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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two things.

1) it Ridiculous. Ridiculous. R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S. Just let your phone spell it for you.

2) Vienna was a joke when Eddy was at VYS. A joke in the coaching community and an utter wasteland of player development. It was the land of kick and run, wasted potential, and a fertile recruiting ground for BRYC. [/quote]

But it had:

1. A couple of pretty good teams.

2. A good focus on serving the community as a whole.

The new guy doesn't get that. His experience is in a small pro academy in England. He might be good at that -- maybe if he ran a small club like Cugini or CSC, he'd be fine. But he's not good at understanding what the community wants. Case in point: killing Friday night free play, which was HIS decision, despite board objections.

Eddie wasn't perfect, and he may bear responsibility for his departure -- he simply demanded too much. But he's no joke. If he was, Arlington wouldn't have been so eager to bring him in.

His training programs were absolutely not kick and run. If you saw that from VYS teams, I'd be more inclined to blame parents and players. I've coached a ton of VYS kids, and they don't watch soccer. Their parents don't watch soccer, and they yell ignorant stuff from the sidelines. And they sometimes move elsewhere because they're caught up in status and think some other place will be better. I love Vienna and wouldn't live anywhere else, but it's your typical suburban area with a lot of good athletes but no soccer culture. Little wonder Madison is so good at baseball.

NOW, it actually IS better at other clubs for a lot of travel players. They totally botched the rising U9 tryouts under the new staff, and a lot of good players have scattered to other clubs where they're thriving.

I understand why Eddie is gone. I don't blame the board for his departure. But we're definitely not better off without him.[/quote]

I certainly do blame this board for his departure and for the 3 ring circus that they have created.  [/quote]

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