Your post sounds like you feel coach of the year should go to the team that had the best record or most success that year. If i'm not mistaken wasn't the nfl coach of the year this past year Bruce Arians? His cardinals sure didn't have the most success in the nfl, best record, or even a playoff win. Did that mean he didn't deserve the honor of coach of the year? Of course not; he was able to over come obstacles and get the most out of the players that he had. Coaching is a whole lot more than wins and losses, but how you can respond to certain situations, how you overcome certain problems, what you can get out of your guys, and most importantly what they take with them beyond the game of softball. I know we didn't win every game this year but anyone who knows us knows that we had injuries and everything else one can think of go wrong at the beginning of the year last year but we were able to hold it together and go on an awesome run at the end of the year. Yea, our winning percentage this past year wasn't our best but the effort we showed and the ability to stay together and keep pressing forward to our goal in the end was like no other team that i've been a part of. Billy Donnivan and Dean Smith have the same amount of national championships but I hear no one comparing donivan to smith. I'm in no way trying to compare myself to smith, just saying that sometimes the impact that we can have on players is far more important than wins and losses.
With that being said anyone who knows me knows that we don't play for the awards. We're a group of guys that love being around each other and enjoy playing together. The accolades and everything that comes with this game is just extra. Heck, I'm a huge fan of the merchants myself and wish them nothing but the best. Any recognition that receive is greatly deserved. They're great team and a class act.
Again respect your opinion, but that's just my few cents. I don't do this for the awards but I greatly appreciate usssa selecting me and I still consider myself blessed to be with the guys that I am with because at the end of every weekend I get to say that I'm with a great bunch of guys, win or lose.
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