FC Virginia

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Rudy where are you! Are you coaching at tsj fcv or not!

Bastian why aren’t you returning parent emails all weekend! Did you lose interest as well. Are you too now backing out of the position you agreed to?

[Anonymous]

No FCV GA player wants to stay because of AB. St. James staff has to realize this now with the amount of players signed up for their ID sessions. Hiring a rec coach to oversee the GA portion of their program is where the St. James went wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rudy where are you! Are you coaching at tsj fcv or not!

Bastian why aren’t you returning parent emails all weekend! Did you lose interest as well. Are you too now backing out of the position you agreed to?

Didn't he just get announced a couple of days ago? Why would parents be emailing him already? Troll or serious?

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Anonymous wrote:No FCV GA player wants to stay because of AB. St. James staff has to realize this now with the amount of players signed up for their ID sessions. Hiring a rec coach to oversee the GA portion of their program is where the St. James went wrong.

Calling AB a rec coach seems a bit much. What has he done that you would classify him as such. He's been around the game playing and coaching for a while so he has experience and licensing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rudy where are you! Are you coaching at tsj fcv or not!

Bastian why aren’t you returning parent emails all weekend! Did you lose interest as well. Are you too now backing out of the position you agreed to?

Rudy backed out. Found out what was really going on (not what AB sold him), and said I'm out!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No FCV GA player wants to stay because of AB. St. James staff has to realize this now with the amount of players signed up for their ID sessions. Hiring a rec coach to oversee the GA portion of their program is where the St. James went wrong.

Calling AB a rec coach seems a bit much. What has he done that you would classify him as such. He's been around the game playing and coaching for a while so he has experience and licensing.

You're right. It's an insult to rec coaches.

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Anonymous wrote:Rudy where are you! Are you coaching at tsj fcv or not!

Bastian why aren’t you returning parent emails all weekend! Did you lose interest as well. Are you too now backing out of the position you agreed to?

Rudy backed out. Found out what was really going on (not what AB sold him), and said I'm out!

Good on him for doing the research.

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Anonymous wrote:No FCV GA player wants to stay because of AB. St. James staff has to realize this now with the amount of players signed up for their ID sessions. Hiring a rec coach to oversee the GA portion of their program is where the St. James went wrong.

Calling AB a rec coach seems a bit much. What has he done that you would classify him as such. He's been around the game playing and coaching for a while so he has experience and licensing.

You're right. It's an insult to rec coaches.

Curious as to why you think he is bad. I've seen on here that people think he is loud. What else?

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Anonymous wrote:No FCV GA player wants to stay because of AB. St. James staff has to realize this now with the amount of players signed up for their ID sessions. Hiring a rec coach to oversee the GA portion of their program is where the St. James went wrong.

Calling AB a rec coach seems a bit much. What has he done that you would classify him as such. He's been around the game playing and coaching for a while so he has experience and licensing.

You're right. It's an insult to rec coaches.

Curious as to why you think he is bad. I've seen on here that people think he is loud. What else?

I have no clue how he is as a coach but seeing that he's only ever coached or handled boys teams and primarily U-little, it's strange that leadership at FCV thought it's a good idea to hand him the reigns of their GA and let him be the TD. I don't even think he has any coaching certifications. Feels more likely that TSJ sees AB as a stop gap than a permanent solution.

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Anonymous wrote:Rudy where are you! Are you coaching at tsj fcv or not!

Bastian why aren’t you returning parent emails all weekend! Did you lose interest as well. Are you too now backing out of the position you agreed to?

Rudy backed out. Found out what was really going on (not what AB sold him), and said I'm out!

They also lost the coach in Norway who they had announced internally as the new goalkeeper coach. Old news but haven’t seen it mentioned here.

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Anonymous wrote:No FCV GA player wants to stay because of AB. St. James staff has to realize this now with the amount of players signed up for their ID sessions. Hiring a rec coach to oversee the GA portion of their program is where the St. James went wrong.

