Wussification of America: Arlington Parks and Rec edition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We're going to use practice slots to makeup Saturday's games, so the kids won't miss the reps. In fact, in some ways a makeup is better. The dedicated players will come, and the ones who waste my time will have another "commitment". So the good players get to play the whole game.

I will say, people who got mad at me are losers. If you're gonna be the best, you gotta lay it on the line each and every day. I quote Coach K from that commercial to my coach-pitch kids, telling them I want them to be the best they can be each and every day.

If they do that, I got their back and will pour out my soul coaching them. I will back them up if they don't like a call; I'll get MYSELF thrown out so they can keep playing. In return, they bust their butts for me so we can build a program, win some hardware, and bring back some pride to Arlington.

What do you say about the people defending the cancellation to protect the field itself? To me this makes the most sense, you all can complain about it needless cancellations but I think a wrecked field would actually be worth the fuss...

I hear you; it's a really tough question. Ultimately I think the soccer club model is best. You need to identify your best talents and make things work for them. You can't bend over backwards to get "fairness" so that your prospects get 9:00 AM games canceled for wet fields, while untalented teams have players miss their 3:00 PM games on dried fields for piano lessons or catechism classes. Since field prep happens early, you need lots of those "house teams" to work the fields. Or you use the fees to pay professional groundskeepers.

In the current structure, you have to cut down on soccer and lacrosse teams chewing up our fields. You also MUST stop the pick-up soccer games that guys try to play on Saturday nights or Sunday mornings. They get kicked off soccer fields and come to multi-use fields like those hosting coach-pitch. But ultimately, you need the low-level players to subsidize the talented ones. That's just how it is.

[Anonymous]

OP is a troll.

Real men prep the damn field themselves when they want to play.

Real men also don't have to boast about their manliness.

[Anonymous]

The two North Arlington teams are a combined 6 games under .500. Yorktown hasn't even won a single game at home!!!

In other news, Chair Libby Garvey is putting together a Blue Ribbon panel to set County spending priorities. Each County Board member, plus the County Manager, gets to pick one member. There's a lot of money in "affordable housing" that could go toward building synthetic turf fields so kids can play at all hours and learn how to win those one-run heartbreakers.

Just sayin'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The two North Arlington teams are a combined 6 games under .500. Yorktown hasn't even won a single game at home!!!

In other news, Chair Libby Garvey is putting together a Blue Ribbon panel to set County spending priorities. Each County Board member, plus the County Manager, gets to pick one member. There's a lot of money in "affordable housing" that could go toward building synthetic turf fields so kids can play at all hours and learn how to win those one-run heartbreakers.

Just sayin'.

Most kids are playing soccer seriously in Arlington. Baseball is relegated as a second sport that is missed for a travel soccer practice or game. I think this has more to do why they aren't fielding great baseball teams.

[Anonymous]

OP here, and very pleased with my County Board members (well, two of them) stepping up. Glad Arlington Parks and Rec has learned they need to leave it to the coaches and umpires at the field to decide whether to play. We'll win on the field or by forfeit; if forfeit then I'll run a crisp practice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, and very pleased with my County Board members (well, two of them) stepping up. Glad Arlington Parks and Rec has learned they need to leave it to the coaches and umpires at the field to decide whether to play. We'll win on the field or by forfeit; if forfeit then I'll run a crisp practice.

You do it OP! You continue to mold these boys into great men. They, and society, need you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, and very pleased with my County Board members (well, two of them) stepping up. Glad Arlington Parks and Rec has learned they need to leave it to the coaches and umpires at the field to decide whether to play. We'll win on the field or by forfeit; if forfeit then I'll run a crisp practice.

You do it OP! You continue to mold these boys into great men. They, and society, need you.

We had an older official swing by, and HE canceled the game!!! He wouldn't even let me take MY TEAM out onto the field to PRACTICE! Finally, he swung back around and threatened sanctions when he saw us move toward the field again!!!

I'm calling my County Board member. I can see MAYBE canceling the game if there are puddles on the field, as that messes up the infielders' timing. But to kick everyone off the field is ridiculous!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, and very pleased with my County Board members (well, two of them) stepping up. Glad Arlington Parks and Rec has learned they need to leave it to the coaches and umpires at the field to decide whether to play. We'll win on the field or by forfeit; if forfeit then I'll run a crisp practice.

You do it OP! You continue to mold these boys into great men. They, and society, need you.

We had an older official swing by, and HE canceled the game!!! He wouldn't even let me take MY TEAM out onto the field to PRACTICE! Finally, he swung back around and threatened sanctions when he saw us move toward the field again!!!

I'm calling my County Board member. I can see MAYBE canceling the game if there are puddles on the field, as that messes up the infielders' timing. But to kick everyone off the field is ridiculous!

Huh?

My husband coached two rev soccer games in Arlington on grass fields--10 and 11am. It was pouring. No problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, and very pleased with my County Board members (well, two of them) stepping up. Glad Arlington Parks and Rec has learned they need to leave it to the coaches and umpires at the field to decide whether to play. We'll win on the field or by forfeit; if forfeit then I'll run a crisp practice.

You do it OP! You continue to mold these boys into great men. They, and society, need you.

We had an older official swing by, and HE canceled the game!!! He wouldn't even let me take MY TEAM out onto the field to PRACTICE! Finally, he swung back around and threatened sanctions when he saw us move toward the field again!!!

I'm calling my County Board member. I can see MAYBE canceling the game if there are puddles on the field, as that messes up the infielders' timing. But to kick everyone off the field is ridiculous!

Huh?

My husband coached two rev soccer games in Arlington on grass fields--10 and 11am. It was pouring. No problems.

Rec

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, and very pleased with my County Board members (well, two of them) stepping up. Glad Arlington Parks and Rec has learned they need to leave it to the coaches and umpires at the field to decide whether to play. We'll win on the field or by forfeit; if forfeit then I'll run a crisp practice.

You do it OP! You continue to mold these boys into great men. They, and society, need you.

We had an older official swing by, and HE canceled the game!!! He wouldn't even let me take MY TEAM out onto the field to PRACTICE! Finally, he swung back around and threatened sanctions when he saw us move toward the field again!!!

I'm calling my County Board member. I can see MAYBE canceling the game if there are puddles on the field, as that messes up the infielders' timing. But to kick everyone off the field is ridiculous!

Huh?

My husband coached two rev soccer games in Arlington on grass fields--10 and 11am. It was pouring. No problems.

Rec

OP here: Coach pitch baseball.

[Anonymous]

Hi coach - is tonight's game still on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi coach - is tonight's game still on?

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[Anonymous]

They do not cancel games because it is cold and wet. They cancel games because of the field conditions. It is not about protecting the kids. It is about protecting the fields. They have had games in rain, if the rain is not heavy enough to make the fields easy to rip up.

[Anonymous]

Nice job, OP. Decent satire.

I thought the bit about the wife/AP strained your credibility for a moment, but decently amusing overall.

I'd love to see your work on the academic side. Maybe start a new thread?

Perhaps some mid-1990s Ivy Leaguer rage about how the Arlington school board is watering down the first grade curriculum to accommodate loser students with state schooled parents living in $1.5M shacks and in turn knocking your DC off course for the Rhodes in 15 years? Or similar.