Arlington U11/U12 pre-academy

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Anonymous wrote:Yep, AK is definitely pretending to be a parent! Move on already, you’ve had your 2 years with this group.

Anonymous wrote:AK is a great coach! I have to agree that he plays the stronger players longer than others but don’t disagree with him. If a player loses the ball more than half the time, it does not make sense for them to start or play longer than the stronger players. The girls who played longer are the stronger players. Guest players are used as it is a small roster for 9v9 games. This spring, the team have either won or tied games without any losses. We wished he kept our daughter on his team but understood why he did not. She has a lot to work on.

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Anonymous wrote:I would also add that the coach for 2016G PA1 is stubborn. He does not know how to adjust to games when his team is losing. He will keep his favorites in despite failures, and pulls the rest of the team for one bad pass. He also routinely brings girls down from the 2015 age group to guest so that he can win rather than develop the team he is supposed to be coaching. He was previously the coach for Arlington's 2013G, and most parents on that team agree he did not prepare them adequately to play ECNL. He has some weird clout in the club though despite being overwhelmingly ineffective.

Strange how quick folks are to jump on parents for offering an opinion/ information. Isn’t that the point of this forum? Anyway…

OP, as a parent considering a U9 offer, I found this helpful. In your experience is this isolated to a single coach? Or is lack of development and favoritism a more pervasive problem across the club at the U-Little age groups?

Not strange if you understood what they are saying and who they are saying it about. All opinions are dependent on one’s perspective but it sounds like they have a child that did not play much or was not favored. They believe this is why their kid was not developed to be as strong a player as they could have been.

Take a look at the other thread regarding favoritism. Rather than owning their own development, they would rather whine and make excuses.

Not the OP, but every player at this level is pretty good, no true standouts at the U-little level. The more they play, however, the more they standout because they’re developing their game iq. I don’t have experience with AK personally, but have heard horror stories.

I have experience with AK at the younger ages. All players play at least half the game. The strongest players play most of the game. This sounds like parents of kids who weren’t deemed to be the strongest.

Didn’t his team beat an older year Arlington team this weekend? Must be doing something right.

His team also played up in the President’s Cup and will be heading to semifinals at the end of the month.

Yes impressive win over Clarke County ranked 1715 in the nation. No other coach could have done that.

How did you do at Jeff Cup this year?

Ouch. LOL.

That’s probably why some of the girls had less playing times and were dropped from the team for next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is more obvious on here then when a coach or club admin posts on here pretending to be a parent.

And nothing is more obvious than a parent of a child who wasn't getting playing time constantly posting negative things about the coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Yep, AK is definitely pretending to be a parent! Move on already, you’ve had your 2 years with this group.

Anonymous wrote:AK is a great coach! I have to agree that he plays the stronger players longer than others but don’t disagree with him. If a player loses the ball more than half the time, it does not make sense for them to start or play longer than the stronger players. The girls who played longer are the stronger players. Guest players are used as it is a small roster for 9v9 games. This spring, the team have either won or tied games without any losses. We wished he kept our daughter on his team but understood why he did not. She has a lot to work on.

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Anonymous wrote:I would also add that the coach for 2016G PA1 is stubborn. He does not know how to adjust to games when his team is losing. He will keep his favorites in despite failures, and pulls the rest of the team for one bad pass. He also routinely brings girls down from the 2015 age group to guest so that he can win rather than develop the team he is supposed to be coaching. He was previously the coach for Arlington's 2013G, and most parents on that team agree he did not prepare them adequately to play ECNL. He has some weird clout in the club though despite being overwhelmingly ineffective.

Strange how quick folks are to jump on parents for offering an opinion/ information. Isn’t that the point of this forum? Anyway…

OP, as a parent considering a U9 offer, I found this helpful. In your experience is this isolated to a single coach? Or is lack of development and favoritism a more pervasive problem across the club at the U-Little age groups?

Not strange if you understood what they are saying and who they are saying it about. All opinions are dependent on one’s perspective but it sounds like they have a child that did not play much or was not favored. They believe this is why their kid was not developed to be as strong a player as they could have been.

Take a look at the other thread regarding favoritism. Rather than owning their own development, they would rather whine and make excuses.

Not the OP, but every player at this level is pretty good, no true standouts at the U-little level. The more they play, however, the more they standout because they’re developing their game iq. I don’t have experience with AK personally, but have heard horror stories.

I have experience with AK at the younger ages. All players play at least half the game. The strongest players play most of the game. This sounds like parents of kids who weren’t deemed to be the strongest.

Didn’t his team beat an older year Arlington team this weekend? Must be doing something right.

His team also played up in the President’s Cup and will be heading to semifinals at the end of the month.

Yes impressive win over Clarke County ranked 1715 in the nation. No other coach could have done that.

How did you do at Jeff Cup this year?

Ouch. LOL.

That’s probably why some of the girls had less playing times and were dropped from the team for next year.

The coach is blaming the girls he didn't develop all year and didn't play in the games for..losing game they barely played in. Wow.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing is more obvious on here then when a coach or club admin posts on here pretending to be a parent.

