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Anonymous wrote:What happened to the GA rostered coaches at FCV? Many of the coaches who made the team selections are no longer listed as the coaches!

VRSC or VDA

Two of the cornerstone coaches (Rutan and Mateo) left once they saw the roster sizes and talent departure.

You now fully have randoms that can't get a job at a good club and have to take a rebuilding job.

You’re taking out of your ass. You don’t know about their motivations and that is not my understanding of theirs. And even hypothetically if that were to be true, then good riddance. That kind of attitude would not fit with what Bastien is building.

You do realize he's starting from scratch right? None of the previous coaches are there now. 95%+ of the FCV GA players left. Only one team (out of all that qualified) has enough players to go to California for playoffs next week, and much of that team is leaving after that. Tryouts were sparse. Teams are still being formed. Not that he can't (eventually) build something here, but if you're an 09 or older, this isn't a good place to be.

Not a GA parent, just looking from the outside. I know the thread has a lot of commentary on it. The whole thing is just feels weird. The dominoes started to fall with coaches leaving....no one seems to be pointing at the coaches that left mid season and questioning their ethical choices of not sticking with a commitment. I am going to assume they are ethical and something more substantial would precipitate such an abrupt move.

I put a lot of blame on the coaches it was a real $hitty thing to do to the players. I get it people come and go all the time, but at least finish out the season, it's not like they were going to lose the new job if they stayed and finished out the current one.

Once the coaches announced they were leaving the blame then shifted to FCV for how they handled it - it took 6+ weeks for anything to be communicated from the club to the parents. That is why there was a mass exodus of players because coaches were leaving, club wasn't saying anything so parents wanted to make sure their DD had a team for next season.

Sooo poor HR strategy/execution. No succession planning, change management and communications.

Based on the other threads in this forum, coach change/team exodus seems to be a thing that happens in youth sports/soccer. It would seem prudent for all clubs to learn from this.....or go the way of Blockbuster.

I challenge any small company to handle an abrupt leaving of key employees during peak season without challenge. It’s not going to be pretty. The previous poster makes a great point. The club is getting all of the blame for having a shitstorm fall in their lap. How about the coaches who followed the money and couldn’t even finish out their commitments for their players or help with a proper staffing transition for the club. That’s what ethical people do in any business. Shame on them.

If you had a better understanding of WHY the coaches left, you would be thinking very differently.....

A PP, that is why I said, "assuming they are ethical, it would need to be something significant to precipitate .."

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to the GA rostered coaches at FCV? Many of the coaches who made the team selections are no longer listed as the coaches!

VRSC or VDA

Two of the cornerstone coaches (Rutan and Mateo) left once they saw the roster sizes and talent departure.

You now fully have randoms that can't get a job at a good club and have to take a rebuilding job.

You’re taking out of your ass. You don’t know about their motivations and that is not my understanding of theirs. And even hypothetically if that were to be true, then good riddance. That kind of attitude would not fit with what Bastien is building.

You do realize he's starting from scratch right? None of the previous coaches are there now. 95%+ of the FCV GA players left. Only one team (out of all that qualified) has enough players to go to California for playoffs next week, and much of that team is leaving after that. Tryouts were sparse. Teams are still being formed. Not that he can't (eventually) build something here, but if you're an 09 or older, this isn't a good place to be.

Not a GA parent, just looking from the outside. I know the thread has a lot of commentary on it. The whole thing is just feels weird. The dominoes started to fall with coaches leaving....no one seems to be pointing at the coaches that left mid season and questioning their ethical choices of not sticking with a commitment. I am going to assume they are ethical and something more substantial would precipitate such an abrupt move.

I put a lot of blame on the coaches it was a real $hitty thing to do to the players. I get it people come and go all the time, but at least finish out the season, it's not like they were going to lose the new job if they stayed and finished out the current one.

Once the coaches announced they were leaving the blame then shifted to FCV for how they handled it - it took 6+ weeks for anything to be communicated from the club to the parents. That is why there was a mass exodus of players because coaches were leaving, club wasn't saying anything so parents wanted to make sure their DD had a team for next season.

Sooo poor HR strategy/execution. No succession planning, change management and communications.

Based on the other threads in this forum, coach change/team exodus seems to be a thing that happens in youth sports/soccer. It would seem prudent for all clubs to learn from this.....or go the way of Blockbuster.

