PAC is now BVBIA??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PAC is a mess today, and BVBIA isn’t likely to make it any better. A current manager said that BVB will just be in the background and not taking an active role, which is very disappointing. It seemed like an opportunity to bring structure and organization to the PAC. The club seems to exist for the money and not the players. We’ve known of many families that have had issues over the years, and there’s nowhere to take them because there’s no true or caring leader at the top of the organization (without naming names) that cares about broad personal and player development. This isn’t a fully legit club like others in the area. Save your money and go to a real club.

That is 100% NOT my experience.

I found this to be a club that cared about the development of every player on the field, no matter how good or bad they were when they came out to play.

Organizationally challenged? Sure. Lacking elite teams in ECNL or the GA or MLS Next? True -- they tend to develop players who then move on.

But caring about "broad personal and player development"? Absolutely.

Not sure if this is still the case (because I'm not sure about their field status), but when we were there, the U9s through U12s trained at the same time, followed by the older groups. The coaches all knew the kids not just on their specific teams but on the other teams as well. They all took an interest in all the players.

Many years later, I still occasionally bump into the coaches, and they remember my DS.

There may be some reasons not to like PAC, but "they don't care" is about like saying the problem with Rage Against the Machine is that they aren't political enough.

How long ago did your DS play there? We have some recent experience there and it hasn’t been what we hoped. Our kid has gotten plenty of playing time but there were some kids who sat on the bench most of the game even though they seemed to perform well when they were in and I’m not sure that’s good for development of the entire team.

I personally like the coaches but I’m not sure they are capable of being organized enough to grow the program and it doesn’t seem like this recent affiliation will do the trick.

Fingers crossed but I’m not optimistic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PAC is a mess today, and BVBIA isn’t likely to make it any better. A current manager said that BVB will just be in the background and not taking an active role, which is very disappointing. It seemed like an opportunity to bring structure and organization to the PAC. The club seems to exist for the money and not the players. We’ve known of many families that have had issues over the years, and there’s nowhere to take them because there’s no true or caring leader at the top of the organization (without naming names) that cares about broad personal and player development. This isn’t a fully legit club like others in the area. Save your money and go to a real club.

That is 100% NOT my experience.

I found this to be a club that cared about the development of every player on the field, no matter how good or bad they were when they came out to play.

Organizationally challenged? Sure. Lacking elite teams in ECNL or the GA or MLS Next? True -- they tend to develop players who then move on.

But caring about "broad personal and player development"? Absolutely.

Not sure if this is still the case (because I'm not sure about their field status), but when we were there, the U9s through U12s trained at the same time, followed by the older groups. The coaches all knew the kids not just on their specific teams but on the other teams as well. They all took an interest in all the players.

Many years later, I still occasionally bump into the coaches, and they remember my DS.

There may be some reasons not to like PAC, but "they don't care" is about like saying the problem with Rage Against the Machine is that they aren't political enough.

How long ago did your DS play there? We have some recent experience there and it hasn’t been what we hoped. Our kid has gotten plenty of playing time but there were some kids who sat on the bench most of the game even though they seemed to perform well when they were in and I’m not sure that’s good for development of the entire team.

I personally like the coaches but I’m not sure they are capable of being organized enough to grow the program and it doesn’t seem like this recent affiliation will do the trick.

Fingers crossed but I’m not optimistic.

About eight years ago, but they're all the same coaches. And they're as you describe -- good but not organized. I'm not sure Sully knows how to use the internet, but I would send any kid to train with him in a heartbeat.

I still see the coaches out doing smaller sessions from time to time.

If you're weighing an offer from a legitimately elite team at which the overall skill level at training will be through the roof and DS will be playing against the best possible opposition all the time, then no, you wouldn't choose PAC. Other than that, it beats going to some giant club's second team and playing kickball.