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  1. If only these conversations were being held by the people making decisions.
  2. Travel Ball is getting more looks than high school, but it's not because of coaches trying to please parents (99% of the time anyway). Sounds like you're pretty bitter about your coach. Travel gets more looks because of reasons mentioned above, along with College and High School seasons coinciding with each other. I know of no parents that are happy with a coach who loses, regardless of their children's pt. I also know of no teams that have ever only given "2 daddy's kids" a look.
  3. "Open Facilities" - what happens when the T$$AA realizes it has made a rule it can't enforce. I'll hang up and listen.
  4. I don't think we're too far south. Two years ago, during the month of pre-season practice, there was only approximately a week worth of outdoor practice because of snow and ice storms... then consider most years where there are 10 games played in March in sub-freezing temps. I agree with you on summer ball being so important to individuals these days. I have said for 3 or 4 years now that in 20 years high school sports, besides football, will not exist. It is already happening to soccer; kids play travel ball (or whatever those people call it) instead of high school soccer.
  5. NFHS's heart was in the right spot with a pitch limit, but they have made a rule for state associations to build upon that is impossible to enforce. Menees screwed this up at the TBCA rules meeting. A high school coach had to correctly explain it. If the T$$AA rep cannot explain it right, how is a 1A high school coach who coaches 3 sports going to completely understand it? Some team of 14-18 y.o. young men somewhere is going to get screwed over, either inadvertently or on purpose, by a rule with no way of enforcement and judging. It's going to come down to two coaches' words against each others' and the T$$AA is not going to have a way to solve it correctly.
  6. Partly Correct. If they really cared, they would push the start time back to April 15, and run the season through June 15. The T$$AA says they cant control things in the summer... But what's the one thing they do control? That would be the dead period (It's in the summer). Odd to some, but many baseball coaches have pushed for this for years and have been told repeatedly that it "can't" happen. However, warmer weather would help arms, along with cutting into summer ball programs that overuse arms more than high school. We're all wishing for something that's never going to happen... for T$$AA to do anything that makes sense for any sport besides football.
  7. There is no answer... The T$$AA does not care and will probably come up with something stupid like taking an average of the two disputed pitch counts.
  8. Why are you guys saying JPII should have done homework? I'm seriously just curious. Has he done something there? Has something else come out since he's been there? Are you guys from his past and saying that if JPII knew what you know they wouldn't have hired him? I'm being nosy...
  9. I agree. The other two guidelines are acceptable and I would say most coaches used those amounts of pitches and correlating days of rest anyways. However, "closers" (if you agree that this has become an effective and useful position at any level of high school baseball) will no longer be allowed to close both district games in a week that are in a lot of districts played back-to-back. I also believe this will take away college opportunities from young men who take on that role.
  10. You proposed a $2500 fine for the coach to be paid personally, cbq? That's a pretty hefty fine, considering most coaches make a supplement some where around $4k to coach baseball. Your plan, as previously stated, is anything but simple. Look, here's how it's going to go. The T$$AA does not care anything about baseball and does not want to spend anymore time enforcing baseball rules than it has to. With that in mind, they're going to put out a pitch limit, just like the inning limit that has been in place for years now, and will let whoever watches the limit notify them of infractions. If no one (i.e. parent, coach, player, book keeper, etc.) keeps the pitch count, the T$$AA is not going to worry about it. Coaches are going to be self-enforcing this rule, whatever the limit is, because of the liability. Pitch counts can be really closely estimated by the books, and with apps like gamechanger now, you can go back and find exact pitch counts. T$$AA is going to set the limit and walk away.
  11. Will travel or can host. Call HC Rob Laxson 931-212-1027.
  12. Yeah... Funny thing about baseball that I don't think many umpires realize lol: outs make innings, innings make ball games, and games make (a little) money. If only they all followed T$$AA logic...anyway, BACK TO FOOTBALL
  13. Thanks to both teams for a great, great game. Nice job Bobcats. Your angels are singing the alma mater right now. Coach O, Coach Shirey... Amazing job. You guys work magic.
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