The "Ultimate Showcase Platinum Powered Super Select D1 Talented Supreme Elite Gold Premier Plus" 8U team now forming. Ex-college player coaches. Paid Coach Pitcher. Private tryouts.
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art an average team, though not a Gold Team.
What's a gold Team? ...O, be some other name!
What's in a name? That which we call a Showcase team
By any other name would smell...;
So Elite Teams would, were they not Elite call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which they owe
Without that title. Elite, doff thy name...
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take Premier, Gold, Elite ,Platinum Showcase, Ultimate fastpitch as thy name.
A friend of mine coaches a team in DDs age bracket. Each of the last two years he has lost over 60% of his roster each fall. He asked me last fall if I thought adding "Elite" to the team name would help him keep players. I didnt know what to say. Questions like this are just one of the reasons DD wont play for him.