JV Scores 3/24 - 3/28

BBALLER44:

Under the rules as published by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, NO baseball team may compete in more than 3 athletic contests in a single week.

 

My bad NCBBALLFan, but it could be and injury, illness or a bad day on the mound. I still believe we should be developing a little deeper.

 

What I don't like about all this is that you are going behind your coach's back instead of confronting him, since you seem to have a problem. Stop complaining on the board about why you don't get to play enough, and go to talk to him. Trust me this "I should be playing over him" attitude won't help the team out at all.

 

North Meck JV

Frozenrope: I hear what you are saying but i don't think what has been said on this thread is whinning. In fact the JV group seem very together and playing well as a team. What we have hear is a lack of communication. I would never just do something because somebody told me to do it, I would need to understand why and what the results are going to bring. A simple frank discussion will do wonders in clearing things up so everybody understands the plan. Our first year at North Meck has been great and we look forward to being a part of Viking pride for many year to come. Please continue to post so we can get your understanding of how things are going!

 

Concerning developing pitchers for varsity.

Frequently, when a JV Pitcher is called up to varsity, he also spends a considerable amount of time after that call-up back with the JV squad "getting his innings in". If a team has only 2 games scheduled, he may not be needed a particular week on varsity, but they still want him ready to pitch. These guys, when sent back down are there for one reason. To pitch and to be ready to help the varsity if need this season.

Given that, and the number of pitchers already in the rotation, and the fact that you may need more than one, in case of injury, the rotation on JV stays fairly tight. Not too many can pitch. This is to ensure that those guys are ready ... they are getting enough innings in ... in order to help the varsity if needed.

If you are pitching 4-5 guys regularly, you are in shape to help the varsity. The JV team is an extention of varsity. It's like triple-A ball. A won-loss record is nice, but not important in the long haul. If you are pitching too many guys, no one is getting enough innings in to be sharp enough to aid the varsity if needed. If a player is called up, either one player starts getting more innings or they add one player to the reliever corps.

It's not just about developing players for the future. It's making sure that you have people ready NOW in case they are needed, and that those players are ready NOW to log significant innings IF NEEDED. A players performance in subsequent seasons isn't related to the work he got during the High School season, it's related to what he did after the High School season was over and the work (weights, long-toss, etc) he did to develop during the off-season.

Players do their development over the summer and during fall ball. Players are seen by scouts from colleges more over summers and fall ball. Right now, most colleges are in the middle of their seasons, so they don't have time to visit high school games. The pro scouts are only looking at the seniors and college players. A few well-known juniors MAY be seen by a college scout, in action, as a final "check" to see if they want to offer scholarships, but most of the work has already been done in the fall.

There are some good threads that explain all of this process on this board. What college recruiters do, what scouting services do, what pro scouts do, what they are looking for, how important grades are, tools versus skill & polish, character issues, contributions to the team and attitude. All of these come into play.

cc12501 is a well-respected, college-bound senior. If he is worried about the tone of the thread, it may be that he can imagine how the JV coach in question would feel if he read the thread instead having his players come and talk to him.

Is this a situation to be understood or a problem to be resolved? Only you guys can decide. Both cc12501 and FrozenRope were saying the same thing. If you have a problem, you have to address it with the coach. From a players perspective, that's the only appropriate place to discuss it.

From a parents perspective, advice on a forum, from other experienced parents CAN be helpful. The only problem with this thread, in that regard, is that players became involved. FrozenRope and cc12501 were speaking to the players.

 

I agree with you 100%. 3-4 is an ideal rotation with a solid reliever. With Rosenbaum moved up to varsity, Kelly and Parks are the only ones in the rotation right now. Mac has seen 1 game (week 2) and pitched very well but the only 2 others who pitch (Sherrill and Hamilton) have had very limited time and really have not had time to get the nerves settled and be comfortable with their game. We do need them ready so that they will be able to relieve 3-4 innings or start. I will not be surprised if Kelly or Parks don't get pulled up so that the Varsity will have a lefty. Again, the weather had played against us. There may be a plan to start working another pitcher into the rotation, but we just haven't had enough games to see. With the bats heating up, the pitchers will be more challenged in the games to come.

 

Allen Pitching

CC12501: OK this is the last thing I will say on this board concerning Allen getting at least a chance to pitch. You are mistaken in Greg case, he has talk to the JV coach about throwing some and the response was why? ( they have never seen him throw) I have also call the coach two times with no return response. So at this point it is a dead issue and we will do whatever is in the team best interest and move forward with life. Greg loves playing for North Meck and for the coaching staff there, it is me who is somewhat frustrated by the lack of communication. With that said I am done with this issue!!! Go Vikings!!!

 

I think that everyone involved in this whole deal should just take a step back and realize that your biggest complaint of the team is that you have too many pitchers. I have been following this thread in paticular for the last couple of days and everytime I read the new post I sit back and laugh that the only thing someone can find to complain about is that you have 5-6 decent pitchers, and all of them dont get innings in. I know that where I'm at we lose all of our games in the 6/7 inning because we only have two pitchers and one of them just now became eligible to pitch again due to injury. All I am saying is that if your gonna lose sleep over something then make sure it's something worth while.

 

Too Much Pitching

WW: You are correct, what a problem to have and now I lay me down to sleep!