Calling AB a rec coach seems a bit much. What has he done that you would classify him as such. He's been around the game playing and coaching for a while so he has experience and licensing.

You're right. It's an insult to rec coaches.

Curious as to why you think he is bad. I've seen on here that people think he is loud. What else?

I have no clue how he is as a coach but seeing that he's only ever coached or handled boys teams and primarily U-little, it's strange that leadership at FCV thought it's a good idea to hand him the reigns of their GA and let him be the TD. I don't even think he has any coaching certifications. Feels more likely that TSJ sees AB as a stop gap than a permanent solution.

He's certainly seems more qualified than the VRSC TD -- so, choose your poison, I guess. The SYC TD I'm not sure about. But IMO, this is another knock against the GA in this area, if you're the parent of a top player. Just sayin'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're right. It's an insult to rec coaches.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rudy where are you! Are you coaching at tsj fcv or not!

Bastian why aren’t you returning parent emails all weekend! Did you lose interest as well. Are you too now backing out of the position you agreed to?

Rudy backed out. Found out what was really going on (not what AB sold him), and said I'm out!

They also lost the coach in Norway who they had announced internally as the new goalkeeper coach. Old news but haven’t seen it mentioned here.

Dear FCV - Next year is going to be a problem and it seems clear that no coach or player is ready to trust you on that since the Fall season doesn't start for another 6 months and since there are so many short term concerns to deal with in the meantime. I think the solution is to hire coaches for the next 6 months. Good coaches are better and if they can stay on for next year than that's great, but give us a chaperone for the next six months at least so your current teams are assured of getting thru their regular Spring season and upcoming tournaments. If the next 6 months are assured you may get some interest in selling your vision for next year. That vision is impossible to sell if all your current players walk because you screwed them in the short term.

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Anonymous wrote:Rudy where are you! Are you coaching at tsj fcv or not!

Bastian why aren’t you returning parent emails all weekend! Did you lose interest as well. Are you too now backing out of the position you agreed to?

Rudy backed out. Found out what was really going on (not what AB sold him), and said I'm out!

They also lost the coach in Norway who they had announced internally as the new goalkeeper coach. Old news but haven’t seen it mentioned here.

Dear FCV - Next year is going to be a problem and it seems clear that no coach or player is ready to trust you on that since the Fall season doesn't start for another 6 months and since there are so many short term concerns to deal with in the meantime. I think the solution is to hire coaches for the next 6 months. Good coaches are better and if they can stay on for next year than that's great, but give us a chaperone for the next six months at least so your current teams are assured of getting thru their regular Spring season and upcoming tournaments. If the next 6 months are assured you may get some interest in selling your vision for next year. That vision is impossible to sell if all your current players walk because you screwed them in the short term.

Response from TSJ...

Dear Parents,

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Anonymous wrote:No FCV GA player wants to stay because of AB. St. James staff has to realize this now with the amount of players signed up for their ID sessions. Hiring a rec coach to oversee the GA portion of their program is where the St. James went wrong.

Calling AB a rec coach seems a bit much. What has he done that you would classify him as such. He's been around the game playing and coaching for a while so he has experience and licensing.

You're right. It's an insult to rec coaches.

Curious as to why you think he is bad. I've seen on here that people think he is loud. What else?

I have no clue how he is as a coach but seeing that he's only ever coached or handled boys teams and primarily U-little, it's strange that leadership at FCV thought it's a good idea to hand him the reigns of their GA and let him be the TD. I don't even think he has any coaching certifications. Feels more likely that TSJ sees AB as a stop gap than a permanent solution.

He's certainly seems more qualified than the VRSC TD -- so, choose your poison, I guess. The SYC TD I'm not sure about. But IMO, this is another knock against the GA in this area, if you're the parent of a top player. Just sayin'

To sum it up,

VRSC TD - grassroots license
FCV TD - ?? Nothing shows.
SYC TD - A License, probably much more significant resume than the other two.

Looking beyond VRSC's TD, their other leadership and coaches. Can't even find a SafeSport certification sometimes.

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