What are some of the craziest things a coach/DOC has said to you or your kids when they found out you're switching clubs?

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Socal-Soccer-Dad

It's the end of the season. Also try out season.

And undoubtedly a few of your kids (maybe many of them?) are moving clubs soon.

What are some of the craziest things a coach/DOC has said to you or your kids when they found out you're switching clubs?

We haven't experienced this personally but from friends and family who have moved clubs in the past, we've heard some crazy things.
  • Your kid sucks. No team is going to want you.
  • This team is the best your kid can do. Where will you go?
  • You're just going to ride the bench at your next club.
  • Don't ever even think about coming back to this club.
  • I know people. I'm going to make sure you don't get what you want.
If a coach said some of this to my kid, I might be arrested... based on what I'll do next. It's so malicious what some of them as grown men and women will say to a child. What the heck is wrong with these people?
 
"All the best; we hope it goes well for you."

It's such an easy response and doesn't unnecessarily burn bridges; we have to remember that we do not 'own' these kids. They are free to play wherever they want.

Kids rarely leave our club (that might sound a bit pompous but it's true) and so it isn't something I experience very often as a DOC but there have been times when I've looked at a situation and thought that it isn't the best move for the kid, however at that point a parent/kid has already made their decision so you step aside and wish them good luck. A youth soccer transfer won't make it onto ESPN; it's really not a big deal.
 
I think I have the record of most talks with the Docs in club soccer. I woke up this morning with so many reminders of my "Talks with Docs" over the years about why it's time to leave and how pissed off "Doc" got. It's crazy to look back at these conversations and how angry "The Family Boss Got" when trying to leave to another soccer family.

"College coaches don;t like club hopers. I know everyone and you will be blacklisted."
"No one will believe you. I know everyone."
"High school is horrible and US Soccer is 100% against it"
"Some of you are getting fat."
"No boy friends"
"The National Scouts are hard to find. They like to blend into the crowd."


If I think of any other crazy statements over the years, I'll post. It will get better you guys :)

My best one and most loving. "I wish you the best and hate to see you leave. If I see you at the fields, I will give you a high five and a hug."
 
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Socal-Soccer-Dad said:
It's the end of the season. Also try out season.

And undoubtedly a few of your kids (maybe many of them?) are moving clubs soon.

What are some of the craziest things a coach/DOC has said to you or your kids when they found out you're switching clubs?

We haven't experienced this personally but from friends and family who have moved clubs in the past, we've heard some crazy things.
  • Your kid sucks. No team is going to want you.
  • This team is the best your kid can do. Where will you go?
  • You're just going to ride the bench at your next club.
  • Don't ever even think about coming back to this club.
  • I know people. I'm going to make sure you don't get what you want.
If a coach said some of this to my kid, I might be arrested... based on what I'll do next. It's so malicious what some of them as grown men and women will say to a child. What the heck is wrong with these people?
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Brah, this is click bait for me, stop it!
 
Paul Spacey said:
"All the best; we hope it goes well for you."

It's such an easy response and doesn't unnecessarily burn bridges; we have to remember that we do not 'own' these kids. They are free to play and wants to play wherever they want.

Kids rarely leave our club (that might sound a bit pompous but it's true) and so it isn't something I experience very often as a DOC but there have been times when I've looked at a situation and thought that it isn't the best move for the kid, however at that point a parent/kid has already made their decision so you step aside and wish them good luck. A youth soccer transfer won't make it onto ESPN; it's really not a big deal.
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I believe you Coach and I wish all Docs took a class on how to say good bye when a player leaves to another club.
 
Socal-Soccer-Dad said:
It's the end of the season. Also try out season.

And undoubtedly a few of your kids (maybe many of them?) are moving clubs soon.

What are some of the craziest things a coach/DOC has said to you or your kids when they found out you're switching clubs?

We haven't experienced this personally but from friends and family who have moved clubs in the past, we've heard some crazy things.
  • Your kid sucks. No team is going to want you.
  • This team is the best your kid can do. Where will you go?
  • You're just going to ride the bench at your next club.
  • Don't ever even think about coming back to this club.
  • I know people. I'm going to make sure you don't get what you want.
If a coach said some of this to my kid, I might be arrested... based on what I'll do next. It's so malicious what some of them as grown men and women will say to a child. What the heck is wrong with these people?
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You are making up fake statements to work yourself up into a froth. To the extent your friends claim these statements were made, odds are they are lying. The odds are even higher, however, that you are the one who is lying about what your friends claim they were told. Regardless, the fact that you are expressing a willingness to engage in physical violence with someone who says something you don't want to hear says a lot about you.

Honestly, what you are claiming doesn't even pass the laugh test. Coaches and DOCs do not tell parents that their kid sucks or that they're not good enough to play somewhere else as a way to convince them to stay on the team. That is ridiculous. They don't threaten parents that they will blackball their children, although crazy paranoid soccer parents (like crushypoo) often speculate that it happens. And even if they did, why do you even care since it clearly isn't a place you want to be?
 
