Spirit Coach

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's another peach - coach for Villareal in Virginia. Just a 10 minutes clip of many that show him screaming at his own players and an 8 minutes fighting with the referee that stopped play - all started over the ref stopping play at mid-field to help HIS injured player. Called the ref "a real class act and disrespectful" among a series of other things. The sad part is when one of his players says, "I just want to play." No idea how this guy stays with a club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOBSNEZR0Q

You are grossly exaggerating this. He didn't spend eight minutes arguing with the AR. It was a couple mins. Was he wrong? Probably but nothing egregious. And the yelling? Come on. Almost everything he is saying is instructive. It's not belittling at all.

Not the OP, but I listened....and the arguing goes on for at least 7-8 minutes. The audio is faint in some parts, but he just won't stop arguing and makes it personal at some point. It's a shame when the ref or coach make the game about themselves. In this case, I think both have done just that and cheated the kids in the process.

Or gave the sheltered kids a little insight on the real world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's another peach - coach for Villareal in Virginia. Just a 10 minutes clip of many that show him screaming at his own players and an 8 minutes fighting with the referee that stopped play - all started over the ref stopping play at mid-field to help HIS injured player. Called the ref "a real class act and disrespectful" among a series of other things. The sad part is when one of his players says, "I just want to play." No idea how this guy stays with a club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOBSNEZR0Q

You are grossly exaggerating this. He didn't spend eight minutes arguing with the AR. It was a couple mins. Was he wrong? Probably but nothing egregious. And the yelling? Come on. Almost everything he is saying is instructive. It's not belittling at all.

Not the OP, but I listened....and the arguing goes on for at least 7-8 minutes. The audio is faint in some parts, but he just won't stop arguing and makes it personal at some point. It's a shame when the ref or coach make the game about themselves. In this case, I think both have done just that and cheated the kids in the process.

Or gave the sheltered kids a little insight on the real world.

A real world with a-holes like this coach, indeed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's another peach - coach for Villareal in Virginia. Just a 10 minutes clip of many that show him screaming at his own players and an 8 minutes fighting with the referee that stopped play - all started over the ref stopping play at mid-field to help HIS injured player. Called the ref "a real class act and disrespectful" among a series of other things. The sad part is when one of his players says, "I just want to play." No idea how this guy stays with a club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCOBSNEZR0Q

You are grossly exaggerating this. He didn't spend eight minutes arguing with the AR. It was a couple mins. Was he wrong? Probably but nothing egregious. And the yelling? Come on. Almost everything he is saying is instructive. It's not belittling at all.

Not the OP, but I listened....and the arguing goes on for at least 7-8 minutes. The audio is faint in some parts, but he just won't stop arguing and makes it personal at some point. It's a shame when the ref or coach make the game about themselves. In this case, I think both have done just that and cheated the kids in the process.

Or gave the sheltered kids a little insight on the real world.

A real world with a-holes like this coach, indeed.

Welcome to the real world kids. Not everything is as perfect a picture as your parents want you see as.

[Anonymous]

A whole generation of adults who lack the ability to look at issues through multiple lenses.

Just remember, the people who don’t like you will say the worst things about you. Maybe its true. Maybe it’s not. Maybe some parts are true. Maybe some is propaganda.

[Anonymous]

We are now starting to see the 1st generation of Don't yell at my kid grown up having kids of their own.

[Anonymous]

I can yell pretty well. I can shout. I can scream. I can even punch and kick. I can stab or shoot you if I disagree with you.

I don't do those things because I am an adult.

GFOH with that "real world" BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can yell pretty well. I can shout. I can scream. I can even punch and kick. I can stab or shoot you if I disagree with you.

I don't do those things because I am an adult.

GFOH with that "real world" BS.

But you can’t end a sentence politely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can yell pretty well. I can shout. I can scream. I can even punch and kick. I can stab or shoot you if I disagree with you.

I don't do those things because I am an adult.

GFOH with that "real world" BS.

But you can’t end a sentence politely.

They can use punctuation correctly, though, which is more than we can say for our "real world" friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can yell pretty well. I can shout. I can scream. I can even punch and kick. I can stab or shoot you if I disagree with you.

I don't do those things because I am an adult.

GFOH with that "real world" BS.

But you can’t end a sentence politely.

They can use punctuation correctly, though, which is more than we can say for our "real world" friend.

My guy, This is about soccer on a message board. Its not a chapter in a book that needs proof reading. Take it as casual conversation. If you speak that proper and literal. I guarantee you have few friends and are laughed at by everyone you talk with.

[Anonymous]

It is interesting that 3 players confirm the abuse but won’t go on record other than anonymously, to me that infers league wide repercussions feared by players / inability to get playing time and then call ups to USWNT

Saddening overall situation.

Dysfunction manifests in so many ways

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can yell pretty well. I can shout. I can scream. I can even punch and kick. I can stab or shoot you if I disagree with you.

I don't do those things because I am an adult.

