I would hope that people are not doing that for those reasons and I did not know. But, it is the internet and everyone is really tough when sitting behind a computer. The very same people that would never have the stones to confront someone in the real world. You are welcome, keep posting, and stay safe.
You win the posting games for using "schadenfreude". Congrats. For winning, you get to stay home for another month.
I am talking about one specific player and her 05 team. Kicker has described the situation in the 04 team, which he knows pretty well. I doubt that the core of Joyner's 03 team, which has been in the club for six or more years, will move because most of them committed long ago and this is their last year. I have no idea about the younger groups. Will some players leave in any group? Sure, just like it happens every year. Will the strongest players that have been in the club for a few years stay? That is happening in the 04 and 05 groups, and other great players are joining in. The club (and other clubs in the same situation) will make sure to setup a schedule of competitive matches, work harder than before in developing the players, and probably cup the development of the 03s with WPSL games in Spring. I have no problem with that.
No doubt about how things would have looked if DA had won. They’d be making phone calls and sales pitches right about now.
Sorry, let me rephrase the question. How do you feel about how your coach/club are handling the team formation?
Kind of toxic lately. Who does one believe? For me, I took a step back and look to see who is in business still and who threw up the white towel to us to fight over? That was done horrible and now we have all this.
Yes, so true. Same club, same coaches, just with a new sign again. Also, their so happy HS Soccer is a choice now and all these dads see the social value of hs soccer and now that their league folded they have to play the public schools kids as well in their league. This is going to be one wacky fall
Great takes. One thing I liked about TB, he said your spot is open for just one year. Telling a kid it's your spot regardless and you have no worries to worry about tryouts next year is alarming from a competitive stand point. Keeping the customers paying every year, then yes, offer a spot for next 5 years because we all know it's all about the coach and his development tactics.
Or, on the flip side, you have a similarly skilled group of girls. Of course you might have a few that standout but in general there is no huge differential in skill over the course of a season. More importantly, all the girls are intrinsically motivated, and highly committed to development and don't need outside motivation to train hard and compete to get better, as they shouldn't be on a top team if they don't have that anyway. The coach and club commit to developing this group of girls and don't look for outside talent unless there is voluntary turnover.
Oh stop it. You're a Caucasion Dad from one of the weaker ECNL teams.
Two sides for sure. To each his own and each kid is motivated differently and progresses better in certain environments than others. Not all teams and coaches are the same. We are talking about ECNL and the competitive component. This is super hard on all of us because we all want something from soccer. The freaking ball might just pop on us and we will have no soccer. I hope not but man, people are super controlling and some even get pissed off when your super honest and say, "Hey coach Jack, it's not working out because:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________--_Coach Ass says, "WTF, we did all this for you and all this for that and now you think you can just leave? Ok club hopper now you asked for it"______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________So I I tell him to pound sand and we shall see how good your threat holds up. It's really starting to act like a cult in some places.
Please spare us your privileged identity politics. We are here to discuss soccer.
Yes, mostly it is jackass soccer dads attacking other jackass soccer dads - no color required for that.
