Steelers002016
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Did anyone watch all of the Softball games in Akron?
OHSAA does everything like any other government agency. Poorly. I know all the folks up North believe Firestone stadium is a great venue. It's not. Parking is downright stupid. the facility is getting very run down. Temporary fences are just stupid. It's just a home field for the folks up North. The only way this could be considered fair is if all teams traveling more than 1 hour get to stay in hotels on Friday night (free). Some schools left late Friday, drove more than 2 hours, then had to drive or ride more than 2 hours back to Akron. The less money schools have, the harder this is. I would rather see a centralized location. A central location like OSU's Buckeye stadium packed to the limit rather than teams from southern Ohio have to travel to Akron. What happened to the promised renovations? I am sure we are waiting for the some unionized shop from Akron to come in and spend 5 years to do the work. I could go on and on about the bracket process and your meaning nothing really.
And if you are connected enough, a coach can get away with acting like an ass in a game. Up North anyway. Our Regionals and Districts were all played with class. A local coach can leave his third base coaches box and get within 15 feet of home plate. Then scream to speed up a high school pitcher that is taking 11 or 12 seconds to deliver a pitch. High School rules permit 20 seconds. Or you could yell out signals like "up" or "out" from OUTSIDE the Coaches box. Of course the umpire took forever to get control of the coach. There is no respect for the game when the coaches behave this way. Winning has become the only goal. He looked like some Daddy-Ball Summer coach. No names mentioned..................
OHSAA does everything like any other government agency. Poorly. I know all the folks up North believe Firestone stadium is a great venue. It's not. Parking is downright stupid. the facility is getting very run down. Temporary fences are just stupid. It's just a home field for the folks up North. The only way this could be considered fair is if all teams traveling more than 1 hour get to stay in hotels on Friday night (free). Some schools left late Friday, drove more than 2 hours, then had to drive or ride more than 2 hours back to Akron. The less money schools have, the harder this is. I would rather see a centralized location. A central location like OSU's Buckeye stadium packed to the limit rather than teams from southern Ohio have to travel to Akron. What happened to the promised renovations? I am sure we are waiting for the some unionized shop from Akron to come in and spend 5 years to do the work. I could go on and on about the bracket process and your meaning nothing really.
And if you are connected enough, a coach can get away with acting like an ass in a game. Up North anyway. Our Regionals and Districts were all played with class. A local coach can leave his third base coaches box and get within 15 feet of home plate. Then scream to speed up a high school pitcher that is taking 11 or 12 seconds to deliver a pitch. High School rules permit 20 seconds. Or you could yell out signals like "up" or "out" from OUTSIDE the Coaches box. Of course the umpire took forever to get control of the coach. There is no respect for the game when the coaches behave this way. Winning has become the only goal. He looked like some Daddy-Ball Summer coach. No names mentioned..................