by GIMNEPIWO » Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:35 pm
Thanks for the shout out ... Tough gig ... Inner city school ... Like I was at for 2 years a couple years back ... Last year I was at a county school with a lot of parental support ... Great parents & great kids ... My JV'ers went 15 & 1 ... When we played the gals that I had coached previously I was greeted by a hord of running hugs ... It made me think that although I was able to lead a team to a better record, that maybe I had more of an impact on the previous yutes ... Not that these 2 parent household kids & I didn't click, we did ... But I just couldn't imagine that if I coached against them in future years that they would come running and hugging and spilling their guts ... Maybe they will, I just didn't see it happening ... This opportunity came up to take over a different city school team that hasn't won a district game in 10 years ... no feeder program ... Homeless people sh*ting in the dugout ... This school has a lot of support for sports, just not softball ... yet! ... They have a million miles to go and I'm getting my core established ... Some good kids ... Hard workers ... I'll pressure wash the dugouts again tomorrow ...
"For the strength of the pack is the wolf, the strength of the wolf is the pack" Rudyard Kipling