What happened isn't as important as why frankly.
All can say and in talking with others, is it wasn't as egregious as some of the speculation out there, but school policy is crystal clear on this stuff, as it should be, and that was enforced. Mistakes all the way around were made, that's the net of it. It's the bigger point that is important for the kids/players going forward, which is why and how does this program improve.
I will just say that this group of players, over the last several years, have done everything they can to try to hold it together as have the parents supporting them. The players were grinning and bearing a program that really deserved better coaching skills, player development, and that worked to figure out how to get the most out of each player with feedback and communication, which never happened. It's sad in that this has been known for years. It's sad to see so many kids end their baseball careers upset and frustrated playing the game they love. It's sad even for those that advanced that they don't look back on this program with great memories, which is what it's supposed to be about after all. What isn't sad, but great, is the friendships we hear about with the players themselves. I'm just glad perhaps a fresh start can happen.
That said, as I said before, it's easy to want the best leadership you can find, but that is hard to get given how expensive it is to live here. So I'm not here to suggest there isn't a desire for the program to improve, there are just some hard realities, that in the end, cost kids/players who are just trying to get better and perhaps get recruited for College.
