Stop the FCV (DA) and McLean (ECNL) hate

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What did Clyde do to anger 05 players and parents. If he is the "Yoda" of youth coaching, why would players leave?

Clyde had nothing to do with the players departures, he took over the team after the players left. The team is now one of the best teams in this area.

Wrong. He coached the team at the U-13 ECNL age group. The departures took place after that season when 10 players left for the DA.

Wow, after losing 10 players, the team is ranked No. 1 in Virginia! Usually, teams nosedive after so many players depart. Why did the team improve so much?

Perhaps the ECNL Conference just isn’t that good?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What did Clyde do to anger 05 players and parents. If he is the "Yoda" of youth coaching, why would players leave?

Clyde had nothing to do with the players departures, he took over the team after the players left. The team is now one of the best teams in this area.

Wrong. He coached the team at the U-13 ECNL age group. The departures took place after that season when 10 players left for the DA.

Wow, after losing 10 players, the team is ranked No. 1 in Virginia! Usually, teams nosedive after so many players depart. Why did the team improve so much?

Perhaps the ECNL Conference just isn’t that good?

Ranked No1 in ECNL. Which really is a nothing league now. Especially in this area.

[Anonymous]

McLean went from the bottom in 2017/18 to top three in 2018/19 and 2019/20. Not bad after losing 10 players. Still, why did the players leave?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^^ McLean has too much turnover and weak at the younger ages.

McLean is to blame for their turnover. If they would learn to stick with their current players and not recruit over top of them they would stay strong. Instead they go out recruiting. Most of the players they bring in are not top players and it makes their current ones unhappy and they leave. McLean 2005 team would be a powerhouse if they hadn't brought in a bunch of new girls and benched the better ones. 2/3 of the team left. They are doing above average now but I would argue that they would be a top team had Clyde not angered so many of his parents. The McLean 2008 team has lost top players to Arlington and FCV this year.

Where did the McLean 05 girls go?

I heard they spread out between Metro United and Arlington. I don't think any went to FCV, though not sure if any tried out.

Most Arlington, a few to Metro and I believe one or 2 to FCV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean went from the bottom in 2017/18 to top three in 2018/19 and 2019/20.

We can spell it together, again. D I L U T I O N

why did the players leave?

They were tired of listening to you complaining your kid was being benched?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What did Clyde do to anger 05 players and parents. If he is the "Yoda" of youth coaching, why would players leave?

Clyde had nothing to do with the players departures, he took over the team after the players left. The team is now one of the best teams in this area.

Clyde has had that team for 3 years. He did have them the year 9 girls left. I was told by a parent that he brought in a few girls from outside and took play time from girls who had been regular starters. Parents were upset their DDs were getting decreased play time so he could keep the new parents happy so they left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What did Clyde do to anger 05 players and parents. If he is the "Yoda" of youth coaching, why would players leave?

Clyde had nothing to do with the players departures, he took over the team after the players left. The team is now one of the best teams in this area.

Wrong. He coached the team at the U-13 ECNL age group. The departures took place after that season when 10 players left for the DA.

Wow, after losing 10 players, the team is ranked No. 1 in Virginia! Usually, teams nosedive after so many players depart. Why did the team improve so much?

Perhaps the ECNL Conference just isn’t that good?

In ECNL for that year they are very weak. The team does not do well when it plays anyone good outside the conference.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What did Clyde do to anger 05 players and parents. If he is the "Yoda" of youth coaching, why would players leave?

Clyde had nothing to do with the players departures, he took over the team after the players left. The team is now one of the best teams in this area.

Clyde has had that team for 3 years. He did have them the year 9 girls left. I was told by a parent that he brought in a few girls from outside and took play time from girls who had been regular starters. Parents were upset their DDs were getting decreased play time so he could keep the new parents happy so they left.

That parent’s argument is incredibly revealing. Perhaps you shouldn’t share the story of that 1 player.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What did Clyde do to anger 05 players and parents. If he is the "Yoda" of youth coaching, why would players leave?

Clyde had nothing to do with the players departures, he took over the team after the players left. The team is now one of the best teams in this area.

Clyde has had that team for 3 years. He did have them the year 9 girls left. I was told by a parent that he brought in a few girls from outside and took play time from girls who had been regular starters. Parents were upset their DDs were getting decreased play time so he could keep the new parents happy so they left.

