MYS Boy's ECLN parent sends mass email to entire MYS program?
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Anonymous
| DS was considering trying out for Arlington and Union earlier this spring. As soon as I started reading the numerous threads on ECNL in VA, I nixed the idea. It sounds terribly toxic. I can’t believe adults will write such nasty things about kids teams. We will stick with our very limited MD choices where the majority of parents are less intense. How elite can ECNL be when there see so many clubs that have joined anyway? It’s starting to just seem like all the other leagues. These leagues come and go. |
Anonymous
| I am a McLean parent and agree with the above posters. I have been appalled by the level of nastiness and personal insults. A few parents are disappointed with a change and decide to bring everyone down with them. I can already hear your answer: the MYS board did this, not me. What MYS decided is and how they communicated the decision was normal, totally on trend with what other clubs are doing, and part of life. The response from some McLean parents is NOT NORMAL. It is not just toxic, it is over-the-top and weird. I hope you stop to think about how you are hurting all of us. |
Anonymous
DB isn’t young. He’s at least 40. |
Anonymous
| Wait, the mass email dad's not going to town hall! If he's not going, neither am I. |
Anonymous
How do you know that guy is not going? |
Anonymous
He sent out an email this morning |
Anonymous
Dear MYS Parents, Please find attached a letter requesting a Special Meeting with the Board to answer very specific questions, including recent changes to the by-laws (which stripped the Membership of the ability to hold the Board accountable), the recent merger announcement (which was done in haste and without considering the impact to the boys), and the conflict-of-interest issues among certain MYS Staff within the Girls Program (which are not unrelated to the hasty decision made with regards to this merger). These questions will likely not be addressed at the Town Hall meeting scheduled this Thursday (which I, unfortunately, will not be able to attend due to a conflict); hence, why we are requesting a Special Meeting to address these more relevant questions, which we believe are critical to understanding what just transpired (and has been transpiring) within the Club. Please review ASAP and if you would like to be a signatory on this letter, please reply confirming your support and then use the following link and add your name. We're tyring to get as many signatures as possible so the Board understands how serious these issues are to the Membership. Link for signatures (one or both parents can sign, as well as any MYS players in your household) - https://forms.gle/8bAptUvtoKrKPASE6 Please feel free to reach out with any questions. Best, |
Anonymous
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The emails are just so stupid. My favorite part was: Was the possibility of "calling the bluff" of ECNL's threats ever considered, especially given the Boys Program's historical success?
What success? How the McLean families are reacting to a merger is exactly why they don’t deserve ECNL on their own. |
Anonymous
Success is based on what the MYS values most and shouldn't be imposed on them by league. The league doesn't own McLean and the leadership has to realize that they have a responsibility to the players/parents and community. MYS rushed this decision out of fear and have to deal with many parents who are upset with the outcomes. MYS boys program was built off the backs of the success of JW and AP after the club lost DA. From 2012 until now they have had tremendous success outside of ECNL and modest success since joining (04/03 U19 Boys were 2022 National Finalists). They are the ones who rebuilt the program to even be accepted into ECNL in the first place. They are the ones who know firsthand the challenges the program faces. They should have been the ones leading the negotations to execute this merger and they should have been the ones gain the buy-in of the parents. Instead the club chose NM. Let that sink in. They let NM ruin the boys program for Brave (a program who has NEVER had ANY success AT ALL). Complete failure of leadership by LW, CW and the board. The boys program will continue to face the same challenges they face now even with the "expanded" (more like recycled). But now they don't have the best coaches to lead the teams. How can anyone accept that as better for the program? It's going to be worse. GUARANTEED. |
Anonymous
Who the f*ck cares about Boys ECNL? What are we talking about. Parents want their coaches to stay. McLean isn't just ECNL. There is a whole club to consider not just one program playing in one league. If the leadership were smart (which they are not) they would have a townhall in January to discuss options. I guarantee you they would not have wanted this outcome (losing their best coaches). Boys program thrived outside of ECNL for many years. EVeryone is so caught up in the changing landscape that they don't realize we should stick what WE value as a club over all else. 99% parents want their kids to thrive in a positive environment and learn life lessons. They want them to have experiences that will last well beyond wins and losses. We are losing the essence of what this is all about. The boys program was giving the best experience to their players (just ask anyone involved). They loved the staff because they trusted them to deliver and what mattered most. This drama about losing ECNL just shows how disconnected "ELITE" parents are from the reality of the game. Adults ruining the lives of children. MYS leadership should be ashamed. |
Anonymous
| Have the coaches communicated at all where they intend to go or if they are staying on the large staff of 3 coaches per team? |
Anonymous
| There’s always one… |
Anonymous
Sorry, but I don't believe you. Obviously those coaches you keep lamenting the loss of care about ECNL, or they wouldn't be abandoning ship because of MYS's decision. Obviously YOU care about ECNL or you wouldn't keep pointing out BRAVE's record and trashing the players and coaches who live down the road from McLean. Obviously soccer parents all over the DMV care about ECNL or they wouldn't be club hopping constantly, four clubs in five years kind of thing. My kid used to play for a wonderful small club that was great at developing players and little by little, as soon as players were good enough or ambitious enough, they left for clubs with MLS-Next or ECNL. ECNL in itself is a draw and just *having* an ECNL team will get players to show up. Even ECNL-R is a draw, maybe as a stepping stone or to get a foot in the door but also because kids love to say they play for an ECNL team even though ECNL-R is just a CCL/NPL/EDP league of another name. There has not been one indication in the over-the-top reaction to the announcement that you or other irate parents want "kids to thrive in a positive environment and learn life lessons." Do you think that is what McLean parents are modeling here? Do you think that is how McLean parents are being perceived??? |
Anonymous
| You guys are all clowns. The two boys Mclean coaches were on their way out well before the merger. They just don't want you to know that. |
Anonymous
Lol! Our Brave boys had a better record playing against McLean this year. The clown director for McLean was trying to fight the ref. Again, these McLean boys coaches keep talking like you were better than us. Brave won a boys national championship too at USYS. 1 or 2 good teams doesn’t make you a great ECNL club but rather a good USYS club. |