moved DD to LF and moved the LF (a senior) to CF.
It's been a big annoyance to us that he has his set players and some people on the team don't get to play at all.
He's doing his end of season interviews with the players and one of DD's friends must have said something about playing OF and the coach really says - we only had 2 good outfielders this year - one is a senior and one pitches so I guess OF positions are up for grabs. So basically he's talking bad about any one else who played OF this year.
My husband and I have no idea what he thinks is so great about the other players. They didn't catch EVERYTHING that came their way, they made errors. It's got to a point where should DD even try next year to play if she's horrible. She caught pretty much everything she could - but also, we didn't have a ton hit to RF. The majority always went to CF so of course she's going to get a ton of catches. But there were plenty that - if she was as amazing as he thinks - she should have caught.
Anyway I know it's just HS ball and this is the norm but I'm just so annoyed with him. DD has her interview next week and she's basically just assuming he's going to tell her everything she did wrong. The thing that gets me is that - she had the 3rd best BA up until her last game - she had hurt her hand before then so she wasn't playing her best so she wasn't a horrible player. And her BA was much better than the girl who played CF (who it feels like the coach wishes the entire team was made of her).
the end..
DD played JV as a freshman and was one of the 3 players who played every game - was basically 1 or 2 in all batting stats. Played either CF or SS. One of the other freshmen who played every game actually was brought up to play varsity some last year but mostly as a base runner.
This year, DD is playing Varsity but she's not a permanent starter. He only started 7 players every game - every inning. DD probably got the most playing time as a non perm starter. She played RF the majority of the games and LF on occasion. The other girl was primary CF but pitched so when she pitched, the coach moved DD to LF and moved the LF (a senior) to CF.
It's been a big annoyance to us that he has his set players and some people on the team don't get to play at all.
He's doing his end of season interviews with the players and one of DD's friends must have said something about playing OF and the coach really says - we only had 2 good outfielders this year - one is a senior and one pitches so I guess OF positions are up for grabs. So basically he's talking bad about any one else who played OF this year.
My husband and I have no idea what he thinks is so great about the other players. They didn't catch EVERYTHING that came their way, they made errors. It's got to a point where should DD even try next year to play if she's horrible. She caught pretty much everything she could - but also, we didn't have a ton hit to RF. The majority always went to CF so of course she's going to get a ton of catches. But there were plenty that - if she was as amazing as he thinks - she should have caught.
Anyway I know it's just HS ball and this is the norm but I'm just so annoyed with him. DD has her interview next week and she's basically just assuming he's going to tell her everything she did wrong. The thing that gets me is that - she had the 3rd best BA up until her last game - she had hurt her hand before then so she wasn't playing her best so she wasn't a horrible player. And her BA was much better than the girl who played CF (who it feels like the coach wishes the entire team was made of her).
the end..