You know, I had to register after reading thread. I've lurked around on this board for a couple years now and never registered, but this one hit home for me. I went back and researched the threads that the original poster had replied to in order to verify my thoughts because this scenario was all too familiar. We had a girl quit my daughter's team this weekend, and lo and behold, this thread was started by the girl's parent who quit.
I won't go into what was promised to this girl, because I wasn't present for that "conversation" and frankly have no idea what was said or if that "conversation" even took place. But I will say this....if you're going to sit back and feel like your daughter deserves to be granted that much privelege regarding playing time, position preference, etc., then she better be the next Crystal Bustos. And let me tell you, I didn't see the next Bustos there this weekend. Not even close. I don't know, maybe if she'd not quit and showed up to finish the tourney, then maybe we'd all seen something different. There certainly were none of those " 245' " blasts that was referred to earlier in this thread, well, at least not from her. Sorry, but that's just the facts.
Sorry folks, but I took this thread to be extremely demeaning to the girls on this team who have worked their tails off in the off season to get where they are now, only to have someone come along and demand that their kid gets preferential treatment in her very first tournament with them. I'd like to know, how many teams has this girl played for anyway, and will their search ever end?
And if anyone wants stats, I can probably get them....
Hope you all have a great day, and this will conclude my very first post on OFC!!!
P.S. Yes, I do feel better now!