GoldenGate said:
Coaches and DOCs do not tell parents that their kid sucks or that they're not good enough to play somewhere else as a way to convince them to stay on the team. That is ridiculous
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Oh really? I had one Doc say that my kid better get a 4.3 GPA, 1300+ SAT score, make the YNT List, have no boyfriends and she best better not play HSS if you want a chance at a Big U ride. What a crock of BS you guys sell to parents. Lie to little girls, pay for their play and then bribe them with blackmail to get them to stay. Horrible way to make a buck Doc, MOO unless other MOO MOO's agree with me? BTW, crushy poo says hi. Say hi to Husker Pu and Espola for me. Hi dad.......You guys are busted.
 
Ellejustus said:
Oh really? I had one Doc say that my kid better get a 4.3 GPA, 1300+ SAT score, make the YNT List, have no boyfriends and she best better not play HSS if you want a chance at a Big U ride. What a crock of BS you guys sell to parents. Lie to little girls, pay for their play and then bribe them with blackmail to get them to stay. Horrible way to make a buck Doc, MOO unless other MOO MOO's agree with me? BTW, crushy poo says hi. Say hi to Husker Pu and Espola for me. Hi dad.......You guys are busted.
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Answer me this. Does she have a full ride to a "Big U"?
 
Ellejustus said:
Oh really? I had one Doc say that my kid better get a 4.3 GPA, 1300+ SAT score, make the YNT List, have no boyfriends and she best better not play HSS if you want a chance at a Big U ride. What a crock of BS you guys sell to parents. Lie to little girls, pay for their play and then bribe them with blackmail to get them to stay. Horrible way to make a buck Doc, MOO unless other MOO MOO's agree with me? BTW, crushy poo says hi. Say hi to Husker Pu and Espola for me. Hi dad.......You guys are busted.
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No one bribed or blackmailed you. To the extent former coaches and DOCs are not interested in helping your kid, it is because you were an a** to them. Seriously, telling college coaches and DOCs when your kid was in middle school to stick it because she is going pro right out of high school, and also shaking DOCs down for free handouts in exchange for the "privilege" of letting your child play in their club, doesn't exactly make friends.
 
GoldenGate said:
No one bribed or blackmailed you. To the extent former coaches and DOCs are not interested in helping your kid, it is because you were an a** to them. Seriously, telling college coaches and DOCs when your kid was in middle school to stick it because she is going pro right out of high school, and also shaking DOCs down for free handouts in exchange for the "privilege" of letting your child play in their club, doesn't exactly make friends.
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How do you know? Do you have the text and emails brah???? Dom, please keep GG IP Address for later. He is now slandering my dd again and her old man, like he has always been doing. Going after and lying to a 13 year old bro is going to get you and the others in big trouble.
 
OK, it's heating up you guys. The threats are getting real again. This is what happens when you poke bears with no heart. My business coach is telling to go away from the forum for the 30 days of rehab and see how I feel after no forum for 30days. She is the most amazing coach I have ever had. Persian Goddess with a heart of Gold, insights to the truth unlike any man I ever met, and one who knows how to love and nurture a man back to being soft :) I'm going to "Forum Anonymous" or I like to say, "I'm going to FA" after today you guys. However, I'm drinking the kool aid today one last time. This will be the end of the line kind of party for me.
 
Ellejustus said:
How do you know? Do you have the text and emails brah???? Dom, please keep GG IP Address for later. He is now slandering my dd again and her old man, like he has always been doing. Going after and lying to a 13 year old bro is going to get you and the others in big trouble.
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That's pretty funny coming from a guy who has spent the last four years accusing people of blackmailing and bribing you and also ruining your child's life.
 
Another one from a crazy ass Doc who thought he knew best. He told me, "You cannot post on the socal soccer forum. We know your avatar. We got a policy in the soccer family that no one is allowed to post of the socal soccer forum. If you do, you will be asked to leave. Your dd can stay, but you must leave. We pay for her play, so you better do as we say and never post, ever and STFU!!! Nothing is free and now you can't leave ever for greener or safer pasture."
 
We left a team when my kid was u9 or u10. The coach was super cool and he said "Good luck. The door will always be open for her to come back. Please stay in touch."

I've used this in my own coaching when a player tells me they want to leave. Even if deep down inside, I want to say some of the awful things posted above.
 
timbuck said:
We left a team when my kid was u9 or u10. The coach was super cool and he said "Good luck. The door will always be open for her to come back. Please stay in touch."
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This was my experience when we left a club at u11. The only thing said that could be taken as negative was the coach saying "She needs to play ECNL to get recruited for college" which is just the normal company line. We've stayed friends and he was one of the first people to call me when my kid tore her ACL.
 
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