I coach in our local rec ball league and we are approaching our end of the season. As part of our closing day activities the teams in each division all play their Championship games followed by a BBQ, then they play what's called an All League game.
I get this email yesterday regarding All League game selection process and it says that coaches are to select from the top 5-6 players on their team to play in this game BUT we cannot select any player who is picked for All-Stars.
So my reaction, after rereading the email several times is confusion. What is an All League game? What is the philosophy behind it? Why is it an honor to play in it? What message are we trying to send to players? How am I to choose players for this game other than telling them you can be picked IF you are not already an all-star?
Lastly, since we are a relatively small league, most of the 12U pitchers will end up playing all-stars, who is going to pitch for this game?
I wrote our BoD president with these questions and the only response I've received so far is that the BoD voted on it at the last meeting so that's the way it is.
Am I being unreasonable here? I'm just trying to get an explanation of what the point of this game is if we are not allowing the best players in the league to play in it, simply because they are already all stars. If the league is having an All-League game shouldn't there be some sort of philosophy behind it?
PS, I do not have a daughter in the league any longer, I am just a coach, so my only motivation is to celebrate and honor excellence on the softball field, not exclude it.
Any thoughts?
I get this email yesterday regarding All League game selection process and it says that coaches are to select from the top 5-6 players on their team to play in this game BUT we cannot select any player who is picked for All-Stars.
So my reaction, after rereading the email several times is confusion. What is an All League game? What is the philosophy behind it? Why is it an honor to play in it? What message are we trying to send to players? How am I to choose players for this game other than telling them you can be picked IF you are not already an all-star?
Lastly, since we are a relatively small league, most of the 12U pitchers will end up playing all-stars, who is going to pitch for this game?
I wrote our BoD president with these questions and the only response I've received so far is that the BoD voted on it at the last meeting so that's the way it is.
Am I being unreasonable here? I'm just trying to get an explanation of what the point of this game is if we are not allowing the best players in the league to play in it, simply because they are already all stars. If the league is having an All-League game shouldn't there be some sort of philosophy behind it?
PS, I do not have a daughter in the league any longer, I am just a coach, so my only motivation is to celebrate and honor excellence on the softball field, not exclude it.
Any thoughts?