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[quote=SDC][quote=lojack74][quote=SDC][quote=soccer_dc][quote=SDC][quote=soccer_dc][quote=SDC][quote=soccer_dc][quote=SDC][quote=NotMessi]Did Rae Ann Taylor leave Loudoun?  Don't see her on the website anymore.[/quote]

She was fired. [/quote]

What happened? Bad behavior? Going to another club and bringing players with her? Hard to imagine what else could be done to get fired mid season[/quote]

Officially, it was "bad behavior".  Unofficially, that meant whiny parents with kids on the bench who were unhappy.[/quote]

She was fired because parents were whining about kids playing time? huh?[/quote]

Unhappy parents caused this, yes.[/quote]

How? Did the unhappy parents make up false accusations of the bad behavior or did it really occur? [/quote]

You have to know Rae Ann Taylor to fully understand, but some people call it tough love/tough coaching.  Some call it abuse.  But all boiled down to their snowflake not being treated like a princess.  It's not black and white, but when parents threaten legal action, the club reacted.[/quote]

And this is how we end up with pro players thinking the abuse that's been happening to them since youth soccer, and still happening in the pros, is OK. I don't know about the coach you're talking about, but I have seen coaches absolutely berating players. That's not coaching. That's not tough love. And calling it abuse is not being a snowflake. It's is very black-and-white. Not a lot of grey area when it comes to abuse. My $0.02.[/quote]

I agree with you 100% that abuse doesn't belong in youth sports.  With this particular coach, however, it wasn't the case.  Some parents didn't like how their kids weren't catered to and playing equal time because they paid just as much as everyone else.  It's this entitled attitude that's growing here that pushes out tough coaches who demand a lot from the players but aren't abuse.  There's a HUGE difference between good tough coaching and abuse. [/quote]

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