This is off the OP, and while I don’t agree with how this coach approached the situation, I knew at some point this would come into play. On another thread I asked the same thing about a player leaving the team mid season because of playing time and has a better opportunity elsewhere. Everybody says you have to do what’s best for your DD, but when a coach does it to do what’s best for the team, he has no integrity.
Why is it ok for a player, but not a coach?
Personally I have two issues with the situation stated by @ Rolling Hard.
1) As you have stated in another post, I have never cut a player mid-season. I chose this player to be on my team for the season, so unless something egregious occurred, that player will remain part of the team until the end of the season. As you stated, I may not ask them back for the following season.
2) Doing this by text just seems gutless to me. If I am going to cut a player for any reason, you can bet I am going to do it face to face. And depending on the age, the parents will be present as well. Doing it by text is bush league.