Let us start with the original statement of 13U... Rule set is irrelevant.
TIME!
Me: "Coach - did I just correctly hear you that you are instructing this player to purposely throw at and possibly injure another player?"
This question is going to be loud so that everyone within earshot will know and understand what is happening here...
Coach: whatever crap he may say
Here he has this one moment opportunity to correct his statement and readjust his position on instructing one child to assault another child. Any response other than an immediate retraction and re-education of his F2 is an auto EJ in my game of the coach. I will make for certain it is loud and there is zero ambiguity as to why this person is leaving the game. If the person entrusted with the development of 12/13 year old kids is not mature enough to figure this out on his own I will do the figuring for him.
I have a 12 year old player at the moment... I can tell you if a coach in my league did this he would NEVER coach again for us.
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Depends how much political capital you have in your group.
"I don't tell you how to "f--- up calling balls and strikes, don't tell me how to work first."
I have a foot up against the line, but I'm in closer to have a look at the pickoff. I still have fair-foul responsibilities, so I'm not abandoning the line.
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