Tuckahoe Boots Machine

[Anonymous]

Reading through some of these comments, I have to say: the tone and level of negativity is becoming really egregious. I’m not sure if it’s coming from a place of spite or frustration, but at the end of the day, things happen for a reason — and I actually believe there’s a lot of good coming out of this.

The reality is, this situation has created more opportunities for our children. Machine’s investment into facility upgrades is a win for the swimming community. A new club, Hydra, has been launched — giving families another choice and opening more spots at Yorktown for York swimmers. All of this will help create even more opportunities for kids to swim, grow, and find programs that fit them best — and more opportunities for parents to step up as volunteers.

As for Coach T, he’s passionate — and like anyone starting a business, he will have his supporters and his critics. That’s normal. But he’s doing what entrepreneurs do: building something new. I hope the PVS community — Machine, York, AAC, and others — will take the high road, show some leadership, and welcome Hydra at meets with the same fairness and class we all want our children to learn from.

At the end of the day, this is about the kids. We all want our children to grow in environments where leadership, sportsmanship, and resilience are modeled. Let’s focus on that — and rise above the noise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading through some of these comments, I have to say: the tone and level of negativity is becoming really egregious. I’m not sure if it’s coming from a place of spite or frustration, but at the end of the day, things happen for a reason — and I actually believe there’s a lot of good coming out of this.

The reality is, this situation has created more opportunities for our children. Machine’s investment into facility upgrades is a win for the swimming community. A new club, Hydra, has been launched — giving families another choice and opening more spots at Yorktown for York swimmers. All of this will help create even more opportunities for kids to swim, grow, and find programs that fit them best — and more opportunities for parents to step up as volunteers.

As for Coach T, he’s passionate — and like anyone starting a business, he will have his supporters and his critics. That’s normal. But he’s doing what entrepreneurs do: building something new. I hope the PVS community — Machine, York, AAC, and others — will take the high road, show some leadership, and welcome Hydra at meets with the same fairness and class we all want our children to learn from.

At the end of the day, this is about the kids. We all want our children to grow in environments where leadership, sportsmanship, and resilience are modeled. Let’s focus on that — and rise above the noise.

Blah blah blah from either Hydra or Tuckahoe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading through some of these comments, I have to say: the tone and level of negativity is becoming really egregious. I’m not sure if it’s coming from a place of spite or frustration, but at the end of the day, things happen for a reason — and I actually believe there’s a lot of good coming out of this.

The reality is, this situation has created more opportunities for our children. Machine’s investment into facility upgrades is a win for the swimming community. A new club, Hydra, has been launched — giving families another choice and opening more spots at Yorktown for York swimmers. All of this will help create even more opportunities for kids to swim, grow, and find programs that fit them best — and more opportunities for parents to step up as volunteers.

As for Coach T, he’s passionate — and like anyone starting a business, he will have his supporters and his critics. That’s normal. But he’s doing what entrepreneurs do: building something new. I hope the PVS community — Machine, York, AAC, and others — will take the high road, show some leadership, and welcome Hydra at meets with the same fairness and class we all want our children to learn from.

At the end of the day, this is about the kids. We all want our children to grow in environments where leadership, sportsmanship, and resilience are modeled. Let’s focus on that — and rise above the noise.

Just like the fairness and class Torey and Tuckahoe showed machine…got it🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading through some of these comments, I have to say: the tone and level of negativity is becoming really egregious. I’m not sure if it’s coming from a place of spite or frustration, but at the end of the day, things happen for a reason — and I actually believe there’s a lot of good coming out of this.

The reality is, this situation has created more opportunities for our children. Machine’s investment into facility upgrades is a win for the swimming community. A new club, Hydra, has been launched — giving families another choice and opening more spots at Yorktown for York swimmers. All of this will help create even more opportunities for kids to swim, grow, and find programs that fit them best — and more opportunities for parents to step up as volunteers.

As for Coach T, he’s passionate — and like anyone starting a business, he will have his supporters and his critics. That’s normal. But he’s doing what entrepreneurs do: building something new. I hope the PVS community — Machine, York, AAC, and others — will take the high road, show some leadership, and welcome Hydra at meets with the same fairness and class we all want our children to learn from.

At the end of the day, this is about the kids. We all want our children to grow in environments where leadership, sportsmanship, and resilience are modeled. Let’s focus on that — and rise above the noise.

This has got to be bot-generated.

[Anonymous]

Just like the fairness and class Torey and Tuckahoe showed machine…got it🤣

In the real world, transitions happen all the time. In business, incumbents lose legacy contracts. Leaders move on, and it creates opportunities for others to step up and grow. Swimming is no different — change can feel uncomfortable, but it often leads to new opportunities for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading through some of these comments, I have to say: the tone and level of negativity is becoming really egregious. I’m not sure if it’s coming from a place of spite or frustration, but at the end of the day, things happen for a reason — and I actually believe there’s a lot of good coming out of this.

The reality is, this situation has created more opportunities for our children. Machine’s investment into facility upgrades is a win for the swimming community. A new club, Hydra, has been launched — giving families another choice and opening more spots at Yorktown for York swimmers. All of this will help create even more opportunities for kids to swim, grow, and find programs that fit them best — and more opportunities for parents to step up as volunteers.

