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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I am sorry for what you've been through and I wish your DD a quick recovery. On top of that, you have to listen to abuse online, because what you experienced in person was not enough. Some people here are just robots reciting the same "coach is right" poem. I feel like a few don't even understand the story and just join in because they recognize the chorus: "life is unfair." I want to see how many of them would be fine if that happened to their kid (and not just in theory). Player gets cut from the tryouts, while your own kid keeps going. If regular logic still stands, your kid is better than the kid that got cut. Your kid gets cut, then the player who had been cut earlier turns out on the team. Just how the unfair life intended.

This is THE opportunity to play the sport you love on the HS team. You have daily practice with the other top players who go to school. They've probably been in your social circles through clubs, tournaments, clinics, leagues. Of course you care who got a spot playing your position. You may be ok to see another player with similar skill level on the team. But then you look at the roster and see on your position that player who got cut before you. It doesn't matter whether we are talking about starters or bench players. [b]Nice story to tell your child: get ready because life is going to hit you even harder.[/b] [/quote]
Maybe don’t phrase it exactly like that, but isn’t that lesson part of what a parent should be teaching their children?  Disappointments are part of life - learning how to handle setbacks is an important life skill.

As far as the issue here, if the OP went to the athletic director, principal, or other administrator and was able to convince them that the coach did something inappropriate, what’s the remedy?  Firing the coach in the middle of the season? Tossing a player off the team to make room for the OP’s DD? Seems to me that any of the options could create more challenges than just working through not making the team. [/quote]

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