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QUOTE(Dr. Hibbert @ Nov 19 2006, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am just a casual observer so I can't comment on some of the things those two young men may or may not say. I CAN comment on lack of discipline, as far as fairness across the board; not one set of rules for some and a different set for others. In fact, many people I have talked to have noticed these type of things. Coach is a baseball man though but his batters are very impatient at the plate, i.e. swinging at breaking pitches on a first pitch and being off balance, swinging at anything that resembles a strike when they are ahead in the count instead of looking for that "one" pitch. We need to agressively start finding kids that don't play basketball so there is no conflict with AYBT etc. Also the coaches of other sports need to be more flexible with the kids...if they want to throw baseball during basketball season let them...geesh!
If you stop taking the basketball players you will not have as many athletes on the team. We do not have the luxuries of a Defiance where they have their football players, basketball players, and baseball players seperated and only focus on one sport. We are a small Div. 4 school and have to deal with what we have. Most of the time kids come into high school not even knowing how to catch a fly ball let alone being patient in the count. As a coach, where are you supposed to start? In C-town you have to pick your battles so you don't start wars so you deal with what you have and make the best of it. I believe the coach does a good job and tries to motivate the kids. Do realize though, they are kids and you can tell them until you are blue in the face how to play. Like everybody once was though, you have the few that think they know the right way and do not listen. I wish we had the ideal situation for baseball here but basketball first and baseball when you have time to fit it in the schedule. Pretty sad though as I know more kids who have went to college and made the pros from around here playing baseball. How many have ever made it to the pro's from the PCL and played in the NBA? Just aggravates me because I love the game.
I would be interested to know who this is though that has wondered to FJ. The only one I know from that way is Matt Rau. The program is in the right direction but the lower programs have to develop us some better kids that know the fundamentals before they get to us. Hard to win in HS when you have to teach some of the kids how to field a ground ball and catch a fly ball properly. Hopefully one day we can have the legacy of a Kalida, Ayersville, or Defiance.
It will have to be more than the 14, somewhere like that, that went out last year. I believe you need around 17-20 to have a JV team. The good part about that is that you can have one pitcher and get away with it as they don't play as often as the Varsity team. Either way Coach Miller has been doing a great job of getting the varsity program in the right direction. I think last year we only had like 2-3 run rules where about 4 years ago we only had maybe 4-5 games that weren't run rules. If only we could get all of the kids up there with certain fundamentals before they try out for varsity we could be on the right track. 
are the only "full time" jvs.