As for Coach T, he’s passionate — and like anyone starting a business, he will have his supporters and his critics. That’s normal. But he’s doing what entrepreneurs do: building something new. I hope the PVS community — Machine, York, AAC, and others — will take the high road, show some leadership, and welcome Hydra at meets with the same fairness and class we all want our children to learn from.

At the end of the day, this is about the kids. We all want our children to grow in environments where leadership, sportsmanship, and resilience are modeled. Let’s focus on that — and rise above the noise.

This has got to be a bot-generated response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading through some of these comments, I have to say: the tone and level of negativity is becoming really egregious. I’m not sure if it’s coming from a place of spite or frustration, but at the end of the day, things happen for a reason — and I actually believe there’s a lot of good coming out of this.

The reality is, this situation has created more opportunities for our children. Machine’s investment into facility upgrades is a win for the swimming community. A new club, Hydra, has been launched — giving families another choice and opening more spots at Yorktown for York swimmers. All of this will help create even more opportunities for kids to swim, grow, and find programs that fit them best — and more opportunities for parents to step up as volunteers.

As for Coach T, he’s passionate — and like anyone starting a business, he will have his supporters and his critics. That’s normal. But he’s doing what entrepreneurs do: building something new. I hope the PVS community — Machine, York, AAC, and others — will take the high road, show some leadership, and welcome Hydra at meets with the same fairness and class we all want our children to learn from.

At the end of the day, this is about the kids. We all want our children to grow in environments where leadership, sportsmanship, and resilience are modeled. Let’s focus on that — and rise above the noise.

This has got to be a bot-generated response.

Who cares if it is ? I think makes a lot of good points..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reading through some of these comments, I have to say: the tone and level of negativity is becoming really egregious. I’m not sure if it’s coming from a place of spite or frustration, but at the end of the day, things happen for a reason — and I actually believe there’s a lot of good coming out of this.

The reality is, this situation has created more opportunities for our children. Machine’s investment into facility upgrades is a win for the swimming community. A new club, Hydra, has been launched — giving families another choice and opening more spots at Yorktown for York swimmers. All of this will help create even more opportunities for kids to swim, grow, and find programs that fit them best — and more opportunities for parents to step up as volunteers.

As for Coach T, he’s passionate — and like anyone starting a business, he will have his supporters and his critics. That’s normal. But he’s doing what entrepreneurs do: building something new. I hope the PVS community — Machine, York, AAC, and others — will take the high road, show some leadership, and welcome Hydra at meets with the same fairness and class we all want our children to learn from.

At the end of the day, this is about the kids. We all want our children to grow in environments where leadership, sportsmanship, and resilience are modeled. Let’s focus on that — and rise above the noise.

+1

[Anonymous]

Sure people have a right to defend themselves and everyone has a right to their own opinions. For those who don’t have any prior dealings with this coach and who are considering the new club, you are forewarned. If you have a very fast swimmer who will always shine at meets (and make him look good), you will be fine (your swimmer will shine no matter which club they are with). Everyone else, not so much. This coach has been arrogant and dismissive to parents and has only recently realized that he needs to pretend to care about the swimmers he’s been ignoring to this point. So families need to decide if they’re buying his salesmanship or look to how they’ve actually been treated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Just like the fairness and class Torey and Tuckahoe showed machine…got it🤣

In the real world, transitions happen all the time. In business, incumbents lose legacy contracts. Leaders move on, and it creates opportunities for others to step up and grow. Swimming is no different — change can feel uncomfortable, but it often leads to new opportunities for everyone.

In the real world, when shady things happen people notice and comment. And then some people hang around and remember. In a couple years this will all be semi-forgotten but it’s a bit soon for the happy horseshit opportunities for everyone speech.

[Anonymous]

Curious if posters connected to rival businesses (e.g. Machine owners and coaches) making false statements about a competitor that extend beyond simple opinions are aware of libel law in Virginia and the cases concerning unmasking of anonymous posts (e.g., Yelp v Hadeed Carpet). Asking for a friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious if posters connected to rival businesses (e.g. Machine owners and coaches) making false statements about a competitor that extend beyond simple opinions are aware of libel law in Virginia and the cases concerning unmasking of anonymous posts (e.g., Yelp v Hadeed Carpet). Asking for a friend.

Wow could you imagine the legal bills alone from a cost perspective? I’m sure Tuckahoe has strong cost effective in-house counsel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious if posters connected to rival businesses (e.g. Machine owners and coaches) making false statements about a competitor that extend beyond simple opinions are aware of libel law in Virginia and the cases concerning unmasking of anonymous posts (e.g., Yelp v Hadeed Carpet). Asking for a friend.

I don’t know that said posters ARE machine coaches and owners…just a thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious if posters connected to rival businesses (e.g. Machine owners and coaches) making false statements about a competitor that extend beyond simple opinions are aware of libel law in Virginia and the cases concerning unmasking of anonymous posts (e.g., Yelp v Hadeed Carpet). Asking for a friend.

I don’t know that said posters ARE machine coaches and owners…just a thought.

I'm skeptical of this new club and would never sign up without a confirmed meet schedule, and my family has no connection to any of the players involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious if posters connected to rival businesses (e.g. Machine owners and coaches) making false statements about a competitor that extend beyond simple opinions are aware of libel law in Virginia and the cases concerning unmasking of anonymous posts (e.g., Yelp v Hadeed Carpet). Asking for a friend.

Subtle.

What are the false statements exactly?