re: Legendary youth baseball coach lays the smack down on travel ball

How does one become a "legendary youth baseball coach"? WTF does that mean, who is this guy, and why does his opinion matter either way? I don't understand all the hate for travel ball on this board. I played on the same team from 9-14 years old and loved it. Would've rather played with that team than my high school team if given the chance and we won state twice in my 4 years in high school.

Not every travel team is out there recruiting kids from team to team. We traveled all over the southeast and I had some of the best memories with that team. I really think the generalization that all travel ball is bad is ridiculous.