What's going on with FCBEscola NOVA?

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08/21/2018 13:36

Subject: What's going on with FCBEscola NOVA?

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Anonymous wrote:Since there is quite a bit of sensitivity here about “throwing shade” and any negative comments concerning the Escola, I think it would behoove the poster (or posters) here who are sensitive to it, and others who are trying to figure out the dysfunction of this board, to understand what may be happening.

We notice that the same type of poster, if not the same poster, who posts all of the glorious praise of this program, in this thread, also starts numerous attack threads with the “why US Soccer and any program in the US sucks” theme. By the way, it’s obvious--same opinions, same sentence construction, even the wording is the same. They even spin off individual posts within the attack threads to start new attack threads. They carefully craft numerous arguments to bolster whatever the specific opinion might be, for example US women’s soccer is in the tank (oh, please), then at some point in these attack threads a post is made to point out that, hey, the Escola isn’t like that at all, it’s SO much better.

In addition, anyone who has any opinion of the Escola that could be construed as slightly negative, including several posters in this and previous Escola threads who have said they have had DCs in the program, is rudely dismissed. Even posters who simply ask related questions or make comments on the dialogue are drawn through the mud.

The opinion of former/current Escola customers that don’t agree with yours are just as valid. Rather than starting wars over which training methods are “better” or making the absurd claim that, just because the programs you have had experience with haven’t been up to your standard/benefitted your DC, all programs in the US are awful, maybe you (whether you are a single individual or small group, whatever) could keep to posting just your positive opinions about the Escola in this thread. And if a thread comes up about a specific program that you actually had experience with, comment on the good and bad of that program. And to repeat, it’s absolutely absurd to think that you have deep knowledge of every program in the area and can definitively say that the Escola is better than all.

The main point is simple, no more flamethrower posts about the various local DA and ECNL programs, full of inaccurate/incomplete or out of context information, with constant begging the question of which exact group you were with (it’s obvious you weren’t to people who are with those groups). Fire begets fire on these anonymous boards, and if you don’t like “shade” thrown at you, don’t throw it. I’ll wager that if you keep to this thread with your Escola love and stop your battery of attacks on US soccer, things might get friendlier across the board.

Nobody is sensitive about criticism from people who have been in the program. It is the criticism that is volleyed from people who are not a part of the program at all who feel a sense of entitlement to tell people who are in at Barca that they are wrong for being happy with the product and feel that it is different than clubs they have previously been at.

The things that people who left Barca and were unhappy about were often the same things that others were happy about. So there is a common truth about the program, just a difference in opinion regarding satisfaction with the methods. But, I've been at a few clubs and no club in the area runs things the way Barca does. That does not mean it works for everybody.

If you want a "team" and a social environment Barca is NOT the place for your kid.
If you want or need the A or B team label for your kid, Barca is NOT the place for you.
If you want your kid to have one coach and one coach only, Barca is NOT the place for you.
If you need to win now, Barca is not the place for you.

All of the above can be flipped and be a breath a fresh air for many people and that is why the people who love Barca so far love it and those who did not love and even disliked it really disliked it.

But I think people have been honest with their experiences and the sensitivity comes from simply telling them that they in fact did not have that experience.

I think the last sentence here sums it up in both directions. We were there last year and I've seen the reviews, both positive and negative, written here. Like you said, I didn't see any blatant misrepresentations on either side. What I think it comes to is perception. The people who like the environment and had good interactions with the staff see it very positively. The people who saw things that concerned them and didn't have the same experience as the first group shared a different opinion. It's really not much different than the feedback I've read here on any club. What is strikingly different about this group is that the person or people who are members of the first group react very strongly about the opinions of the second group, invalidating their opinions and points of view.

An example is the communication. Some people complained about not having all the information last year/not getting emails/etc. Which is an understandable and very plausible concern, as there is human error involved with making and maintaining e-mail lists, if that's the main form of communication. The response was that this isn't true and the communication was awesome and everyone is aware of everything. All the while, there are people in this thread who didn't get emails on the uniforms a few weeks ago, so it's obviously an issue. Those people were given a hard time on here too. And I can say there were a few cases where I or a fellow parent didn't receive a communication last year, for whatever reason, which confirms that this happens. Yet, the one/few defenders here insists that it's just not happening. Now, this concern is hardly a damning problem that anyone would use as a primary reason to join or leave a club, but the reaction to sharing it here it is extreme.

On the rest of the original post, I wouldn't be surprised if one of the defenders here were responsible for the anti-US Soccer postings. Many parents were moderate people, but there were a several who shared with others their awful experiences at other clubs and held views like this about US Soccer and the "system" in general. I also agree with the idea that if people just shared their experiences instead of attacking other methods or clubs that dialogue here would be much more civil.

Nobody is perfect, but the context matters. I don't doubt that some of the parents may have been inadvertently omitted from the distribution lists, but I don't believe that anyone questioned that it may have happened to them. On the other hand, it seems that it is a little extreme to equate a couple of possible mistakes in the distribution lists in the first week with assertion make on these boards that Barca suffers from poor communication. Context matters. When compared to other clubs that my kids played for, the communication is excellent. How many clubs in Metro DC area have their technical directors meet with parents for every single team in the program to explain the training process, the principles of play, and what they are trying to achieve with the team, while illustrating his points by breaking down the game and training film? Barca did it last year with every single team.