I challenge any small company to handle an abrupt leaving of key employees during peak season without challenge. It’s not going to be pretty. The previous poster makes a great point. The club is getting all of the blame for having a shitstorm fall in their lap. How about the coaches who followed the money and couldn’t even finish out their commitments for their players or help with a proper staffing transition for the club. That’s what ethical people do in any business. Shame on them.

ED submitted his resignation in Feb. The club let him go May 1. Last games for his teams was June 8.
Club left four teams in chaos.

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For the person who keeps saying that 95% of FCV players left where exactly did they end up? It seems like there is a rather fixed number of clubs and teams. While Revolution is a plus one, Brave is a minus one. If an entire club of players leave where do they go? FCV is still fielding two teams at every age group except one.

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The people that are disgruntled exiters keep saying that because they need it to be their reality. It is simply not accurate. We are in optional preseason right now and the field is mostly returning player jerseys and that's with a bunch at super y and not even on the field. So you do the math. Saying it over and over doesn't make it true. Yes, some players left for Revolution or other clubs. No, the world hasn't ended. Soccer will go on.

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Anonymous wrote:For the person who keeps saying that 95% of FCV players left where exactly did they end up? It seems like there is a rather fixed number of clubs and teams. While Revolution is a plus one, Brave is a minus one. If an entire club of players leave where do they go? FCV is still fielding two teams at every age group except one.

Most went to either Revolution (newly formed GA teams) or VDA. Some went to a handful of other local teams (NVA, Union, etc.).

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Anonymous wrote:The people that are disgruntled exiters keep saying that because they need it to be their reality. It is simply not accurate. We are in optional preseason right now and the field is mostly returning player jerseys and that's with a bunch at super y and not even on the field. So you do the math. Saying it over and over doesn't make it true. Yes, some players left for Revolution or other clubs. No, the world hasn't ended. Soccer will go on.

We are talking about the existing FCV GA teams. 95% of those players left. Can't speak to the other FCV teams.

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Anonymous wrote:The people that are disgruntled exiters keep saying that because they need it to be their reality. It is simply not accurate. We are in optional preseason right now and the field is mostly returning player jerseys and that's with a bunch at super y and not even on the field. So you do the math. Saying it over and over doesn't make it true. Yes, some players left for Revolution or other clubs. No, the world hasn't ended. Soccer will go on.

We are talking about the existing FCV GA teams. 95% of those players left. Can't speak to the other FCV teams.

At several age groups it was 100% of GA players left.

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Saying it over and over again doesn't make it true. Right now, the only people practicing are the GA/GA2 players aside from the ones who did super y and it is mostly club jerseys out there. It is GA preseason optional training. It is mainly club jerseys. I know you really need to push your fake narrative, but it simply isn't reality.

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Anonymous wrote:Saying it over and over again doesn't make it true. Right now, the only people practicing are the GA/GA2 players aside from the ones who did super y and it is mostly club jerseys out there. It is GA preseason optional training. It is mainly club jerseys. I know you really need to push your fake narrative, but it simply isn't reality.

And denying that 90%+ of the existing GA players are not coming back in the fall doesn't make it not true.

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Okay. Have a great evening on the Rev deck with your buddies unable to let go.

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2007 - 4 returning
2008 - 1 returning
2009 - 0 returning
2010 - 2 returning
2011 - 0 returning

This is GA1 players

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Anonymous wrote:2007 - 4 returning
2008 - 1 returning
2009 - 0 returning
2010 - 2 returning
2011 - 0 returning

This is GA1 players

2010 also has 0 returning GA1 players

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2007 - 4 returning
2008 - 1 returning
2009 - 0 returning
2010 - 2 returning
2011 - 0 returning

This is GA1 players

But the jerseys everywhere…I think what we have here are former GA2 families that have been elevated and are excited. Nothing wrong with that but no point arguing either.

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Anonymous wrote:2007 - 4 returning
2008 - 1 returning
2009 - 0 returning
2010 - 2 returning
2011 - 0 returning

This is GA1 players

2010 also has 0 returning GA1 players

Yes you are correct. I mistakenly switched one of the 0 and 2.

I agree with post above that’s says no reason to argue and thatit is DP players that people see out that are elevated to GA1 now thus they already have the uniforms. Those DP players were never GA1 till now so I can see them being very happy to finally get a chance.

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There are no team 2 players that were moved to GA1 on our age group.