NVSL Division 1 won’t be all Arlington/McLean next summer

[Anonymous]

It would be cool if OKM could whip their asses, but that is a pipedream.

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Anonymous wrote:I know their parents don't care - but Overlee, Tuckahoe and Chesterbrook were obnoxious at ASR. As a parent, the behavior of those kids is embarrassing. They were rude and had poor manners. But I guess their coaches and parents are okay with raising and coaching POS kids.

What did they do?

I wish people would stop asking what these 3 teams do. They are obnoxious a-holes from top to bottom. Coaches and parents set a bad precedent It's not new - been going on for years. NVSL is too scared to do anything as well. Grow a set NVSL.

We belong to one of these pools and the swim team is awful. They’re basically teaching kids from the youngest ages to be rude and obnoxious. Funny thing is most of these kids will burn out because all the coaches and parents care about is winning now instead of long term development.

There are 102 teams in NVSL. 99 of them despise (and no Overlee, Chesterbrook, and Tuckahoe none of the 99 are "jealous" of you) 3 of them.

If I mentioned any of those 3, most of our swimmers and families wouldn’t know who they are. They don’t “despise” and they aren’t “jealous”. Those teams just aren’t on their radar.

[Anonymous]

After the first six or so divisions there are a lot of empty lanes. They might have one fast swimmer in each race. It does change the dynamics. Division 1 all of them are close to all star times. Division 3 maybe 1 for each race, Division 7 maybe one swimmer per age group who can only swim two strokes.

[Anonymous]

How did OKM move up so quickly in both swim and dive? What happened over the past 2-3 years to achieve this? Did they recruit families?

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Anonymous wrote:How did OKM move up so quickly in both swim and dive? What happened over the past 2-3 years to achieve this? Did they recruit families?

I think it might be a combination of having a quality team rep and coaching.

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Anonymous wrote:I know their parents don't care - but Overlee, Tuckahoe and Chesterbrook were obnoxious at ASR. As a parent, the behavior of those kids is embarrassing. They were rude and had poor manners. But I guess their coaches and parents are okay with raising and coaching POS kids.

What did they do?

I wish people would stop asking what these 3 teams do. They are obnoxious a-holes from top to bottom. Coaches and parents set a bad precedent It's not new - been going on for years. NVSL is too scared to do anything as well. Grow a set NVSL.

We belong to one of these pools and the swim team is awful. They’re basically teaching kids from the youngest ages to be rude and obnoxious. Funny thing is most of these kids will burn out because all the coaches and parents care about is winning now instead of long term development.

There are 102 teams in NVSL. 99 of them despise (and no Overlee, Chesterbrook, and Tuckahoe none of the 99 are "jealous" of you) 3 of them.

If I mentioned any of those 3, most of our swimmers and families wouldn’t know who they are. They don’t “despise” and they aren’t “jealous”. Those teams just aren’t on their radar.

I agree the zealous hatred of them is just as weird and sad as how you all are saying they act.

Most parents and swimmers are not thinking about these pools at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the way out to Burke even.

Now, what about those t-shirts? Anyone?

They weren’t awful just will stick out like a sore thumb in D1. Patriotic riff….kinda looked like a Blue Lives Matter shirt.

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Anonymous wrote:I know their parents don't care - but Overlee, Tuckahoe and Chesterbrook were obnoxious at ASR. As a parent, the behavior of those kids is embarrassing. They were rude and had poor manners. But I guess their coaches and parents are okay with raising and coaching POS kids.

What did they do?

I wish people would stop asking what these 3 teams do. They are obnoxious a-holes from top to bottom. Coaches and parents set a bad precedent It's not new - been going on for years. NVSL is too scared to do anything as well. Grow a set NVSL.

We belong to one of these pools and the swim team is awful. They’re basically teaching kids from the youngest ages to be rude and obnoxious. Funny thing is most of these kids will burn out because all the coaches and parents care about is winning now instead of long term development.

There are 102 teams in NVSL. 99 of them despise (and no Overlee, Chesterbrook, and Tuckahoe none of the 99 are "jealous" of you) 3 of them.

My kids swim on a team that has bumped around between division 10 and 13, and our team has literally no opinion at all about teams not in our division or B meet group. We certainly don't despise anyone.

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We are a lower division pool and have lots of friends at those pools. We have no problem with any of them at all.

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Anonymous wrote:I know their parents don't care - but Overlee, Tuckahoe and Chesterbrook were obnoxious at ASR. As a parent, the behavior of those kids is embarrassing. They were rude and had poor manners. But I guess their coaches and parents are okay with raising and coaching POS kids.

Same with individuals , but dealing with groups of them at events like the ASR they become a different entity.

What did they do?

I wish people would stop asking what these 3 teams do. They are obnoxious a-holes from top to bottom. Coaches and parents set a bad precedent It's not new - been going on for years. NVSL is too scared to do anything as well. Grow a set NVSL.

We belong to one of these pools and the swim team is awful. They’re basically teaching kids from the youngest ages to be rude and obnoxious. Funny thing is most of these kids will burn out because all the coaches and parents care about is winning now instead of long term development.

There are 102 teams in NVSL. 99 of them despise (and no Overlee, Chesterbrook, and Tuckahoe none of the 99 are "jealous" of you) 3 of them.

