The reports or rumors of the Male coach if true, instructing his pitcher to intentionally hit the batters is totally unacceptable and has NO place in the game of softball or baseball.

Really disappointed on the silence to this issue. I guess that coaches instructing pitchers to drill batters on purpose really is an acceptable part of the game? Your silence speaks volumes.

^ Are there even any Male supporters in the forums who could speak to that? I think the silence is a direct result of nobody from Male posting here and not anything else.

I don't know if it's an absence of Male posters or not. There's a thread on another board that has regular Male posters, who all vehemently denied some of their coach's actions at other coaching stops, that are now conspicuously absent. I have known this guy for years, and nothing he does would shock me. I think he's the best teacher of fundamentals out there, and the worst role model for kids. Lots of people have tried to rationalize his antics because he wins. If this latest accusation is true, he needs to be suspended or fired. No excuse for this!

I don't know if it's an absence of Male posters or not. There's a thread on another board that has regular Male posters, who all vehemently denied some of their coach's actions at other coaching stops, that are now conspicuously absent. I have known this guy for years, and nothing he does would shock me. I think he's the best teacher of fundamentals out there, and the worst role model for kids. Lots of people have tried to rationalize his antics because he wins. If this latest accusation is true, he needs to be suspended or fired. No excuse for this!

 

You nailed it! If you win, it gets rationalized. I know parents at Male who 2 years ago would have run over him in the parking lot given the opportunity because he was coaching at another school. Now, those same parents carry him around in a glass carriage like the pope.