Spirit Coach

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to do it nor am I qualified but some other poster should definitely throw their hat into the ring for the job. Based on all the posts I've seen over the years there is surely someone on the forum who is more than qualified.

LOL. It's time for Mr. "US Soccer is broken and it's all the aging USWNT's fault" to put up or shut up.

[Anonymous]

This is what happens when you take a coach who's worked only with male players his entire life, and male PROFESSIONAL players too.

It's not his fault. Spirit players must just be "soft"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/08/11/richie-burke-nwsl-spirit-verbal-abuse/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was an FCV coach. Probably getting a little handsy.

He coached the boys at FCV before leaving in 2018. My son played against this teams. One of son's teammates played for him previously. The teammate loved him but not for everyone. Tough guy and definitely didn't mince words. Didn't hear the kinds of comments the women's players are describing. You'd like to think he would have adjusted his style, but clearly he is not able to adjust.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what happens when you take a coach who's worked only with male players his entire life, and male PROFESSIONAL players too.

It's not his fault. Spirit players must just be "soft"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/08/11/richie-burke-nwsl-spirit-verbal-abuse/

The Spirit hired him with major allegations that sound very similar to what is coming out from the Spirit players only at the youth level. He had no major soccer coaching experience(college or professional) plus baggage. Why did the spirit hire him? This is on the owner.

Throughout training and scrimmages last year, McCullough said, the team’s now-former coach, Richie Burke, screamed at her, and he didn’t stop. Anything could set him off, she said, prompting him to unleash a torrent of threats, criticism and personal insults on McCullough and her teammates.
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Off the field, Burke also made racially insensitive jokes and comments that McCullough, who is Black, said left her feeling “very uncomfortable.”
“I was 100 percent in a situation where I was being emotionally abused by Richie,” McCullough said in an interview. “He created this environment where I knew I wasn’t playing as well, because I was so, so scared to mess up and be yelled at. It crippled my performance, and it made me super anxious.”

He made me hate soccer,” McCullough said.
McCullough, 23, left the Spirit in the middle of the pandemic-altered season last year because of what she described as verbal and emotional abuse by Burke. She is one of at least four players who have left the Spirit in the past two years because of Burke’s treatment, according to interviews with former players and others with knowledge of the decisions.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/08/11/richie-burke-nwsl-spirit-verbal-abuse/

[Anonymous]

I hear there are two local clubs working to sign him up right now!

[Anonymous]

Well its official Snowflakes have won the war. Its been coming for a while. This dont discipline your child, Dont yell at my kid, Everyone gets a participation trophy, and every makes the team , plays equal time, without keeping score. This is why we you really never see the father and child throwing the football or baseball in the backyard anymore. The first generation of cancel culture parents are ruining the competitive nature that we have know forever. This is the type culture we have created. Soft never been in a fist fight kids who cant even be told they are wrong in anything but a soft timid voice. The kids who dont play neighborhood sports together. The Ive never played tackle football in my neighbors backyard or rode a bike without a helmet generation. Instead of making your kid better you change the rules to make everyone feel good. Welcome to its ok to finish last because I just love watching you play era....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well its official Snowflakes have won the war. Its been coming for a while. This dont discipline your child, Dont yell at my kid, Everyone gets a participation trophy, and every makes the team , plays equal time, without keeping score. This is why we you really never see the father and child throwing the football or baseball in the backyard anymore. The first generation of cancel culture parents are ruining the competitive nature that we have know forever. This is the type culture we have created. Soft never been in a fist fight kids who cant even be told they are wrong in anything but a soft timid voice. The kids who dont play neighborhood sports together. The Ive never played tackle football in my neighbors backyard or rode a bike without a helmet generation. Instead of making your kid better you change the rules to make everyone feel good. Welcome to its ok to finish last because I just love watching you play era....

Sod off.

Also, spelling and punctuation are your friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well its official Snowflakes have won the war. Its been coming for a while. This dont discipline your child, Dont yell at my kid, Everyone gets a participation trophy, and every makes the team , plays equal time, without keeping score. This is why we you really never see the father and child throwing the football or baseball in the backyard anymore. The first generation of cancel culture parents are ruining the competitive nature that we have know forever. This is the type culture we have created. Soft never been in a fist fight kids who cant even be told they are wrong in anything but a soft timid voice. The kids who dont play neighborhood sports together. The Ive never played tackle football in my neighbors backyard or rode a bike without a helmet generation. Instead of making your kid better you change the rules to make everyone feel good. Welcome to its ok to finish last because I just love watching you play era....

Thanks Richie.

[Anonymous]

Interesting discussion, Pro female athletes want to be treated like men.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting discussion, Pro female athletes want to be treated like men.

Just for pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well its official Snowflakes have won the war. Its been coming for a while. This dont discipline your child, Dont yell at my kid, Everyone gets a participation trophy, and every makes the team , plays equal time, without keeping score. This is why we you really never see the father and child throwing the football or baseball in the backyard anymore. The first generation of cancel culture parents are ruining the competitive nature that we have know forever. This is the type culture we have created. Soft never been in a fist fight kids who cant even be told they are wrong in anything but a soft timid voice. The kids who dont play neighborhood sports together. The Ive never played tackle football in my neighbors backyard or rode a bike without a helmet generation. Instead of making your kid better you change the rules to make everyone feel good. Welcome to its ok to finish last because I just love watching you play era....

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well its official Snowflakes have won the war. Its been coming for a while. This dont discipline your child, Dont yell at my kid, Everyone gets a participation trophy, and every makes the team , plays equal time, without keeping score. This is why we you really never see the father and child throwing the football or baseball in the backyard anymore. The first generation of cancel culture parents are ruining the competitive nature that we have know forever. This is the type culture we have created. Soft never been in a fist fight kids who cant even be told they are wrong in anything but a soft timid voice. The kids who dont play neighborhood sports together. The Ive never played tackle football in my neighbors backyard or rode a bike without a helmet generation. Instead of making your kid better you change the rules to make everyone feel good. Welcome to its ok to finish last because I just love watching you play era....

+1

Old man yells at a cloud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting discussion, Pro female athletes want to be treated like men.

Just for pay.

Imagine this was nfl players accuse coach of verbal abuse

[Anonymous]

Or accusing the linebackers coach of being too hard on them

[Anonymous]

He will have a home at Bethesda Soccer.