Spot on. I didn't bother to mention earlier that was what he told his girls from high school. He invited several of them to join, explaining it would help us next year. He actually did privately guarantee Abby her starting position based on her performance for him in high school. He told her she had "nothing to worry about because he already knew what kind of player she is".Quote:
Originally Posted by Original48
But because he started his club late, most of the talented girls had signed on elsewhere. So he had to take girls that frankly weren't good enough to make other teams, or were players from the bottom-feeders in previous years. We did get another quality 2nd baseman due to the fact she decided late to join a team. We have been playing her at SS with Abby at 2B. But she really doesn't like SS. Her parents started bitching about it, and me as a coach so Coach basically folded, letting this girl play short most of the time, then 2nd sometimes, moving Abby to the bench when this All Star became "available" this weekend after our aforementioned conversation. We've got a young lady at 3B that looks pretty good at practice, but is the biggest choker I've seen come game time. She quite literally has more errors than put-outs, but she has not missed a start or an inning. And it's because he remembers her from years past being better, likes the way she swings the bat, and he has little confidence in anyone else who might play the position.
This coach is absolutely enamored with hitting to the point he just doesn't see that some girls defense is so bad it's costing us games. He'll take a girl batting .250 with a sub-400 fielding % if she makes hard-hit outs and/or looks good striking out over one batting .220 with a 900+ fielding %, more runs scored, more RBI's, etc. It's like he can;t see the forest for the trees due to his bias.
