Commando Classic

[MrNoitAll]

Your a funny guy, the question I answered had to do with when the season starts and ends. If you think it is not broken then you must not attend many games. Try joining us in the "real" world (it's freezing there).

 

 

 

"Best friend" did you not know that you can not talk to a "newbie" and expect them to understand? "Birdie" looks forward to the Cammando Classic each year because we can get some really good food for a change. But with a little rain that we have had for the last several days we decided to just stay in today and listen to the rain hit the roof on our double-wide instead of making the journey up to see you today. You need to tell "Mrs. Birdman" hi for us and quit trying to explain things to newbiessssssssssssssss! /flower.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":flower:" border="0" alt="flower.gif" />

[wilson25]

Your a funny guy, the question I answered had to do with when the season starts and ends. If you think it is not broken then you must not attend many games. Try joining us in the "real" world (it's freezing there).

 

Trust me when I tell you that I've probably been to more games than most, freezing cold and wet. I never heard anybody on our team complaining. Who said I was a guy?

[coachcap]

I'm a relative newb to the local High School scene in this area but not a newb to athletics in general. Some serious consideration should be given to the idea of moving the softball season for this area. In my district, just the past year I've seen 1 rotator cuff tear (catcher throwing down in a cold pratice), 1 broken ankle (sliding with metal cleats into a muddy clay second base) and 1 torn bicep (pitching in the cold). Nobody is complaining? Or is it more like no one is listening? Our ego is getting in the way of making the right decision for the girls?

 

I spent 16 years in the military folks and High School athletics is not preparation for war. Coaches should not have drill sergeant win no matter the cost mentalities when trying to prepare these 14-18 year old ladies for ball and the TSSAA should be protecting the interests of the athlete's from overbearing systems. I understand we all want the best, we all want to be competitive and teach our kids team aspects and that hard work pays. All I'm saying is we should err on the side of caution and use some common sense. If Alabama and Georgia made the move to fall, Tennessee who is 5-10 degree's colder and with alot more rain, might consider it.

[wilson25]

I'm a relative newb to the local High School scene in this area but not a newb to athletics in general. Some serious consideration should be given to the idea of moving the softball season for this area. In my district, just the past year I've seen 1 rotator cuff tear (catcher throwing down in a cold pratice), 1 broken ankle (sliding with metal cleats into a muddy clay second base) and 1 torn bicep (pitching in the cold). Nobody is complaining? Or is it more like no one is listening? Our ego is getting in the way of making the right decision for the girls?

 

I spent 16 years in the military folks and High School athletics is not preparation for war. You coaches out there should not have drill sergeant mentalities when trying to prepare these 14-18 year old ladies for ball. I understand we all want the best, we all want to be competitive and teach our kids team aspects and that hard work pays. All I'm saying is we should err on the side of caution and use some common sense. If Alabama and Georgia made the move to fall, Tennessee who is 5-10 degree's colder and with alot more rain, might consider it.

 

Alabama is still in the spring.

[stlbrd]

Trust me when I tell you that I've probably been to more games than most, freezing cold and wet. I never heard anybody on our team complaining. Who said I was a guy?

 

Obviously you have a motive for wanting to continue (if you do) to watch games in the freezing temperatures. I will agree to disagree with you, as will a lot of other people.

[coachcap]

Not sure why I picked up the gauntlet on this one, guess it just hit a nerve. I will at least message the TSSAA as I would like to see it.

[URSUS]

Obviously you have a motive for wanting to continue (if you do) to watch games in the freezing temperatures. I will agree to disagree with you, as will a lot of other people.

 

 

stlbrd,

You seem very smart (a mr.noitall kind of smart). I bet you and a lot of others realize that the "in the spring group" and the "in the fall group" both might have motives that have little to do with the what is best for the game as a whole. But I certainly could be wrong.

[coachcap]

Here are the only motives I can come up with to keep it in the spring...

 

1) The TSSAA and member schools would have to "change" something. That's the big one. We all can agree for a bureaucracy to change anything is like turning water to wine.

 

2) Old dog, new tricks. Many coaches and administrators are simply set in the current system and have the same not broke, don't fix it thought process.

 

3) Might be an initial lack of officiating but I doubt that would be a huge factor. I'm more inclined to believe #1 is the main reason.

[ERA]

As many as six years ago, I started a campaign to move the season from spring to fall before this became a fad. Weather had become such a problem because of rain, it was the only answer. But, you would have thought I just said there was no God. When I began posting it on Coach T, I was revered as insane and that it would and could never happen no matter how the facts stood when added up with perfect logic on how it could work, nobody and I mean NOBODY wanted to listen. Therefore, I chalked it up to another "Don't confuse me with facts!" by a bunch of rednecks that don't have a clue. It's as simple as that, and will remain that way. Many coaches that coach other fall sports also coach spring. These are the ones that will suffer and is the perfect reason as to why not to do it. I have several friends that are in that position and would not want them to lose that capability. So on that note, I can no longer pull for such a swing of seasons based on my own personal biases. But, the reasons given by the ones in charge back in those days were nonsensical to say the least. Good luck on all of your endeavours to change the season, but consider it as much of a sure thing as Obama changing from his Socialistic practices to head of the RNC.

 

PS. RNC does NOT mean Red Neck Convention.....

[stlbrd]

stlbrd,

You seem very smart (a mr.noitall kind of smart). I bet you and a lot of others realize that the "in the spring group" and the "in the fall group" both might have motives that have little to do with the what is best for the game as a whole. But I certainly could be wrong.

 

I only think it should be moved because of the weather. If that is a motive, then so be it. Being moved would present a lot of other advantages. I am tired, as are a lot of girls (of course, not the ones Wilson knows) of being subjected to unplayable weather and/or fields. You only have to watch one softball game in the snow to realize something does not add up. I know I am probably beating a dead horse, but the excuses are laughable and I sometimes feel a need to respond. Don't mean to ruffle any feathers, just stating my beliefs.

 

P.S. I am smarter than Mr. Noitall, just ask him........

[RaiderOne]

Commando Classic Sunday games are cancelled! Too much rain!

[coachcap]

As many as six years ago, I started a campaign to move the season from spring to fall before this became a fad. Weather had become such a problem because of rain, it was the only answer. But, you would have thought I just said there was no God. When I began posting it on Coach T, I was revered as insane and that it would and could never happen no matter how the facts stood when added up with perfect logic on how it could work, nobody and I mean NOBODY wanted to listen. Therefore, I chalked it up to another "Don't confuse me with facts!" by a bunch of rednecks that don't have a clue. It's as simple as that, and will remain that way. Many coaches that coach other fall sports also coach spring. These are the ones that will suffer and is the perfect reason as to why not to do it. I have several friends that are in that position and would not want them to lose that capability. So on that note, I can no longer pull for such a swing of seasons based on my own personal biases. But, the reasons given by the ones in charge back in those days were nonsensical to say the least. Good luck on all of your endeavours to change the season, but consider it as much of a sure thing as Obama changing from his Socialistic practices to head of the RNC.

 

PS. RNC does NOT mean Red Neck Convention.....

 

 

ERA, I hadn't thought of the coaching thing but your right, coaches are a tight nit group, along with athletic directors. It only takes a small circle of friends to snuff things like this with the TSSAA. It's too bad because it should happen. The weather is not only a factor in playing conditions but is a detractor to the sport itself. Many girls simply don't play after a season or two because they're sick of the practices and games in the cold.

 

I wouldn't have went the redneck route but I would say the good ol' boy network is alive and well.