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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whoa. That was alot to unpack just because someone said their boys were "holding their own. "

Alot of issues going on behind the scenes [/quote]

It sounds like there may be something to the original complaint if a team was that easy to identify based solely on the fact that they’re a lower-ranked Arlington team holding their own.  I looked at all the standings, and it’s kind of embarrassing for Arlington that so many of their teams are doing so poorly in their own tournament.  But really I just feel for the kids, because it’s a lousy experience.[/quote]

Why should the fact that you’re the team hosting the tournament mean that you should do better or worse than any other team?

I’m not an ASA parent, but our team is playing in the tournament and it’s been a well-run tournament and very enjoyable. Kudos to Arlington for putting it on - it reminded me that this was the same tournament we played at last year, the only spring season play we had, before COVID shut everything down. Here we are one year later, back in action!

Anyway, whether your team is doing well or not, let’s all be happy that the kids are getting the chance to play this spring and starting the season off with hopefully a few competitive and fun games.[/quote]

DP.  As one of the team leads who is spending my entire weekend down on a field to help make this tournament happen, thank you for your kind words.  We’ve all put so much work into making this happen, and I’m glad so many teams are having a positive experience.  It makes all of the effort worth it.

I can also appreciate the complaints from some of the Arlington teams, though.  I don’t think their complaints are so much that they think the tournament should be stacked in their favor, more that they shouldn’t be forced to play in a tournament that is a poor fit for their level just because their club is sponsoring it.  It’s not a good experience for young players to start the season getting blown out by double digits.  It’s not a good experience for a team to be told it was an accomplishment they managed to keep the blow out loss to single digits.  It’s not a good experience to be told your cancelled game doesn’t matter because you were never going to advance anyway when you haven’t been mathematically eliminated.  There are a lot of teams who would have gotten more value from skipping this tournament and squeezing in some scrimmages against more appropriate teams elsewhere.  If they were teams who chose to enter this tournament I wouldn’t think it’s such a big dead, but these teams weren’t given a choice, even when they voiced concerns to the club.

From everything I’ve seen, the kids are being good sports about it on the field and I’m incredibly proud of them for that, but I won’t pretend their feelings off the field are invalid here.[/quote]

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