Somewhat OT - rec league follies

[bradfordwilkins]

I coached a youth team of 8-10 year olds and for some reason a lot of the "stars" from other teams weren't present at the "tryout" and thus I didn't know to draft them -- whereas others were picking these kids in like the 7th and 8th round and they're 6 inches taller than anyone in the league.

Left a bad taste in my mouth.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by bradfordwilkins

I coached a youth team of 8-10 year olds and for some reason a lot of the "stars" from other teams weren't present at the "tryout" and thus I didn't know to draft them -- whereas others were picking these kids in like the 7th and 8th round and they're 6 inches taller than anyone in the league.

Left a bad taste in my mouth.

Reffed a summer rec league once, B11-12. Only four teams, so each of the teams played each other often. Coach told the league that he had a bunch of kids who played together for a while and wanted to know if they could stay together for the summer. League said sure.......

Coach submitted EIGHT names! Turned out they played on the same AAU Team together. They won every game by ~ 30 points. Other coaches, parents, players were none too excited about this turn of events!

Shenanigans!

[Mark Padgett]

Our league rule is that any kids that don't show up for tryouts are automatically "hat picks" - that means that after the other kids are drafted, they are chosen at random to fill up the teams. No exceptions.

Of course, the HC and AC get their kids on their team. Oh yeah - we do have a "siblings rule". If two kids live in the same house (or apartment - not just apartment building), and they are in the same league, they automatically go on the same team if they want. We have had some parents in the past who specifically wanted them on separate teams and that's OK.