And nothing is more obvious than a parent of a child who wasn't getting playing time constantly posting negative things about the coach.

I don't even have a kid who plays for Arlington. I wouldn't tolerate this behavior from a coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arlington dictates to individual coaches who guests plays in their games and micromanages the play time?

Not one bit. It is 100% the coach choosing and asking guest players. And when you are an Age Group Manager who is supposed to be monitoring this type of behavior it really makes you wonder.

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Anonymous wrote:Yep, AK is definitely pretending to be a parent! Move on already, you’ve had your 2 years with this group.

Anonymous wrote:AK is a great coach! I have to agree that he plays the stronger players longer than others but don’t disagree with him. If a player loses the ball more than half the time, it does not make sense for them to start or play longer than the stronger players. The girls who played longer are the stronger players. Guest players are used as it is a small roster for 9v9 games. This spring, the team have either won or tied games without any losses. We wished he kept our daughter on his team but understood why he did not. She has a lot to work on.

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Anonymous wrote:I would also add that the coach for 2016G PA1 is stubborn. He does not know how to adjust to games when his team is losing. He will keep his favorites in despite failures, and pulls the rest of the team for one bad pass. He also routinely brings girls down from the 2015 age group to guest so that he can win rather than develop the team he is supposed to be coaching. He was previously the coach for Arlington's 2013G, and most parents on that team agree he did not prepare them adequately to play ECNL. He has some weird clout in the club though despite being overwhelmingly ineffective.

Strange how quick folks are to jump on parents for offering an opinion/ information. Isn’t that the point of this forum? Anyway…

OP, as a parent considering a U9 offer, I found this helpful. In your experience is this isolated to a single coach? Or is lack of development and favoritism a more pervasive problem across the club at the U-Little age groups?

Not strange if you understood what they are saying and who they are saying it about. All opinions are dependent on one’s perspective but it sounds like they have a child that did not play much or was not favored. They believe this is why their kid was not developed to be as strong a player as they could have been.

Take a look at the other thread regarding favoritism. Rather than owning their own development, they would rather whine and make excuses.

Not the OP, but every player at this level is pretty good, no true standouts at the U-little level. The more they play, however, the more they standout because they’re developing their game iq. I don’t have experience with AK personally, but have heard horror stories.

I have experience with AK at the younger ages. All players play at least half the game. The strongest players play most of the game. This sounds like parents of kids who weren’t deemed to be the strongest.

Didn’t his team beat an older year Arlington team this weekend? Must be doing something right.

His team also played up in the President’s Cup and will be heading to semifinals at the end of the month.

Yes impressive win over Clarke County ranked 1715 in the nation. No other coach could have done that.

How did you do at Jeff Cup this year?

Ouch. LOL.

That’s probably why some of the girls had less playing times and were dropped from the team for next year.

The coach is blaming the girls he didn't develop all year and didn't play in the games for..losing game they barely played in. Wow.

Crying about a coach not developing your kid has outed you for the entitled soccer parent that you are. Clubs don’t develop your kid. If the team isn’t having success, they’re constantly trying to find players that are better than the current roster.

This team must have been a joy to be on with this group.

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Where does Arlington soccer say on their website that they don't develop soccer skills?

You are outing yourself as a truly toilet tier coach. What do you think you are being paid for?

[Anonymous]

It’s funny that you keep calling everyone the coach. Your daughter isn’t very good. Either train or get used to getting replaced. Whining won’t achieve anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s funny that you keep calling everyone the coach. Your daughter isn’t very good. Either train or get used to getting replaced. Whining won’t achieve anything.

What makes you think you are talking to the same person, or that any of those people have kids on this loser coach's team?

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a crappy coach who failed to develop his players. Yikes. Avoid.

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You’re not fooling anyone. Definitely 1-2 parents with pitchforks because their star daughter(s) were “not developed” by a “crappy coach.”

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Anonymous wrote:You’re not fooling anyone. Definitely 1-2 parents with pitchforks because their star daughter(s) were “not developed” by a “crappy coach.”

Out of curiosity, who choose the girls last year to be on the team? Was it the current coach or did someone else choose the players?

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Anonymous wrote:You’re not fooling anyone. Definitely 1-2 parents with pitchforks because their star daughter(s) were “not developed” by a “crappy coach.”

Ha, don't know about the other posters but I have boys and live in Loudoun. Bringing in guest players all year and not playing the kids on the roster, then blaming those kids on the bench for not developing when they didn't get enough game time to develop? That's garbage coaching.

[Anonymous]

Grasping for anything to avoid the reality that a sense of entitlement doesn’t equal merit. Work hard and stop believing the fallacy that the clubs develop your players.

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Anonymous wrote:Grasping for anything to avoid the reality that a sense of entitlement doesn’t equal merit. Work hard and stop believing the fallacy that the clubs develop your players.

What are you paying $3000 for, if not soccer training? What value is the coach adding? Sounds like a terrible coach.