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[quote=Anonymous]That’s harsh. My son is a GK. We have seen all kinds of coaches. I don’t ever remember my son being subbed out for being scored on. However one year he moved to playing CB and the coach knew my son was a good GK. He would threaten the current GK with being subbed out by my son in front of the team which we thought was inappropriate. That player definitely was playing on the wrong level team but the coach chose to roster him and failed to provide constructive feedback that would have helped him improve and succeed. The whole situation was hard to watch and toxic.  I would have pulled my son if he’d been treated like that.

My GK has some great games but he also has some pretty terrible ones. Usually the coach and team recognize the loss can’t be attributed to him alone. If the entire game is played on his half, he can make a dozen saves and still lose because eventually he makes a mistake or there’s a great shot that’s not stoppable and his team hasn’t scored. This is not to say he’s never had a coach criticize him but it’s usually done in a constructive way. [/quote]

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