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to each and every one of you!!!
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Whew!!!!
Well, I have to say it has been a very overwhelming couple of months.
The Tigers 1999 coach decided not to coach the team going forward as his family was moving from the area. This created a lot of confusion within the team, among the players and parents. Some parents were notified ahead of time and others were not. The parents with advance notice had more options so some of the boys had secured spots on other teams before others. As the boys are older, there are fewer teams to play on and limited spots available. So it was difficult trying to decide where to go.
After trying out at a couple different leagues, we initially decided to let Aaron remain with the Tigers AAA for another year. However, just days after we accepted the Offer from the new Coach, another opportunity came up. Andy and Aaron met with one of the coaches from West Toronto and they offered him a spot on the Elite team...so we called the Tigers Coach and politely informed him. He wished Aaron all the best, and we thought all was well.
Andy go together with one of the parents, whose son played with Aaron on the Tigers team and is also now with West Toronto, and together they started an additional Winter training program for the boys. During the second week of training one of the Coaches attending the program noticed Aaron and told Andy about the Ontario Cardinals. He asked Andy to take Aaron to meet the Coach there, so we took him...and he was offered a spot on this team that same night!
This team is one of Ontario's premier leagues (considered a travel team). Although the coach told us to think about his offer, he called the next night!
The Tigers 1999 coach decided not to coach the team going forward as his family was moving from the area. This created a lot of confusion within the team, among the players and parents. Some parents were notified ahead of time and others were not. The parents with advance notice had more options so some of the boys had secured spots on other teams before others. As the boys are older, there are fewer teams to play on and limited spots available. So it was difficult trying to decide where to go.
After trying out at a couple different leagues, we initially decided to let Aaron remain with the Tigers AAA for another year. However, just days after we accepted the Offer from the new Coach, another opportunity came up. Andy and Aaron met with one of the coaches from West Toronto and they offered him a spot on the Elite team...so we called the Tigers Coach and politely informed him. He wished Aaron all the best, and we thought all was well.
Andy go together with one of the parents, whose son played with Aaron on the Tigers team and is also now with West Toronto, and together they started an additional Winter training program for the boys. During the second week of training one of the Coaches attending the program noticed Aaron and told Andy about the Ontario Cardinals. He asked Andy to take Aaron to meet the Coach there, so we took him...and he was offered a spot on this team that same night!
This team is one of Ontario's premier leagues (considered a travel team). Although the coach told us to think about his offer, he called the next night!
After thinking over the Offer, and Aaron's future, we decided to accept it. We were once again in the same position of having to call the West Toronto Coach and let him know that we will not be on the team.
So, he's officially a "cardinal" once again...and hopefully not other offers come up before the season starts!
I knew the cardinal birds chose the tree in front of his bedroom window for a reason! I can hardly wait to see what this new level of baseball will be like...
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