All District Announced

As a coach I have always nominated players. I do try to be respectful to the award by keeping my votes to players who deserve it. I do it for my players but I do not agree with the number of players making it every year. To my players it doesn't mean as much when they see names of other players in their on conference that shouldn't be. You can believe what you want but coaches do abuse the process and that turns other coaches off. Right or wrong that is the truth.

 

100% agree with you on this one it is water down, and to me that reduces the significance of the awards. Should be a set number for each level of award, would also like to see first team, second team honorable mention.

 

I did notice one team with 10 girls who made All District. Granted even if its a power house team, but 10 girls? That's an abuse of the system!

 

10 Girls All -District

Not my daughters team but in our conference. 10 pretty solid players. I don't think there are any that do not deserve the honor.

 

That is a little more than half of what should be the total on a all district team. Should only be 18 slots 9 first team 9 second team. Things like that is why some coaches don't bother because it really means nothing when everyone makes it

 

18 Slots

Seems like that should be more like All -State. Could make a good argument though.

 

Yea that is all there should be for state also and is enough for each district as there are several districts

 

The process is what it is. Without the current process and the coaches that actually DO something, no one would get any recognition. I personally think that it is better to have a process that may recognize some girls that are not quite as skilled as others than to have a process that gets so narrowed down that worthy players get excluded for one reason or another. I have heard a few horror stories from HS coaches about the politics that get involved when selecting all-conference due to the limited number of players and personalities. I could only imagine that the politics would be greatly multiplied if we start limiting the number of players. Further, you can't expect the coaches from one district to know about the skill level of every girl in their district, much less the girls in other districts. You can't rely on stats either for multiple reasons. Just let it be what it is and be happy for the girls.

 

Agree with Pheonix

Let it be what it is and thank all the coaches who do care enough to do something for the girls !

 

Pheonix, I agree that if it makes everyone happy leave it like it is, but saying that people should also respect the thoughts of the coaches who choose not to participate. Like I said before "I do submit my girls names, but I personally feel it is watered down and carries no weigh with college coaches.