[charlie22]

Isn't the AD also the head football coach?

Yeah, he sure is. He's the same fellow who met with a bunch of football players recently and told them to play baseball or run track if they wanted to. He's the same fellow who is the featured speaker for the baseball coach's upcoming youth baseball clinic. He's the same fellow who played college baseball and was drafted I believe by the Rangers out of high school. The guy loves baseball.

What causes this crud every year are some parents of kids who don't intend to play football, but rather will play other sports. Those other sports frankly suffer when other kids decide to concentrate on football. There's no denying it. But rather than just accept that the tradition of football causes kids to want to concentrate on football, they keep coming up with this "pressure from coaches" garbage. And it's garbage. I challenge any one believing it to get to know the baseball and basketball coaches and ask them if they believe Dale or any other coach pressures kids to concentrate on football. I know Mike and Jeremy extremely well. They are honest people and would not lie. Both of them have told me that Dale is extremely supportive of their programs and has encouraged football players to play baseball and football.