SYC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have seen multiple players who played for SYC in 2017-2018 year leave and show up playing on LMVSC teams this year 2018-2019

What age groups? I'm sure more this year across various age groups will do the same given their current club situation.

[Anonymous]

I'm an LMVSC parent who was surprised when our former TD left LMVSC after ten years. That's the business side of soccer and I wish him well. However, I and many other parents were disappointed when he abandoned his team in the middle of the season during a national tournament. That just hurts the kids and reflects poorly on the coach and the club.

As to rumors that he'll bring his crew, I suspect there will be a few coaching changes in both clubs at the end of this season. But, don't expect a TD or a couple of coaches to be a quick fix or make a significant change in direction. If the only thing that changes are the faces, then more SYC coaches will leave or be dismissed and more players will be redistributed or leave SYC.

I don't wish ill on anyone and I hope for the sake of our kids that both clubs pass through this with minimal disruption. We respect the sport and our sister clubs too much to wish for this kind of turmoil happening at SYC now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an LMVSC parent who was surprised when our former TD left LMVSC after ten years. That's the business side of soccer and I wish him well. However, I and many other parents were disappointed when he abandoned his team in the middle of the season during a national tournament. That just hurts the kids and reflects poorly on the coach and the club.

As to rumors that he'll bring his crew, I suspect there will be a few coaching changes in both clubs at the end of this season. But, don't expect a TD or a couple of coaches to be a quick fix or make a significant change in direction. If the only thing that changes are the faces, then more SYC coaches will leave or be dismissed and more players will be redistributed or leave SYC.

I don't wish ill on anyone and I hope for the sake of our kids that both clubs pass through this with minimal disruption. We respect the sport and our sister clubs too much to wish for this kind of turmoil happening at SYC now.

Great post. I never thought of it from the LMVSC parent side but you are right, your kids have been let down as well. I agree that a bunch of new coaches and a new TD aren't going to right the SYC ship, if that is in fact what they are trying to do (which is the worst part - everyone is in the dark and doesn't know WHY any of this is happening).

[Anonymous]

As a parent it would be nice to know why coaches and TD had to be fired mid year. I get that SYC is not obligated to tell current parents anything but remember that we are the family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. of future SYC recruits. The fall out from this and memories of how families were treated will be remembered and circulated in this area for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a parent it would be nice to know why coaches and TD had to be fired mid year. I get that SYC is not obligated to tell current parents anything but remember that we are the family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. of future SYC recruits. The fall out from this and memories of how families were treated will be remembered and circulated in this area for years.

Well you as a member of the club (you pay fees) have the right to ask. Whether they will actually get back to you is a different thing.

[Anonymous]

I know a few of the better players in 08 girls have switched from syc to lmvsc from last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a few of the better players in 08 girls have switched from syc to lmvsc from last year.

The question is will players make the trip to syc with no NPL or CCL. I don't see CCL letting them in after they blew them off a year ago and the fact that LMVSC is in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a few of the better players in 08 girls have switched from syc to lmvsc from last year.

The question is will players make the trip to syc with no NPL or CCL. I don't see CCL letting them in after they blew them off a year ago and the fact that LMVSC is in.

I'm not taking my kid, even if they were still in NPL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a parent it would be nice to know why coaches and TD had to be fired mid year. I get that SYC is not obligated to tell current parents anything but remember that we are the family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. of future SYC recruits. The fall out from this and memories of how families were treated will be remembered and circulated in this area for years.

Virginia is a right to work State. The club may not have even given the coach a reason. They may have simply told the coach that their contract will not be renewed and the coach could have quit. Either way, you really are not entitled to know why for many, many reasons. It is certainly human nature to want to know but you should not have any expectation that you will be told by the club. Only the coach can really tell you what they were told and that is if they care to do that.

[Anonymous]

Among the things that would be nice to know we can include the coach that we can expect to see at our futsal games. Bonus points if it is the same coach for all the remaining games. Double bonus points if the coach that shows up doesn't have to apologize for being late because they 'just got a text about the game 30 minutes ago.'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent it would be nice to know why coaches and TD had to be fired mid year. I get that SYC is not obligated to tell current parents anything but remember that we are the family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. of future SYC recruits. The fall out from this and memories of how families were treated will be remembered and circulated in this area for years.

