2024-2025 Try out & Coach Slate

[Anonymous]

As we approach try out season, i get suspicious when 1 coach is named the head coach of several age groups for top teams like MLSN/ECNL? Clubs mind as well just name the DOC imo and be done with it.

Is that normal? How can one coach manage that many team and age groups? As a parent I like to know who will be my son's coach for the year and make my determination to stay with the club/program/coach, verses feeling duped for a year with the switch & bait. At this leave, it's unfair to not be transparent who the real coach is imo.

[Anonymous]

I think coaches often have 2 teams they're coaching. If it's more than that, sometimes it's just a placeholder given the constant movement of coaches between clubs. Until they've hired a replacement, etc, the TD or ED may be listed.
Best way to find out is to ask the club directly what the plan is.

[Anonymous]

Placeholder alert. It means they don’t really have a permanent coach named.

Last year the club director was named as coach for 4 teams during tryouts. Then when August came around, bam new coach!

[Anonymous]

I don't understand it either. Clubs are holding ID sessions and try outs before the coaching slates are released.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As we approach try out season, i get suspicious when 1 coach is named the head coach of several age groups for top teams like MLSN/ECNL? Clubs mind as well just name the DOC imo and be done with it.

Is that normal? How can one coach manage that many team and age groups? As a parent I like to know who will be my son's coach for the year and make my determination to stay with the club/program/coach, verses feeling duped for a year with the switch & bait. At this leave, it's unfair to not be transparent who the real coach is imo.

Run from it. My kid had a ECNL coach who did 3 teams. He just couldnt handle it. Did not communicate and the team is worse then he started with at start if season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand it either. Clubs are holding ID sessions and try outs before the coaching slates are released.

Doesn’t the TD pick the teams and not the coaches? Coaches have input that I agree is missing but I had though not a coaches call if the kid is on the a b or c teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand it either. Clubs are holding ID sessions and try outs before the coaching slates are released.

Doesn’t the TD pick the teams and not the coaches? Coaches have input that I agree is missing but I had though not a coaches call if the kid is on the a b or c teams.

At all places coaches decide who is on their team.

[Anonymous]

Beside asking who will be the coach for the coming season, is asking who are/will be the players DD will/could play with create too much friction at the start? Asking for a friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand it either. Clubs are holding ID sessions and try outs before the coaching slates are released.

Doesn’t the TD pick the teams and not the coaches? Coaches have input that I agree is missing but I had though not a coaches call if the kid is on the a b or c teams.

That is not normal, no. Usually the A team coach picks first, then the B team picks from who is left , then the C team scrapes the dregs out of the barrel. etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand it either. Clubs are holding ID sessions and try outs before the coaching slates are released.

Doesn’t the TD pick the teams and not the coaches? Coaches have input that I agree is missing but I had though not a coaches call if the kid is on the a b or c teams.

How would that work with dozens of teams? One guy watching all the tryouts? That's ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand it either. Clubs are holding ID sessions and try outs before the coaching slates are released.

Doesn’t the TD pick the teams and not the coaches? Coaches have input that I agree is missing but I had though not a coaches call if the kid is on the a b or c teams.

If your DD/DS are not on the 1st team (or maybe the 2nd team, doubt it though) mention their name to the TD; the TD will be grasping at straws trying to figure out who you are talking about.

Such is life.

[Anonymous]

No. The TD has his/her own team. They will not 'fill in'.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand it either. Clubs are holding ID sessions and try outs before the coaching slates are released.

Doesn’t the TD pick the teams and not the coaches? Coaches have input that I agree is missing but I had though not a coaches call if the kid is on the a b or c teams.

[Anonymous]

TDs and DOCs pick the coaches. Coaches as a group put the kids in an age group on teams. Each coach will have the final say- or they should- about their team, but presumably in most cases they agree about placement. TDs/ DOCs don't pick the teams for the whole club, at least not in my experience (four kids over the years at five clubs).

[Anonymous]

Does anyone else find it odd that the dates are out but not coaches, at many of these clubs? I frankly care more about who the coach is than when the date is. I'll make the dates work for the right coach.

[Anonymous]

Agree 100%. Would much rather know who the coach will be which will determine if we want to stay or leave.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else find it odd that the dates are out but not coaches, at many of these clubs? I frankly care more about who the coach is than when the date is. I'll make the dates work for the right coach.