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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is Metro's Club Director now all of a sudden coaching 17s instead of 18s? She has coached 18s for like the past 15 seasons at Metro. [/quote]
Another pp said they thought class 25 is not good and the club and the club director just gave up on them. [/quote]

I've heard that as well. I've also heard that it's because some of the parents on the 16s team from last season complained about the two coaches from last season's 16s team because these coaches allegedly cursed at the girls.[/quote]
My take is it’s a combination of several things. The rising 17s might be the highest potential Metro team in a while and last season didn’t go as well as expected. The 17s coach from last season is the American U coach which would have created some complications because of an NCAA rule that prohibits a collegiate coach who coaches club from coaching a player who lives more than 50 miles from their institution - one of the key players on the team lives far enough away that they couldn’t play for him, so they had to come up with an alternative. Moving the 2 coaches who served as co-head coaches of last year’s 16 Travel up with the team probably wasn’t a preferred option given the disappointing season last year. Also, both of them have young kids and the rumor has been for a few years they were going to step away from coaching. While neither has fully left the club, both are listed as assistant coaches for the upcoming season (they have both been head coaches for years) possibly meaning they are hoping to play a lesser role. Finally, the rising 18s have not been able to get an open bid and it’s not clear how many of the team are going to college early and therefore won’t play club. As of now, one player from the team already went to IMG for her senior year and the rumor is at least one more is planning to leave for college early, and possibly at least one more. A few returning players that would likely have been on the 18s team have injuries that will force them to miss part or all of the season. So lots of uncertainty as to what the roster will look like.

So my guess is that given all these factors, the club director moving to 17s was the best compromise. I'm sure the 18s families are disappointed, but the long time assistant who is moving into the head coach role is widely regarded as an outstanding coach so they should be fine. [/quote]

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