Virginia is a right to work State. The club may not have even given the coach a reason. They may have simply told the coach that their contract will not be renewed and the coach could have quit. Either way, you really are not entitled to know why for many, many reasons. It is certainly human nature to want to know but you should not have any expectation that you will be told by the club. Only the coach can really tell you what they were told and that is if they care to do that.

What is allowable by law is not always the best business practice when trying to retain your customers and salvage your reputation. No one has to know why specific individuals were let go but a general explanation of why this huge upheaval of staff mid year was so urgent that it couldn't wait until the summer would've been good to hear. More than a few parents stayed with SYC even after they hiked the price this year so their child could train under their coach. It is not unreasonable to expect transparency when paying this kind of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent it would be nice to know why coaches and TD had to be fired mid year. I get that SYC is not obligated to tell current parents anything but remember that we are the family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. of future SYC recruits. The fall out from this and memories of how families were treated will be remembered and circulated in this area for years.

Virginia is a right to work State. The club may not have even given the coach a reason. They may have simply told the coach that their contract will not be renewed and the coach could have quit. Either way, you really are not entitled to know why for many, many reasons. It is certainly human nature to want to know but you should not have any expectation that you will be told by the club. Only the coach can really tell you what they were told and that is if they care to do that.

What is allowable by law is not always the best business practice when trying to retain your customers and salvage your reputation. No one has to know why specific individuals were let go but a general explanation of why this huge upheaval of staff mid year was so urgent that it couldn't wait until the summer would've been good to hear. More than a few parents stayed with SYC even after they hiked the price this year so their child could train under their coach. It is not unreasonable to expect transparency when paying this kind of money.

The prices more than doubled, correct? And no longer include the uniforms? I remember there being sticker shock at last year's tryouts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent it would be nice to know why coaches and TD had to be fired mid year. I get that SYC is not obligated to tell current parents anything but remember that we are the family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. of future SYC recruits. The fall out from this and memories of how families were treated will be remembered and circulated in this area for years.

Virginia is a right to work State. The club may not have even given the coach a reason. They may have simply told the coach that their contract will not be renewed and the coach could have quit. Either way, you really are not entitled to know why for many, many reasons. It is certainly human nature to want to know but you should not have any expectation that you will be told by the club. Only the coach can really tell you what they were told and that is if they care to do that.

What is allowable by law is not always the best business practice when trying to retain your customers and salvage your reputation. No one has to know why specific individuals were let go but a general explanation of why this huge upheaval of staff mid year was so urgent that it couldn't wait until the summer would've been good to hear. More than a few parents stayed with SYC even after they hiked the price this year so their child could train under their coach. It is not unreasonable to expect transparency when paying this kind of money.

The prices more than doubled, correct? And no longer include the uniforms? I remember there being sticker shock at last year's tryouts.

Doubled? Were the coaching fees not originally included in prior years? If there was an increase is it comparable to other club's fees? If the coaching fees weren't previously included and they did this year then the increase makes sense. Included uniforms, not sure that any other club includes uniforms as part of the fees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent it would be nice to know why coaches and TD had to be fired mid year. I get that SYC is not obligated to tell current parents anything but remember that we are the family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. of future SYC recruits. The fall out from this and memories of how families were treated will be remembered and circulated in this area for years.

Virginia is a right to work State. The club may not have even given the coach a reason. They may have simply told the coach that their contract will not be renewed and the coach could have quit. Either way, you really are not entitled to know why for many, many reasons. It is certainly human nature to want to know but you should not have any expectation that you will be told by the club. Only the coach can really tell you what they were told and that is if they care to do that.

They were not given a reason. They did not quit. They were simply told by email that their contract was being terminated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent it would be nice to know why coaches and TD had to be fired mid year. I get that SYC is not obligated to tell current parents anything but remember that we are the family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. of future SYC recruits. The fall out from this and memories of how families were treated will be remembered and circulated in this area for years.

Virginia is a right to work State. The club may not have even given the coach a reason. They may have simply told the coach that their contract will not be renewed and the coach could have quit. Either way, you really are not entitled to know why for many, many reasons. It is certainly human nature to want to know but you should not have any expectation that you will be told by the club. Only the coach can really tell you what they were told and that is if they care to do that.

They were not given a reason. They did not quit. They were simply told by email that their contract was being terminated.

PP is correct - I saw the email.