<p>Dear john, 'tis a baseball season as well, not only the admission season. bet the dad’s old wounds start aching comes spring.<br>
Are you for Mets or Yanks, or heaven forbid Redsox?</p>
<p>Mets.10char</p>
<p>In that case you are forgiven.
by the way, any chance Wes team was called RedandBlacksox?</p>
<p>Actually, since my original post I have only responded to questions or comments from, it seems, students and parents considering Wesleyan. That might be a clue as to why they come around admission time. As an adult with a life, I do not lurk on sites like this one, monitoring what complete strangers say about my alma mater.</p>
<p>that doesn’t make sense; you’ve been monitoring this forum for two years; you just don’t care what most of us are talking about.</p>
<p>I’m surprised that you don’t know about email notifications by now, johnwesley.</p>
<p>my notifications box would fill up in one day!</p>
<p>you said you are gonna make room for me, me, me!!!</p>
<p>For the past 2 years my son (and his parents) have been watching some of the NESCAC schools very close in considering where to go. He does not play baseball, he plays another sport. The opinion we have gained is this… Although you may see long-term trends in some athletic programs in the NESCAC you also see a lot of drastic changes from year to year in results of teams. It is difficult to get into all of the NESCAC schools, one great recruiting class can change the outlook of a sport tremendously within the conference.</p>
<p>We have seen several programs go from bottom of the conference to top of the conference in a 1 year turnaround. </p>
<p>I can’t comment about the skills of a specific baseball coach or the interest in a program, however, none of the NESCAC schools seem to have athletic departments that would condone the type of activities and approach being discussed.</p>
<p>I have seen many times in youth sports, in high school sports and in college sports the philosophical differences of coaches and parents. A good coach can be made to look like an idiot if he gets a lot of parents who disagree with his approach. </p>
<p>If the majority consensus of the baseball parents at this school felt the same, I am sure the athletic department would review and address. Have the parents approached the athletic department with specific concerns?</p>
<p>rjp: Believe me, this particular coach doesn’t need any help from parents or anyone else to look like an idiot. Re your question (Have the parents approached the athletic department with specific concerns?): I cannot speak for other parents, but yes, I have.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if this thread is still alive, but hoping that if so BaseballDa might be able to specify who he spoke with and roughly when at Wesleyan. It would be helpful to know for others carrying more current grievances forward. </p>
<p>Just to update, here we are SIX YEARS after the original post, and, except for the dated numbers of wins and losses and presence of a few assistant coaches, it could have been written by a parent today. Most everything BaseballDa writes is, sadly, completely true today. </p>
<p>SIX YEARS ago, you couldn’t have made this statement:
<a href=“The Wesleyan Argus | Baseball Drops Bears, Awaits Amherst”>http://wesleyanargus.com/2014/04/24/baseball-blanks-bears-awaits-amherst/</a></p>
<p>Who even cares…? its baseball</p>
<p>Anyone that is passionate about baseball cares. And, anyone who attends or is considering attending as great a school as Wesleyan should be accepting about the passions of others, particularly when they differ from their own. That said, anyone considering collegiate baseball should do his due diligence about a coach before agreeing to play on a team. That includes determining what you want most from a coach (improving your game, winning, good game time decisions, playing seniors, playing the best players, etc.). Then consider all of the available information, giving due weight to the opinions of everyone, including the ones with an ax to grind. There are a number of websites that go into more depth about coaches. If at all possible, go watch a game. Win loss records should be considered, but they are no guarantee of future performance. More importantly, Billy Martin had some winning seasons as I recall, and I can’t imagine wanting to play for him in college. In the end, you should choose the school that you like the best, even if the coach isn’t perfect, because so much can and will happen in four years that you want to love the entire experience – not just one part of it.</p>