GFR Falling apart?

[Anonymous]

So who is getting NM then?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Then they shouldn’t market themselves as a travel club if it’s going to be run by rec parents. Let them have a rec program run by parent coaches. See how fast that lasts without the travel parents coughing up $2,500/year. Plenty of other clubs nearby that will take their money and provide better coaches and training.

They market themselves as a soccer club: that is rec and travel.

They probably have more rec players than travel players. Rec players are very profitable around here by the way.

What do you mean by profitable?

Rec sports orgs make a lot more off a rec soccer player's fees than they soend on that player. The surplus is used for admin costs, rainy day funds or to float less profitable other rec sports.

Do the math. An NCSL rec team. 17 players each paying $200 for a season of rec ($3400). They don't get turf practice space-grass fees are basically free. Volunteer coach is free. NCSL charges $100 per team. The only other cost is referees for 4 home games, say $150 per game. Huge profit to the rec league.

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t sound like these three guys took over the club legitimately. Who voted for them to be the directors? No members were present at the meeting they had.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t sound like these three guys took over the club legitimately. Who voted for them to be the directors? No members were present at the meeting they had.

Maybe they signed an executive order and handed out the pens afterwards.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t sound like these three guys took over the club legitimately. Who voted for them to be the directors? No members were present at the meeting they had.

Maybe they signed an executive order and handed out the pens afterwards.

In all seriousness, it seems like it is a case of a guy that drives around in a $100K sports car thinking everyone else should be working for peanuts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t sound like these three guys took over the club legitimately. Who voted for them to be the directors? No members were present at the meeting they had.

Maybe they signed an executive order and handed out the pens afterwards.

In all seriousness, it seems like it is a case of a guy that drives around in a $100K sports car thinking everyone else should be working for peanuts.

RS drives a 20 year old Honda Pilot - not sure who has the sports car 😂

[Anonymous]

What happens when the coaches don't show up?

Parents should be issued partial refunds for the year. They made a contract for X team with Y coach...now they have no coach. Who is going to be running practices?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happens when the coaches don't show up?

Parents should be issued partial refunds for the year. They made a contract for X team with Y coach...now they have no coach. Who is going to be running practices?

These would be good questions for the guys in charge now! not sure they thought this all through!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:With all that is going on with ECNL, GA, MLS Next, etc. it’s a really good time to have coaches and directors like NM and ML on your side

It seems like not many clubs want NM "on their side" - ask GFR or FVU or Mclean how that worked out for them.

Who are you going to ask at GFR? The 3 soccer dads who are now running it?

Ok, so your preference is to discount GFR. Fair enough. How about FVU or Mclean or Herndon? Why don't they want to work with NM? Or should we discount those, too?

I’m not familiar with FVU. But I wouldn’t use Herndon as an example of a great youth soccer program. They’re an even bigger mess than GFR - although that is almost debatable now.

Is Herndon not good for the boys side anymore? We had heard good things about it a couple of years ago. Has it changed since then?

Their good youth coach left

[Anonymous]

So it's safe to say that it's all falling apart since letting RP and KB go. You are letting go of people who are soccer people for people who have no idea about player development and only care about money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So it's safe to say that it's all falling apart since letting RP and KB go. You are letting go of people who are soccer people for people who have no idea about player development and only care about money.

I'd say they let them go and then let RS and NM go for people who don't know anything about soccer.

[Anonymous]

Any ideas when GFR tryouts will be?? It’s getting late not to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any ideas when GFR tryouts will be?? It’s getting late not to know.

This is why this was so ill timed. How are they possibly going to arrange tryouts and a coaching slate for next year any time soon? They don't have enough coaches or any true directors right now. Very rash decision to have made. If it was even legal/done properly which it seems it was not. There should be a more clear message sent out, the one sent on Friday just confused everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any ideas when GFR tryouts will be?? It’s getting late not to know.

This is why this was so ill timed. How are they possibly going to arrange tryouts and a coaching slate for next year any time soon? They don't have enough coaches or any true directors right now. Very rash decision to have made. If it was even legal/done properly which it seems it was not. There should be a more clear message sent out, the one sent on Friday just confused everyone.

All GFR parents want right now is some stability. There are other clubs that don't have a TD or Director of Coaching, but they aren't out there do their back office stuff so publicly and stupidly. Mclean, Valor, etc. are all without a TD or DOC right now, but what they do have is a tryout schedule and a coaching slate (and most likely offers out to current members). Come on GFR... get your act together and stabilize this nonsense. Otherwise you will see an exit of talent very quickly.

[Anonymous]

Is this related to the RS situation that was supposed to be a lawsuit last year?
What happened to PE at Valor, did he just retire? I didn't realize they were without a TD.