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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]A lot of dads use it to get in with the coach and club (at least on the boys’ side). I have a 15 and 18 year old so spent/spend years in club soccer. Some try to act like an assistant coach, in constant contact about what “they” think should be happening on the field and often will put down other players[/b]—Edie silly if the kid plays sane position as theirs. Done get off on having “knowledge” ahead of everyone and use it as a power trip. That said it’s a pretty thankless job. I did it one year when begged by coach since we were a new family and nobody else would do it. I love the Clubs that don’t use parent volunteers, don’t have team managers, etc. Their admin staff handles it all. This is usually higher level teams. The less interaction parents have with the coaches is the best. When you have teens you really should have no contact. [/quote] OMG, came here to say that. DD played in one club with a strict "no more than two years" tenure as a team manager. Can be tough when that parent is super organized and the next one isn't but the policy makes sense. DD moved to another club where the coaches move up with the teams and there are no rules on the length of service for a manager. DD played in the club for 5 years - on 1 team for one year, then moved up to a new team when the age change went into effect for the last four years. On the first team, a dad served in that role for ten years, preceding our arrival and continuing through his DD's HS graduation. On the second team, the new coach selected a hyper-organized mom with a FT job. The next year, a new coach was appointed, the manager's DD was cut from the team, and two men vied for the admin spots. I asked one of them if we could take this change to pivot to Team Snap or a similar app (they were still using email for communication) for more timely contact. He asked me to research 5 options, ensuring that they also allowed for photos to be uploaded, etc., then provide him with my research for him and the other guy to make a decision. No wonder why that guy was unemployed. My DD was the back up for the team manager's DD who started. Everyone would get subbed, then finally DD would go in. The dad was the one responsible for telling the coach the times for subs. I'm sure it was just a coincidence. In the end, the players with the nicest parents ended up playing for D1 schools while the rest were scrounging for D3 slots after their parents had spent years bragging about which T5 team they would play for or which Ivy.[/quote]
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