SoccerFrenzy
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I am sure it’s been brought up but how often should there be a coaching change for teams? I know some clubs like to change out coaches every 2 years. What are the benefits or not of change?
Best advice I've heard since I got on this Forum. Man, I wish someone told me this three years agoIt is very situational dependent. If you have a OK coach and the team seems to have plateaued then a coaching change could be a good thing. If you have a great coach and the team is consistently improving, then keeping the same coach is a good thing. If the coach is sleeping with the moms and giving preference to their kids, find another team.
I'd also add "Be Careful What you Wish For".It is very situational dependent. If you have a OK coach and the team seems to have plateaued then a coaching change could be a good thing. If you have a great coach and the team is consistently improving, then keeping the same coach is a good thing. If the coach is sleeping with the moms and giving preference to their kids, find another team.
I am sure it’s been brought up but how often should there be a coaching change for teams? I know some clubs like to change out coaches every 2 years. What are the benefits or not of change?
I'd also add "Be Careful What you Wish For".
If players are happy, don't mess with it too much.
Did you go up to a higher level this year and are struggling? Has the team put in the effort to compete at a higher level?
Club politics and entitled parents are a few of the annoyances but how does changing coaches take away the leverage or club politics? That pressure of playing kids or listening to parents with multiple children in a club comes from the Directors as they don't want to lose money. I've seen the pressures remain the same as coaches are changed. Coaches and directors discuss parents like this to prepare each other.2 years tops
It kills any and all of the current politicking that was going from prior years especially if it's transitioning from a youngers age group where the parents tend to control the teams more so then olders.
@timbuck this "be careful of what you wish for" is bull shit unless you are the one in the current coaches ear or pocket. The only people afraid of a coaching change after 2 years are parents who make special arangemts or leverage multiples in the club to get their way. Past threats hold zero Merit to a new coach who's willing to play the best and stick players in positions where they actually belong.
Please share the club name. Seems like another Tuesday of doing bussiness for those bastards. Sports for our youth have turned soooo sour it's sad.Club politics and entitled parents are a few of the annoyances but how does changing coaches take away the leverage or club politics? That pressure of playing kids or listening to parents with multiple children in a club comes from the Directors as they don't want to lose money. I've seen the pressures remain the same as coaches are changed. Coaches and directors discuss parents like this to prepare each other.
I guess the question is why commit to the club when the commitment level doesn’t go both ways?At highest levels of soccer, yes, changing coaches every year or 2 is the norm. Unfortunately, majority of the kids don't play at highest level and most of them signing to play for the coach, not the club. In a matter of fact most of them don't care about the club. So once the coach leaves or get replaced, it creates a problem and players either leave or follow the coach. Clubs created this situation by giving coaches complete anatomy over their teams, where they do recruiting, coaching and everything else, including taking teams to a different club as soon as something don't go their way.