There are several different scenarios that can be played out. But the common theme is that you want to find a coach for free that will guide your team to the ASA state championship, a respectable place at nationals, market and ultimately help our dd get a scholarship. You want the coach for free to maintain a website, take many phone calls, emails (especially at recruiting age). You want the coach for free to insure that he has the hotel rooms, lodging, trip itenerary sent out. You want the free coach to order uniforms, talk with TD about getting such an such tournament, make recommendations for equipment, develop player profiles and have them printed. You want the free coach to teach your daughter all he knows about the sport, go to coaching clinics, stay at the fields longer to scout another teams. You want the free coach to have the stats completed by Monday after tournament, and ultimately graded properly. You want the coach to maintain equipment and team gear. Ultimately, you want the coach to WIN.
Personally- that is a heck of deal for free. I think we might be just a little selfish not to throw the coach a bone and get them dinner every once in awhile. Its just the right thing to do. The guys/gals spend a tremendous amount of time thinking about your dd and how to make her better.
You talk about profit - unless the coach is making 100k a year, they arent making a profit. Their time is worth something also.
Yes, I know.... For the love of the game....give back to the community.....give back to softall. This is a year commitment, we are not talking about a day commitment.
Everything you said plus let's not forget,
Pick up or drop off girls that need rides for games or practices. Hours spent registering the girls on VTD for insurance or softball sanctions. Dealing with a select few parents that are never happy.
Now I agree with all of the things you listed as the coach does plus I have added 3 other things. We can pretty much all agree that all these things must be done by the coach for the team. I am sure we are missing some other things as well.
NOW do all this for not just one team but for 6 teams, plus do the following for the organization on top of all that.
Incorporate with the state. File 501(c)(3) with the IRS(not easy takes alot of time). Plan organizational meetings. Attend the meetings. Set up coaches meetings for all organizational teams. Attend coaches meetings. Setup and acquire field use. Drag and line field before every league game(every single day of the weekday). Install the home run fence. Cut the grass because the school wont. Fix up the field for the school (two weekends 75 tons of dirt). Run tryouts for team and organization. Secure indoor practice facility after checking out many such places. Help with any game, practice or tournament with the other teams in the organization because a coach cant make it. Advertise the team, league, tournament, or organization were ever possible.
Tournament
Host, plan, setup, and run a tournament. Spend 35hrs on that weekend running it.
League
Attend all league meetings, schedule all league games, reschedule games during the season, Community Rep for the league, run the one call system for the league, Insurance czar for the league to make sure all teams are insured. One of the leagues web admins, 12u division coordinator for 42 teams, on committee for all age divisions team placement of 168 teams,
I also have 2 girls playing with the organization and I still pay the same cost for each of my girls to play that every single parent in the organization pays. No breaks given or taken for me to do all this, and I think we can all agree is way more than any one coach with only one team to worry about has to do.
All I can say is the girls in our organization get allot more than most, for allot less cost than anyone else. And we do it for FREE and for the GIRLS.