Is it not at all possible that the new players were better? I have no dog in this fight, but I have seen this happen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What did Clyde do to anger 05 players and parents. If he is the "Yoda" of youth coaching, why would players leave?

Clyde had nothing to do with the players departures, he took over the team after the players left. The team is now one of the best teams in this area.

Wrong. He coached the team at the U-13 ECNL age group. The departures took place after that season when 10 players left for the DA.

Wow, after losing 10 players, the team is ranked No. 1 in Virginia! Usually, teams nosedive after so many players depart. Why did the team improve so much?

They didn't. The MA ECNL is very weak. The 05 team is well coached with good athletes. Not sure where that ranking is coming from. If it is GotSoccer, that is all tied to tournaments. Look at Youthsoccerrankings.com or topdrawersoccer.com. All of them have their drawbacks, but McLean is nowhere near #1 in Virginia, let alone the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What did Clyde do to anger 05 players and parents. If he is the "Yoda" of youth coaching, why would players leave?

Clyde had nothing to do with the players departures, he took over the team after the players left. The team is now one of the best teams in this area.

Clyde has had that team for 3 years. He did have them the year 9 girls left. I was told by a parent that he brought in a few girls from outside and took play time from girls who had been regular starters. Parents were upset their DDs were getting decreased play time so he could keep the new parents happy so they left.

Is it not at all possible that the new players were better? I have no dog in this fight, but I have seen this happen.

The U13 team had a lot of talent before it broke up. But they never came together as a team. Lots of clicks and not much playing for each other. Some kids and parents thought their kid was the greatest and should start / play more, etc. One parent in particular was upset and organized many leaving for MU (was WSVA then).

[Anonymous]

^^^This-several of the 05 players and parents were unhappy with team dynamics and the girls not getting along, with Clyde being accused of favoring certain girls (though what soccer coach doesn’t) and so they left. Some parents believe DA better than ECNL but not necessarily true given that Bethesda 05 ECNL beat Arlington 05 DA in recent tournament. Anyhow, talent was definitely diluted among the 3 teams from this group but McLean still put together a decent 05 team despite those departures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What did Clyde do to anger 05 players and parents. If he is the "Yoda" of youth coaching, why would players leave?

Clyde had nothing to do with the players departures, he took over the team after the players left. The team is now one of the best teams in this area.

Clyde has had that team for 3 years. He did have them the year 9 girls left. I was told by a parent that he brought in a few girls from outside and took play time from girls who had been regular starters. Parents were upset their DDs were getting decreased play time so he could keep the new parents happy so they left.

Is it not at all possible that the new players were better? I have no dog in this fight, but I have seen this happen.

The U13 team had a lot of talent before it broke up. But they never came together as a team. Lots of clicks and not much playing for each other. Some kids and parents thought their kid was the greatest and should start / play more, etc. One parent in particular was upset and organized many leaving for MU (was WSVA then).

That makes sense. Talent isn't the only dictator of success. The ability to play together is another. I have seen talented teams suffer from poorer results than the talent level because of this, and coaches are often uncomfortable with addressing it. It can be bad enough that a player can be open in front of goal and not be given a ball.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^This-several of the 05 players and parents were unhappy with team dynamics and the girls not getting along, with Clyde being accused of favoring certain girls (though what soccer coach doesn’t) and so they left. Some parents believe DA better than ECNL but not necessarily true given that Bethesda 05 ECNL beat Arlington 05 DA in recent tournament. Anyhow, talent was definitely diluted among the 3 teams from this group but McLean still put together a decent 05 team despite those departures.

The favoring of certain players was overt. Clyde would have 1 on 1 training sessions with 2-4 girls in particular every week. This didn't sit well with players or parents. Some players, regardless of effort, mistakes, quality of play, attitude, teamwork, etc. would play no matter what. It rubbed a lot of folks the wrong way. Clyde didn't address it and lost the team.

The McLean 05 team is doing ok now, but benefit from a very weak division. That was shown last season when they got to nationals. They couldn't hang with anyone. Hoping for good things for the kids! Hoping Clyde learned from this!

[Anonymous]

I wish more coaches would value team culture over just getting the biggest, fastest girls hoping they can turn them into soccer players. So many coaches are out looking for the next shiny object not realizing they have a bunch already. Just inserting one player with a bad attitude and difficult parents can ruin a team.