Somewhat OT - rec league follies

[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!