I would have tried if you had pitching. You can hide players in the fall with decent pitchers. No pitching means you cannot be competetive. Better off spending time one on one with the kids that want to practice. You will be miserable if you coach.
This sounds like a good idea. I may talk to the girls who tried out tonight and see if they want to get together the next 3 weekends for practice and try to schedule a "friendly" win a U12 team in the next town to see if we even have a chance to compete. If it looks like we can we can then shoot for 3 tournaments in Oct/Nov - if it looks like we can't we'll just have some developmental practice time towards next spring season.