'' So the BLC orange coaches decided to put their kids on a non BLC team prior to tryouts, so people are upset. This seems unavoidable with the tryout schedules around here, some are super early, some are super late. So the only way to not scramble is to plan to tryout for multiple clubs anyways |
True, but people are upset because the BLC coaches committed to coaching the team. Neither gave any indication they were leaving. Some families tried out for other teams only to get their girls experience, no intention of leaving. Many declined offers. Then at the eleventh hour the coaches bailed, their kid went to a different team, and then the families scrambled and most rosters were full, or near full. Some girls still don't have a team because it was so last minute and everyone took the coaches word that the team would be in place for 25/26 season. |
MDU BETHESDA |
thanks for the context. coaching does matter so much at this level. i've been advised to never agree to join a team that doesn't name their coach ahead of times. that said, i'm sure that things can always change over the summer, but that BLC orange situation sounds awful. i hope they all end up somewhere welcoming eventually. |
did the coaches daughters go to mdu bethesda? |
They also gained a few, should be around 20 players. |
Stars. M&D DC Red player that scored 80% of their goals went to MDU Bethesda. |
If both went to Stars and the coaches resigned with no notice it sounds a little suspect on the coaches’ part, almost like they were trying to mess with BLC with the remaining families getting screwed in the process. |
Or they were just being selfish and only cared what happened to their kids. At the least they could have given the rest a heads up instead of leaving the families scrambling. |
Welcome to lacrosse. This is all par for the course |
MDDDC Black actually did get a handful of players from BLC blue that weren't getting playing time. |
To add to it being a little suspect, one of the kids did not even try out for Stars. To drag it out like that with no notice it absolutely hurt the remaining families. And to make matters worse, some of the girls have been away at camp so no opportunity to try to get on another team. |
Totally selfish IMO. |
And that’s why parent coaches can be problematic. Have to choose between doing what’s best for your kid or what’s best for the team.
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