Sometimes there’s no reason and a coach just has to reduce numbers.
My kids go to a powerhouse HS. At the spring pre-season meeting the baseball coach fills the bleachers with kids and parents, sections arranged frosh to senior. He starts by telling seniors what he expects, then juniors, then goes down and lets the freshmen know that even with three ninth grade teams he’s got to make cuts because of the number of people coming out.
Then he goes back to the sophomores. “You guys are screwed. This is one of the most unfair cuts in the state. I have three teams of excellent ninth graders and 18-20 B squad roster spots available. I’m going to cutting you because of how you tied your shoes, what you had for breakfast, what I had for breakfast, and eventually for no reason at all. Sorry in advance, but there’s no good way to do this after the first ten or twelve guys. It’s just numbers and I’m apologizing now before the process gets started.”
So sometimes there are more options than hours to evaluate. Not sure if that was the case here. Regardless, I’m happy to hear a solution has emerged and I hope things work out with her shoulder, her team and her new school.