I'd like to start by saying that I am not complaining about my son's playing time. I have read the other postings about the Dallas Patriots and just want to set a few things straight for parents who may be considering signing on with this organization.
Most importantly, READ your contract before you sign it. Make a copy and keep it for reference or litigation. If you are unhappy about anything that was promised verbally, the response by Logan will be "read your contract" or one of his favorites..."this is a business".
We signed on with the Patriots to get more professional coaching. The coaching on our team turned out to be a joke. The coach did not use time management well, didn't know when to put a batter on base, didn't know when to pull a pitcher who was struggling, talked about using signals for batting/fielding that were never used, didn't know when to send/hold runners. The list goes on and on. That's not to say that there are no good coaches on the Patriots. There ARE some good coaches but not all.
The Patriots try to have 14-15 players per team. There will be a lot of bench time for several players.
Players who cannot make it to practices will be punished by losing playing time. I don't know about the other teams, but our team had very few practices the whole season. I would say they practiced fewer than 10 times from February to July.
Parents who talk to the coaches about their son's playing time will be reprimanded and their son will lose playing time because they broke a rule.
Logan has spies in the stands who report to him which parents are complaining about the coaches, Logan, or the Patriots. He recruits other parents to tell him and he sends people he knows into the stands.
The indoor facility is only open when someone is giving lessons there. We tried several times to use the facility and could not get access because no one was there to let us in on Saturdays or Sundays.
We felt like we were ripped off because the coaching was so bad. We expected that part of our money went to pay for the facility and we would have use of it during reasonable hours. We were also expecting to have a team that could compete at the National level and were surprised and disappointed when that did not happen.
If you are wanting your son to compete on a National level team, find another team. Logan may tell you that the Patriots will compete at that level... But it won't be in the contract and once they cash your check you are committed to whatever they want/decide. I agree with the other parents that Logan is a FANTASTIC salesman. He can certainly talk the talk as long as it's not in the contract.
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