- Aug 6, 2013
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So I was reading the thread where a parent explained that dd was picked up for a team and was told the roster would stay at 10/11 - but then coach decides to have a roster of 14 and the dd sits. One of the responses was the question - "is your daughter one of the top 9?"
My question is - how do you determine that? My husband and I have been having this discussion for a while now and I would love other opinions.
Background - 12U team. Our team does keep Game Changer - however, it was also brought to my attention on this board that our team is also probably not scoring the game's correctly (solely based on the wp vs pb thread). I am the second string (lol) scorekeeper and was trained by one of the asst. coaches on how to score games. Most of how we score is based on our feelings. Whether that play was an error or not could change from play to play - we are not by the book. Overall I do think the glaring errors are accounted for but there are probably a lot of hits that honestly probably aren't real HITS if you know what I mean. I do try to have another person sitting with me (usually my dh) to help me with scoring errors and hits - it does help to get another perspective on plays and honestly he knows so much more than me in that regard since he played baseball up through college.
So - with that said - my husband believes that coaching decisions should be made solely based on stats. He thinks a coach should be looking at mainly the stats to determine playing time. Second to stats is attitude and hustle. He hates when I bring up that I think the coach is trying to develop certain players into a position based on the potential the coach sees. It drives him batty. He says that since dd's team plays league that would be the development time - but when it is tournament time the best 9 (based on stats) should be on the field and the others with lower stats should be the one's that sit/sub more.
Thoughts? Opinions?
My question is - how do you determine that? My husband and I have been having this discussion for a while now and I would love other opinions.
Background - 12U team. Our team does keep Game Changer - however, it was also brought to my attention on this board that our team is also probably not scoring the game's correctly (solely based on the wp vs pb thread). I am the second string (lol) scorekeeper and was trained by one of the asst. coaches on how to score games. Most of how we score is based on our feelings. Whether that play was an error or not could change from play to play - we are not by the book. Overall I do think the glaring errors are accounted for but there are probably a lot of hits that honestly probably aren't real HITS if you know what I mean. I do try to have another person sitting with me (usually my dh) to help me with scoring errors and hits - it does help to get another perspective on plays and honestly he knows so much more than me in that regard since he played baseball up through college.
So - with that said - my husband believes that coaching decisions should be made solely based on stats. He thinks a coach should be looking at mainly the stats to determine playing time. Second to stats is attitude and hustle. He hates when I bring up that I think the coach is trying to develop certain players into a position based on the potential the coach sees. It drives him batty. He says that since dd's team plays league that would be the development time - but when it is tournament time the best 9 (based on stats) should be on the field and the others with lower stats should be the one's that sit/sub more.
Thoughts? Opinions?