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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is mojo still holding tryouts? There is absolutely no way they need more players. There were soooo many great players at their clinics and their tryouts were full. I have a really hard time believing they still need players. [/quote]

IMO it’s almost always because they shoot too high, focus on the wrong players at tryouts (think: players who are using mojo as backup but end up choosing Virginia elite or Juniors), and initially ignore the ones who are seriously interested. Their tryout sessions are so dismissive and humiliating toward the girls who aren’t the “chosen” ones that it’s a total turnoff. Those players then go on to accept other offers. And by Tuesday at least half of the top choices the mojo thought they were getting finally turn down their offer in favor of accepting at a stronger club and it leaves mojo scrambling.
Problem is, mojo really doesn’t play the game well when it comes to courting the ones who didn’t quite make the cut.
And by the time they realize they need them, they wind up reaching out to players who have already committed.
I hate to come down so hard on mojo but I’ve seen and heard it happen too many times to not call it out. Maybe they think their way is more honest and real? But if they made all the players who come to tryout dates feel valued and seen even if they don’t give them a bid, those players might feel like waiting around until Tuesday to see if an offer eventually comes. But mojo makes it super clear who they want and it’s hard to come back from that.
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+100. Very well put. My DD tried out for 6 clubs this year, and received offers from 5, including three “1s” teams for national-level clubs and two regional clubs. So she’s clearly a competitive player.

The one offer she didn’t get was from Mojo - She said the Mojo tryout was by far the most demoralizing tryout she’s ever been to, and she swore she will never go back to a clinic or tryout there again. She said they didn’t bother to test vertical or check reach. It was a free for all. During a water break she mouthed to me that the coaches hadn’t even looked at her. We actually should have left instead of wasting 1.5 hours of energy there.

Incumbent favoritism and height bias was blatantly obvious. Some of the girls were rude and refused to rotate positions with her and coaches didn’t enforce it. So I’m surprised to read that they also did some former ECP players dirty bc we saw them getting pulled over much more skilled players. Bad vibes all around.

Ironically they were still advertising needing players in DD’s age group. Biggest eye roll ever. DD laughed when I showed her the email and said she can’t wait to get kills against that team. “See ya on the court, Mojo!” [/quote]

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