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May 7, 2021
10:20:31am

Mister P All-American

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Mister P

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I suspect another coach in my little league had his players throw the tryout

thecave

May 7, 10:11am

Maybe when you play them just have your kids bunt every at bat, and

Ojiisan

May 7, 10:14am

The best reaction is to improve and beat them. I do not put any level of

thecthdox

May 7, 10:15am

I’d leave it alone and try your best to beat them.. if a coach planned to do

Cougar86

May 7, 10:15am

Thank you world for ruining youth sports.

cougfanblue

May 7, 10:16am

I do not miss that part of youth sports. We honored parents requests

bald man

May 7, 10:16am

This is how to draft players in a rec league.

jvquarterback

May 7, 10:43am

Next year spoil their plan by drafting many of them, this year just get your

4mack

May 7, 10:17am

Control what you can control.

d-coug

May 7, 10:18am

No & wanting to try to do something about it is crazy IMO. Who cares, it's a little league rec league.

RdF3

May 7, 10:20am

You're probably right. The only things I've thought of doing is calling out the

thecave

May 7, 10:25am

Why does it really matter? Don’t stress so much about something that really

OmahaThunderCoug

May 7, 10:32am

Dont do that. Coach could be completely innocent. It's more likely the kids

Orem58thBall

May 7, 11:12am

No way the coach is completely innocent, they know these kids and the good

1CougFan

May 7, 1:08pm

I suppose if the coach has been involved for years in the league...

Orem58thBall

May 7, 6:45pm

I don't see anything wrong with being frustrated about it. It can be very

Tricky

May 7, 10:42am

I assume you live in Houston?

Mister P

May 7, 10:20am

If they are willing to go to those efforts for rec sports, let them enjoy their

BYU Fan

May 7, 10:20am

Just worry about your team and your boys. But when you play this team make sure

JAGA97

May 7, 10:23am

Your last sentence is so true. Those coaches are almost always the

OmahaThunderCoug

May 7, 10:33am

My son was on a basketball team with 8 kids. The coach would play 4 kids the

JAGA97

May 7, 10:39am

My claim to fame - I was the best at little league in my town

newbie

May 7, 10:23am

This has happened more than once in our city league. After 3-4 years

neboutefan

May 7, 10:23am

Last have an all star team that goes to regionals and state though.

OmahaThunderCoug

May 7, 10:34am

What ever happened to league all star teams?

May 7, 10:38am

Same here, but they don't do all-star teams in this league. The top two

neboutefan

May 7, 10:49am

That seems like a huge incentive for coaches to cheat in try outs. Much better

JAGA97

May 7, 11:47am

The league should be doing all-stars...

Cthack1

May 7, 1:13pm

Messed up system. Corrupt. Set up to encourage that kind of cheating.

Orem58thBall

May 7, 6:57pm

How big is the community? I would think that you aren't the only one who noticed

TomPetty

May 7, 10:24am

Exactly. The league already knows. And the coach is not innocent in it.

DiamondMo

May 7, 2:07pm

I would report it. Anyone who works that hard to stack a LL team either deserves

BYUBandfan

May 7, 10:26am

I would report it from the standpoint of "for future reference..."

KingDave

May 7, 11:27am

Get your team together to watch the Mighty Ducks. Then you’ll beat them.

Kugmo

May 7, 10:26am

It happens every year in our city league. They have them skip tryouts

May 7, 10:29am

These coaches are losers. Need to win at little league to make them feel

OmahaThunderCoug

May 7, 10:35am

I've done something similar. It was, IMO, in the kid's best interest. It doing

fattycoug

May 7, 12:25pm

I am sure that is the answer they would all give. In some cases it is probably

May 7, 12:31pm

An adult in a position of trust and leadership is teaching kids to cheat.

shoganai

May 7, 10:29am

Watch the movie "Benched". It shows how some little league coaches really are.

Kilgruman

May 7, 11:50am

I think that happened in my sons league this year. And of course,

OmahaThunderCoug

May 7, 10:30am

Another vote for the whole cares. Focus on development and have fun

cougfanz

May 7, 10:30am

Is there a log of the draft? Did those coaches go straight after these "bad"

BYUFootballisBack

May 7, 10:32am

I made a few notes. He drafted the backwards-hands kid in the first round

thecave

May 7, 10:38am

here is the truth about kids in little league

bald man

May 7, 10:37am

here's another truth about youth sports. the coaches are terrible.

bald man

May 7, 10:50am

This is truth. Playing and coaching require completely different skill sets.

shoganai

May 7, 10:54am

Such truth to your communication point.

OmahaThunderCoug

May 7, 11:40am

When I was a kid they had the "President's Physical Fitness Award." It involved

deljdc

May 7, 1:26pm

First thing to teach. Hold the ball with your fingers. Harder with a softball.

jvquarterback

May 7, 3:12pm

You never know. My first year in little league we got killed our first game. W

oldrugger

May 7, 11:02am

I personally would go to the league, it could promote change that

1CougFan

May 7, 12:32pm

Depends on the league and traditions. Some leagues are corrupt!

Kilgruman

May 7, 12:51pm

This. Our experience was they were very cliquey. Just tough it out.

Orem58thBall

May 7, 6:47pm

The fact his league had a draft for regular season teams. A REQ league....

Orem58thBall

May 7, 6:55pm

I am also in the camp of focusing on developing your players....not winning.

Cthack1

May 7, 1:08pm

That is what youth sports should be about!

Kilgruman

May 7, 1:12pm

RE: I suspect another coach in my little league had his players throw the tryout

kbufcoug

May 7, 1:10pm

If you have strong league leadership, it shouldn't be

jsaskew

May 7, 1:30pm

RE: I suspect another coach in my little league had his players throw the tryout

Osmos

May 7, 1:32pm

Just report it and then forget about it.

doctorthunderpants

May 7, 1:41pm

H.S. talent playing on a rec team? Do you not have travel ball

ordinary tri guy

May 7, 1:50pm

There are plenty of kids I know who are good enough to make high school in rec

Slomojoe

May 7, 3:27pm

There's plenty of kids as well with not enough time or money to commit either.

J-Rod

May 7, 5:02pm

Travel doesn't need to be expensive here in the south. So many good tournaments

ordinary tri guy

May 7, 5:37pm

I would call Tanya Harding and ask her what she would do.

May 7, 4:00pm

“There’s no crying in baseball”

May 7, 5:03pm

That would be my approach as well.

OmahaThunderCoug

May 7, 6:35pm

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