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Originally posted by oppool
This week after a game a coach from another team that was not involved in the game that I have called for before came to me after the game to talk about the play of the teams involved. Is this considered a no-no to talk with other coaches after a game that was not involved??
Don
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Don---interesting situation. I had a coach last week ask me if the pitcher he was facing was throwing hard...his girl's weren't hitting her. This pitcher is one of the best in the state, but she doesn't throw hard. She can place the ball on a dime, and has about 5 different pitches, all legitimate KO pitches. I told him that she wasn't throwing hard (at this point the game was 8-0) but was moving the ball very well. He said, "we need to work on that, thanks."
I don't think this team will ever be the "caliber" of the first team (first team is currently No. 2 in the state, pitcher has a 0.00 ERA and is averaging 13 K's per game). But did I overstep my bounds by talking to this coach? I don't know. The only thing I can say is that before the game the visiting team (the first team) coach told the other coach who he was pitching and what he was going to work on with his pitcher).
For your situation, I think you did the right thing. We do know the pitchers and teams better than anyone else does. We get to see the pitchers from the best angle, we know how the ball moves. We must read defenses to see how different situations will be handles (I call this THINKING THE GAME). I would never share information about two teams playing in a game to someone who wasn't involved in a game.