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All kidding and ball-busting aside, I DO think it's important that "volunteer" coaches step back and start considering what is best for the individual players. If you have a tryout and you know you already have a third baseman, for example, and the best kid at the tryout is a third baseman--- and that's the position she wants to play and her parents want her to play-- then you have an obligation to explain to her and to them that she won't be playing third base on your team (at least not very much). "I really want Betty on our team and I think she'll bat clean-up, but I wouldn't play her at third. I'd play her in the outfield. It's up to you."
The question you have to ask yourself is: Am I willing to take a chance on losing a great player for the sake of honesty and for the benefit of that player. My considered opinion is that 9 out of 10 coaches would avoid that candid conversation in order to get that player on their team.
To me, that's just wrong. This isn't the professional draft we're talking about here. These are the decisions that can shape the rest of these kids' lives. You owe it to them to do the right thing.
All the rest of this conversation is just ego and B.S.
The question you have to ask yourself is: Am I willing to take a chance on losing a great player for the sake of honesty and for the benefit of that player. My considered opinion is that 9 out of 10 coaches would avoid that candid conversation in order to get that player on their team.
To me, that's just wrong. This isn't the professional draft we're talking about here. These are the decisions that can shape the rest of these kids' lives. You owe it to them to do the right thing.
All the rest of this conversation is just ego and B.S.