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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Agree. If many 09 parents wanted MV involved more, why did almost all of them leave when he would be coaching their team the following year?”

Because they wanted him to be involved immediately last year. Many parents wanted immediate change. 3 of the 09 players left to GF before the Spring season was even over. A remaining friend group then followed soon after well before the following years coaching slate was even announced.
There’s no question that the 09 experience was a mess but dynamics between the mix of players coming together on this team was problematic from early on and didn’t get any better once trapped players were added to the mix in Spring. It should have been handled better early on. 
But MVs coaching and relationship with his players/teams is as strong as ever. LO is great and doing well with her teams too this year. Other than the 09s their BRAVE teams are all doing really well for a brand new club. Hopefully the addition of stronger players in the next year will change things around for the 09s too. [/quote]

They announced the Brave coaching slate before the spring season even started, the week before ECNL tryouts opened.  It's still on their IG page.  The parents knew the coaching slate before the team fell apart, so this is a bit of revisionist history to fit the narrative.

There appears to be an expectation that an existing BRYC ECNL team augmented by VYS players who had previously chosen not to play ECNL would immediately be competitive.  That's not fair expectation to any coach or program.  The 10's and the 11's are the only teams with any advantage of both clubs leading and funneling to Brave.  Give the coaches some time to build the program.[/quote]

Yes, and please give NVA and VA Union plenty of time as well, as they are new and we probably should throw VDA in there too, as I’m sure it’s been very challenging to add Herndon into the mix. Can’t forget about FCV! They added Barca 2 yrs ago. And Arlington switched from GA to ECNL 2 yrs ago…probably a big change for them too. So let’s just give them all plenty of time. [/quote]

It's not a big secret that BRYC was doing very poorly across the majority of age groups and they were rumored to be getting pushed out of ECNL without a merger.  Brave is that result.  You're not giving them more time because they're a new club.  You're giving them a couple years because they were a poorly run club with poor results at the ECNL level and it takes time to change and a few new age groups to cycle in.  It's hard to make significant talent improvements at older ages unless you've got late bloomers who weren't already on an ECNL team show up.  Most kids/parents decide they're going to go for ECNL at an earlier age than 14 and once they're in high school, you're talking about a few players, not an entire team.  The 09's can improve and will.  Hopefully the coaching (MV/LO/whoever) can maximize their development.  But it's capped even if a couple are those late bloomers.  It's also not likely there are 6-7 starter quality players they're going to magically acquire in the next 2 years, so for better or worse, this is what you're looking at.  [/quote]

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