our coach is tough, but I'm fine with that. Our team has gotten better and better each year. The only reason I'm glad its coming to an end is the conflict. PAL coaches resent you not coming to go to travel practices/games, and travel coaches get annoyed that your not dedicating yourself to the tourney team. Kids want to do both, but parents AND kids both feel the pressure of not attending one. It should not be that way. PAL is 2 months, let the kids play PAL without having the travel pressure. Our PAL coach has practices 3 days a week and game on sunday, so he gets a good run for the week. Just my thoughts.