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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I can only say that our experience with Visitation lacrosse and the current coaches has been nothing short of excellent. I think there are parents who don't understand that there is nothing wrong with wanting to win and putting forth your best players to achieve that goal. Our experience is that these coaches put the Visitation motto of "faith, vision and purpose" first - and winning, second. Our girls do service as a team, help run clinics as a team, worked at our first Visitation Cub Classic as a team, and several helped out with tryouts for a Northern Virginia club team not named Capital. I could not ask for better role models for my daughter than these coaches. And as for the parent who commented that these coaches "pull the strings," well, I should hope so. Because there is nothing worse than parents pulling the strings through the AD to run the team.[/quote]

I have had several daughters attend Visi, and they have been on many teams (not lax).  I have my share of complaints about the school, but after following the posts on this thread, I have to say I don't recognize the school some of them are talking about.  Apart from maybe the basketball team, I have not seen the "win at all costs" mentality.  There are definitely things that could be fixed in the athletic department - there should be more accountability by the AD and coaches, and parents/students should be able to voice their concerns to an objective ear - but I feel like some of what has been said here is sour grapes from parents whose daughters just didn't make the cut for legitimate reasons.[/quote]

I have to agree as well.  The patent(s) who keep going in about "girls who have paid their dues" and "shown dedication and leadership" sounds like a parent who thinks her daughter is more important than the team.  If a person isn't good enough to rise to the top on the full combination of merit, hard work and talent, then that person did not earn it.  If you daughter isn't one if the best players then she hasn't actually earned the right to play. That is how sports goes. Just like if she doesn't have the highest GPA,  no matter how hard she worked she doesn't deserve to be valedictorian.  This isn't Stoddert rec where everyone plays the sane and everyone gets a trophy. By the the time you get to highschool it actually is about ability and talent.  [/quote]

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