Finding a team when blackballed

[Orange Socks]

I know of a Juco that last fall played at team still in the WCWS to a tie. There's great athletes at all divisions.

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Lots of kids on D1 rosters that dreamed of being there...until it became a nightmare. When players realize they gotta do D1 stuff that no one prepared them for, they either transfer or quit playing. How many bios say? It felt like home the moment I stepped on campus.

ETA: Sorry, I got distracted and took this to another place.

 

[JOHNN]

I need some advice. I'm so disheartened right now that I wish we could just walk away from this sport entirely.

The problem is, my 2011 daughter is very good at it and has aspirations of playing D1 college softball someday.

So, back story... the atmosphere on our team had become very toxic. It mostly stemmed from the head coach and another of his assistants. They were both extremely negative and fed off each other when things were not going right, to the point they would argue in the dugout in front of the team. Several of the parents had begun to voice their displeasure amongst each other, with most of the voices being against the assistant. When it reached a boiling point, they reached out to me, as I was an assistant coach, to see if I could help. I went to the HC with the intent on discussing the situation. As we were discussing, he immediately texted the other assistant at which point she resigned on the spot. Afterward, he immediately did an investigation into what happened. The problem is, everyone was so afraid of him retaliating against their kids, they didn't stand up to him. As such, he decided it was me that was the problem and I made it all up. Now, we are no longer members of the team, and he has reinstated her. The remaining girls are distraught, but that cannot be my problem anymore as I stuck my neck out for them, and they cowered away.

He has since blackballed us to all of the other major organizations in our town. He even went to a parent he knew that would be on her future high school team. As we all know, softball is a very small community. We are not a big name in that world. I can't even seem to get my foot in the door for a tryout for next year for my daughter. There are several smaller orgs we could look at, but they are not going to push my girl to get her to where she ultimately wants to be.

Suffice it to say, I'm kind of in a dark place about the whole sport right now. I need to figure out something to do for my daughter though. She really wants to play. Do I suck it up and put her on a one of those smaller orgs and ride it out for a few years, likely at the risk of her development? Or how do I get it so we can at least get in the door for a tryout for a big team? She would be a huge asset for any team. I think if we could just get to a tryout, her skill would make some coach be greedy enough to pick her up.

Thanks all!

Interested to know the outcome of this. I would assume that your daughter was able to find a team?