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Anonymous
Not done anything about it? Good job putting words in my mouth hope you feel better |
Anonymous
Please tell me how you went from what I said to “I’m not doing anything about it”? The staff is non-confrontational and there’s very few other engagement opportunities. So who is this? LB or LC, or Mr. Kevin? |
Anonymous
+1 There is definitely a club troll. A club that is struggling and spending time trolling on DCUM is telling about their future. |
Anonymous
Clearly you're still here complaining. So yeah, done nothing about it. For 2 years. This sounds like its personal with LB. |
Anonymous
Oh I agree there is a club troll here. One that isn't from LMVSC. Take a wild guess which club the troll is from. One that would be holding a 2 year grudge... If parents cared this much over the course of 2 years, their kid would be gone from LMVSC by now. |
Anonymous
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There’s that family. DD has best friends here. When VV was her coach I complained about his demeanor and nothing changed. Now that LB is her coach do you really think there will be a change or even listened to? And no, I’m not from Alexandria and I’m not from Springfield. I didn’t care for EM and I didn’t care for EM leaving but he wasn’t exactly around either.
So what’s the narrative now? |
Anonymous
| The narrative is the same. You did nothing. This is silly. Are you going be here in the fall still complaining? |
Anonymous
Tell you what how about I’ll take you up on both of your offers? |
Anonymous
| Boys, settle down. This is childish. |
Anonymous
| I'm not even sure what offers PP is talking about. |
Anonymous
| we are getting worked up over a neighborhood club here. Not a hi level competitive or destination club a very average local club. |
Anonymous
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For those of you holding on to the notion LMVSC or LB is going to change, please think hard about the efforts you've made or the frustration you've experienced since the Town Hall and what, if any, positive change as occurred. Please consider the repeated efforts you and others have made to get answers to your questions and ask yourself if you really think a new TD or coach is going to make any difference. Conversely, if your child is happy with their current coach and you are not worried about the competitive level of play and paying upwards of $2K - $3K per year, I suggested you accept LMVSC for what it is and let your kid enjoy a slightly more competitive environment above recreational soccer. With that said, please keep in mind, where these issues become more critical is when your kid(s) moves into older age groups and real conversations about recruiting and playing in college begin. If you're entering into that phase, I strongly recommend you look at other clubs in the area to assess their track records placing kids in college programs. Particularly for the girls, there is money for school if they're recruited. Some money exists on the boys side but it's significantly limited. LMVSC - at one time - did promote its success getting girls into college programs; however, that has diminished significantly. If there are no teams at the older age groups and/or the older teams are not competitive enough to attract talented players who make other players better, there will be fewer and fewer players moving on from LMVSC to college programs and the entire travel program will continue to devolve. Thus, if you choose to look at the amount of money you've invested in travel soccer over six, seven, eight years or more as nothing more than opportunities for your kid to hang out with friends, play a sport at a conveniently located soccer club, and you're not worried about the competitive level of play, by all means - stay. If, however, there is an inkling of desire for your kids to play in more competitive environments and consider playing beyond high school, do your homework and look at the track record of other clubs in Northern Virginia to determine if they're are options.
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Anonymous
Well-written, thank you. I had sent a question to clarify what the program’s intent was; fun, community-centric environment or competitive development. I asked because it felt presented as two sides, LB’s focus on LMVSC family and LC’s focus on the academy style direction. I was further confused since several of the age groups, specifically on the girls side, is unable to do the academy style training (one team being too old, many others appearing to have only one team). My question wasn’t responded to, and I expected to eventually find out. I believe I have, and that answer is LB and LC have different visions for the club. This is a little worrying because apparently that is why EM left; and with rumors of LC leaving it’s making me wonder “oh geez what next?” And I think you are right for what’s next; diminishing return on my investment for DC to play collegiately. |
Anonymous
| I don't care how much LB is paid. To me its just about the club heading in the wrong direction. It shouldn't be about the management and staff its about the players. Until we get the soccer philosophy in place and go all in 100% with the best qualified technical staff. The problem will continue to get bigger. It won't bother me if LB gives herself a raise. The point is we need a new plan and new voice that has the full support without current management influencing the plan at all. It can work it just needs the current management to be a silent supporting cast and trust the new voice without any hinderance. |
Anonymous
I agree—I also don’t care. I’d rather like to know: are we a community-centric club or are we a competitive, development-centric club? |