My kids swim on a team that has bumped around between division 10 and 13, and our team has literally no opinion at all about teams not in our division or B meet group. We certainly don't despise anyone.

+1

We are a lower division pool and have lots of friends at those pools. We have no problem with any of them at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know their parents don't care - but Overlee, Tuckahoe and Chesterbrook were obnoxious at ASR. As a parent, the behavior of those kids is embarrassing. They were rude and had poor manners. But I guess their coaches and parents are okay with raising and coaching POS kids.

What did they do?

I wish people would stop asking what these 3 teams do. They are obnoxious a-holes from top to bottom. Coaches and parents set a bad precedent It's not new - been going on for years. NVSL is too scared to do anything as well. Grow a set NVSL.

We belong to one of these pools and the swim team is awful. They’re basically teaching kids from the youngest ages to be rude and obnoxious. Funny thing is most of these kids will burn out because all the coaches and parents care about is winning now instead of long term development.

There are 102 teams in NVSL. 99 of them despise (and no Overlee, Chesterbrook, and Tuckahoe none of the 99 are "jealous" of you) 3 of them.

My kids swim on a team that has bumped around between division 10 and 13, and our team has literally no opinion at all about teams not in our division or B meet group. We certainly don't despise anyone.

+1

We are a lower division pool and have lots of friends at those pools. We have no problem with any of them at all.

Same with individuals , but dealing with groups of them at events like the ASR they become a different entity.

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Anonymous wrote:I know their parents don't care - but Overlee, Tuckahoe and Chesterbrook were obnoxious at ASR. As a parent, the behavior of those kids is embarrassing. They were rude and had poor manners. But I guess their coaches and parents are okay with raising and coaching POS kids.

What did they do?

I wish people would stop asking what these 3 teams do. They are obnoxious a-holes from top to bottom. Coaches and parents set a bad precedent It's not new - been going on for years. NVSL is too scared to do anything as well. Grow a set NVSL.

We belong to one of these pools and the swim team is awful. They’re basically teaching kids from the youngest ages to be rude and obnoxious. Funny thing is most of these kids will burn out because all the coaches and parents care about is winning now instead of long term development.

There are 102 teams in NVSL. 99 of them despise (and no Overlee, Chesterbrook, and Tuckahoe none of the 99 are "jealous" of you) 3 of them.

My kids swim on a team that has bumped around between division 10 and 13, and our team has literally no opinion at all about teams not in our division or B meet group. We certainly don't despise anyone.

+1

We are a lower division pool and have lots of friends at those pools. We have no problem with any of them at all.

Same with individuals , but dealing with groups of them at events like the ASR they become a different entity.

Really - most teams don’t care or notice them at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know their parents don't care - but Overlee, Tuckahoe and Chesterbrook were obnoxious at ASR. As a parent, the behavior of those kids is embarrassing. They were rude and had poor manners. But I guess their coaches and parents are okay with raising and coaching POS kids.

What did they do?

I wish people would stop asking what these 3 teams do. They are obnoxious a-holes from top to bottom. Coaches and parents set a bad precedent It's not new - been going on for years. NVSL is too scared to do anything as well. Grow a set NVSL.

Calling kids and families obnoxious a-holes reflects worse on you than anyone else. Taking out your obvious resentment on kids just reveals your own lack of class or manners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting read. We were Overlee members for years in the late 90 and early 2000s and had kids on the swim team. Decades later and they’re still the top of the heap? I’m honestly curious how that happens. Don’t you have to live in the neighborhood to join the pool? Do they recruit?

Back in our day, at least, literally everyone on the team lived in the neighborhood. We knew them all.

I never liked the swim team only because the meets were long and boring and the parents got on my nerves. I have a thing against rich white privilege even though my kids fit the stereotype. The kids had fun though, so I smiled and sucked it up.

I never sensed any more competitiveness at Overlee and the swim team than any other thing/activity in North Arlington more generally. I find it hard to believe that things are dramatically different in neighborhoods outside of Overlee. Maybe prolonged success breeds jealousy and contempt - like the Yankees or Notre Dame football? But in the end they are only neighborhood pools having silly summer swim meets with other neighborhoods with very little at stake. So it it really fair to say that Overlee parents suck and are super competitive if other parents from other neighborhoods themselves care so much about all of this bullshit that they’re starting threads about it? Isn’t that a case of pot calling kettle?

This. It's like everyone loving to hate the Patriots and Tom Brady with a venom that is bizarre. Says more about the haters.

Most people don't give a crap.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know their parents don't care - but Overlee, Tuckahoe and Chesterbrook were obnoxious at ASR. As a parent, the behavior of those kids is embarrassing. They were rude and had poor manners. But I guess their coaches and parents are okay with raising and coaching POS kids.

What did they do?

I wish people would stop asking what these 3 teams do. They are obnoxious a-holes from top to bottom. Coaches and parents set a bad precedent It's not new - been going on for years. NVSL is too scared to do anything as well. Grow a set NVSL.

Calling kids and families obnoxious a-holes reflects worse on you than anyone else. Taking out your obvious resentment on kids just reveals your own lack of class or manners.

This whole thing is dumb. There are a lot of them and they cheer loudly. Does that make a person an a-hole? Do you sit quietly in the stands reading a book and glance up while your child is swimming?

[Anonymous]

Apparently Overlee, Chesterbrook, and Tuckahoe parents have gone into full defense mode here.