GFOH with that "real world" BS.

But you can’t end a sentence politely.

They can use punctuation correctly, though, which is more than we can say for our "real world" friend.

My guy, This is about soccer on a message board. Its not a chapter in a book that needs proof reading. Take it as casual conversation. If you speak that proper and literal. I guarantee you have few friends and are laughed at by everyone you talk with.

Snort. Bless your heart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:a) The Spirit definitely went local and did a small search to hire Richie. Ok.

b) He inherited a team that JG had basically lost control of...aided by an owner clinging on to the old world (playing the anthem prior to the Reign taking the field just so Rapinoe would not be able to protest. This infuriated Labbe, Dunn, Krieger and others who eventually demanded to leave or were nudged along by the same owner (BL). Enter SB as an additional owner - a GREAT person who is trying to help improve a team...RB did just that - he improved the team, added accountability and got more out of the players than JG could have ever. This team was a mess. He recognized that it was better to move Pugh a year early than a year late - and got draft picks for it that put us in a situation to be competitive.

c) The players loved playing for him. Sullivan, Huster, senior team members would have stepped forward to nip this garbage in the bud if there was really fire near the smoke.

d) Most importantly - the largest mistake the WS made was drafting KM from UCLA - the source in the article. She was a divisive influence at UCLA. She and Sanchez were not “that” close. When she came to the WS after the draft and into the Challenge Cup she divided the locker room. The Challenge Cup occurred at the peak of pandemic craziness and after the awful murder of George Floyd. Rightfully so, the team kneeled and supported BLM, etc. However, an out of shape rookie, with no playing time under her belt has zero right to come in the locker room and take over conversations about what the team should and should not be doing socially. Yelling at veteran players that want to help her is beyond the realm of poor locker room behavior. The WS did not do their homework and could have picked any number of players in that spot of the draft. When she did not EARN minutes, she was very vocal about playing time….and she never played into any level of respect of the veterans. An outspoken, locker room cancer who demanded to be released or traded for lack of playing time – got her wish and was waived. She was vocal about everything and did not think it was “fair” she wouldn’t be played. She claimed she was “promised” she would play but all she was promised is that she would compete for a spot and they believed she had the talent. Once she was waived – and this will tell you something – the only team that would take her is a 3rd tier German club that ultimately moved her on for the same reasons. She was scared to speak up? Hardly. She spoke up and acted like an a$$ in the locker room and a know-it-all / uncoachable player on the field. It is NOT brave to reach out to the Washington Post when you’re out of the game 18 months after you were drafted – and grinding your ax. She has nothing to lose. She can blame RB all she wants for not liking soccer, but accountability starts with yourself. She never acclimated to the pro environment. The WS has leaders on the team that LOVE RB and hate that he is leaving. Is he everyone’s cup of tea? Surely not – that’s the way it is with coaches. But isn’t it funny that the players with the least impact, the most entitled….always have the most to say. Poor baby – the coach was mean? Did he use the N word? No. No player would have tolerated that.


Ask anyone who knows him – RB is not the demon he’s being made out to be, but it sure does get clicks in an article.

The WS have been ready for the next level of coaching for some time since the players have evolved to the next level. Fair.

Appreciate the perspective. What a lot of people don't understand is that there is never 100% happiness in professional locker rooms even on the best teams. So when those players that don't fit in or don't get playing time are unhappy, there's often an axe to grind. It's hard to infer how players feel about RB from sideline of games or social media, but nothing seemed amiss among most of the group.

Do you know the rookie mentioned in the story that was unnamed? Local?

Yes of course. Go back to the draft of 2020 - initials KM

[Anonymous]

I read a post above about Pugh being uncoachable. That was partially the case. She lacked the pedigree (readinees) that Rodman has to be away from home, independently to work on her craft. The entire organization had high hopes for her. Remember she wanted Europe over the NWSL and US Soccer convinced her to compete locally in the NWSL. She had an injury history from overuse in her youth and was a bit physically fragile. The WS traded her for picks at the draft and it was a brilliant stroke of gamesmanship. At the draft RB said that he really really liked Mallory and wanted to do everything he could to help her stay but there was a deal on the table that had a chance to improve the club immediately that could not be passed up. I mentioned to RB "it's always better to lose a player a year early, than a year late as you will get max value in trades,etc - it's what many MLB GM's do" He agreed with the perspective. (NO I AM NOT PART OF WS but I did attend the draft).

Irony is that after the trade, she started to fall out of favor on the USWNT, and then Gotham and pursuing endorsements and became less about hard-work, grit and soccer. (Ex: check her instagram vs the other players on the USWNT). She's capable but needs to grow up a bit.

All that happened after the trade showed RB and LB they were right.

Now....was RB harsh on MP? Perhaps? But when you have a superstar not giving a star effort...why caudle?

2 cents...

[Anonymous]

I watched Pugh at a training session. Her attitude was awful. Back talked the coaches like they were not on her level.

[Anonymous]

Wow a back talker?