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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scared - no.

Frustrated and disappointed would be my main sentiment toward our club - Mclean.  Like a lot of other organizations, they spend a lot of time patting their own back, but if you ever deal with them up close, you realize how flawed they are.  Mclean, which has "professional" administration, has had a completely incoherent strategy for boys.  In the last half dozen years, they have been in (and out) of DA, CCL, EDP, Pre-Academy, National League, and now ECNL. [b] With every lurch from one league to the next, it's communicated as the next great thing, only to be quietly abandoned with a couple years.[/b]

This is all the result of vaunted "professional" staff who seem to have no ability to set any kind of strategic direction.  And if you ever run into one of these "soccer professionals", you will realize that communicating to a parent is about the last thing they ever want to do.

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This is such a great post.  I laughed at the bolded in particular; every club I have been at does this.  The most blatant example I recall from a few years back was Potomac.  When they had a boys DA, all they talked about is how they should be a destination for all Maryland boys because DA was indisputably the top league.  When they were kicked out of the DA for under performing, they talked about how DA was just a waste of time and money, and they were pleased to offer a much better alternative, the Atlantic Soccer League.  It was so laughable we started looking for a new club.  I was amused, but not surprised, when they trumpeted their involvement in CCL a few years later.   You are also 100% correct about parent communication, though I don't always blame them on that front.

That being said, Potomac had a few very good coaches that the leadership allowed to do their own thing.  I imagine that's true of McLean too--we have friends who have raved about both Jamil Walker and Alan Portillo.  Vince Carter was at Potomac when we were there, and we thought he was very good too.  [/quote]

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