CGS:
1. I already coach one baseball team and assist with a softball team. I have ZERO complaints from parents with my teams because first and foremost I teach their kids how to play the game. At the end of the season, they always thank me for helping their kids to improve by leaps and bounds both physically and mentally. When they have problems, I work with them. During the games, I interact with the parents when I make decisions. Sometimes I even ask them what THEY think. If I take one of their kids out of the game, I tell them why. ("Nick just got a hit, but as you know, Nick isn't a fast runner. We're only up one run and it's late in the game, so I would like an insurance run. That's why I'm pinch-running with Justin. He's got the steal sign first pitch. When he gets to second, I'm going to have Bobby bunt him to third. Then hopefully we can get him home. How's that sound?"). It really helps to know what you're doing, though.
2. With few exceptions, softball organizations, (yours included CGS), should have only one goal: To identify and to work to fulfill the expectations your parents have for their individual daughters. Think about it. Why are these girls playing travel ball? They're hoping to get college scholarships. How can they achieve that goal? Playing against good competition at the positions they hope to play in high school and college is the only way. If you select a player for your team, and that player's parents pay the fees, then you have an obligation to that player to work to fulfill her expectations and those of her parents. Afterall, CGS, what else is there? Your team and most of the others are never quite good enough to get the trophy. Right? You win some games against the weak and the decent teams and lose to the better ones. You take your trip to the Nationals, win a game, lose two or three, spend a buch of money and go home. So, if you're not getting trophies and you're not helping the girls get better, tell me what it is you ARE doing. Enjoying the atmosphere? Enjoying yourself? Great. You're part of a club-- like the fishing club or the chess club or the knitting club.
3. I DO coach, CGS. And I teach. And I do it because I hate that some kids get into their teens without ever having a coach who knew what the heck he was talking about. And I'll tell you one other thing. When I watch a softball team and I see players who don't know where to postion themselves; don't know what their responsibilities are; don't know what to do with the ball; don't know how many outs there are; don't know how to run the bases properly, etc., I look at the coaches and I look at the parents and I shake my head and say, "They deserve each other, don't they?"
4. I think you do a nice job -- and I know you're good people.