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Reading some of the posts over the last couple of weeks a question is nagging at me. Thetruth brought up a great point about a players game "IQ" I'll agree some players have and some don't. And that can be said at any level of play. SOOO where is the line drawn when it comes down to a player taking it upon herself to make a play that she knows to be the right play but the coach wants something else done. I know that every hit and every play is different in certain situations and that there really is not a right way or a wrong way to play out different situations. Wow does that really make any sense?? IE- 0 or 1 out base runner at at 3rd - no one on 2nd - runner does not have to leave - ground ball hit to 3rd baseman ( easy to say ball should be fielded and and make easy out at 1st ) - but run would score. Coaches theory get the easy out. Now - What if the 3 rd baseman fields ball - pumps throw - holds onto ball and tags base runner out leaving the base for home. Coach did not have that defense called, no one knew that it was going to happen - 3rd baseman made an intelligent ( IQ ) decision to get the lead runner out to keep the base runner from scoring and get the out. If this works the player is a hero - if not for some reason the coach chastises the player for not doing what he expects to be done by his players. Whos right and whos wrong? Does the player keep making decisions and start to look like a show off to the rest of the team or does the player sink in with the what the coach wants things to be done and play defense safe? Where does that line of respect for the coach fall?? I'm really curious to see what the responses will be. I know that there are a lot of team coaches that read these posts - I really would like to get an opinion from a coach as to what he would like to see out of his " gifted" players.