bmxbaby wrote:Tenshun wrote:Hey Wilson, you're pretty familiar with ranking teams... Where do you think Grapes SN fit in?
If you recall, I had them at # 6 last week... But they are one of the toughest teams to correctly position because they can look very different depending on the weekend.
Can anyone speak about how they are playing these days? Moving up the ladder I thought they had to play against the top teams on the Tenshun list. Last time I saw them they had a couple of tough roster losses and lost pretty bad to that Smash team. Other than that, have they played Breeze, Sorcerers, Red Grapes or anyone up the ladder? Also, why isn't Smash playing in these 12 tourneys?
I can't believe your are still bitter about the grapes after all this time. You continue to bash the coach and the team because you have a personal vendetta cuz you couldn't accept the fact your dd wasn't playing the position you wanted her to play and she wasn't getting much playing time. You continue to try and play it off and play dumb that you are not with the TC Smash, that is after all the team you luckily went to after quitting the grapes. You were lucky enough to hop on with smash cuz you have friends with clout on that team. Fact is, your dd was a reserve player at best and not a key loss. Only key loss for grapes team was losing what many believed was the #1 pitcher in norcal for 12u. What team wouldn't feel the after effects of that. Losing a high caliber player like that has deeply affected these impressionable young girls and they've had hard a time recovering from losing a friend/teammate. A big reason they look different from week to week. These girls are after all just 11/12/13 year olds. One person commented that the red-grapes didn't win this past weeks tournament cuz they didn't have 3 starters, well what would they say if they lost their top pitcher, which the red-grapes obviously had along with their #2 pitcher. I dont think theres any 12u team that had to endure what this team has had to endure this spring/summer season and still remain intact and competitive. Pretty much everyone wanted to see this team fail, I guess the price to pay for being on a top team for all these years. Instead of giving these girls credit for continuing to battle through adversity and all the obstacles that they had to overcome along the the way, you and the bitter people who have left the team, and all the haters continue to try and tear them apart. Truth be told, these girls, their parents and coaches should be commended and are already winners. They stuck it out even though things were falling apart and perservered. They didn't QUIT which is a cop out and try to go to greener pasteurs which is the easy thing to do, especially in the middle of a season. My hats off to Norwood and the rest of the team (parents included), you all stuck it out against all odds and showed the true meaning of TEAM, committment and what the true spirit of the game is all about.
Great tournament this past weekend girls. I know the rankings are just for fun and don't really mean anything except for the chest thumping daddy ball parents. You defeated some very good teams (#5 ranked EC Hot Shots (2x) & #7 FH Gold). That's a true testament of what we all know you can do and are capable of doing. Good luck the rest of the way.
