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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any kid who no-shows for the rest of the season after being cut/demoted deserves to be cut/demoted.  The ones hurt the most by that decision aren’t the club or the coach, it’s the teammates who had absolutely nothing to do with the decision.[/quote]

On the flip side, the kid can choose to move on and know it early, do the right thing and tell the coach/club so that the club can make the appropriate choices for other players.  And then be screwed/not played/travel and spend $$ for no reason out of spite....  I know, it happened to my DD when she knew in April that she was leaving a team a few years ago and told the coach.  Then she rode the bench.  Despite the fact that the reason she was leaving was to move to a higher level of play.  It goes both ways -- if the demoted player is supposed to be loyal to the club and the teammates, then the club needs to return the courtesy.[/quote]

A coach has an investment in developing players who are staying in the club.  If she announced she was leaving halfway through the season, he probably felt his energy was better spent on developing players who might be staying.  Unless you were moving out of area, April is awfully early to already have a commitment from another team, most aren’t even doing tryouts yet.  So your daughter effectively communicated to the coach that she went hunting for opportunities to leave.[/quote]

No. A coach has a duty to coach the kids on their team. Period. This is what is wrong with travel soccer. Too many coaches loyal to themselves or their club or their reputation vs. serving their paying customers. You should not get into youth coaching to: make a profit; feed your ego; “get wins”. You should get into coaching to: teach kids how to play the game; help kids mature and grow as people; and when relevant help a kid get to the next level of play. [/quote]

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