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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So this family was at Toll for eight years, became a great swimmer with them, then you expect the team to shower then with affection when they leave?

Yeah the team handled it wrong for sure- they should have said bye, and let the kid go. But the kid is in for a surprise when they move- teams pay the most attention to their fastest swimmers. And the fastest kids at NCap are Olympic caliber swimmers and the rest of the swimmers are just there to pay the coaches’ salaries

Big fish little pond becomes small fish big pond. But hope it works out for the swimmer and next time this happens Toll just lets the kid go quietly- bc the kid may regret leaving anyway.[/quote]

Regret is a waste of time, as is gloating.  We all make decisions in life.  How others react to those decisions is irrelevant unless their opinions matter - which in the vast majority of cases they don't.  In the business world, long-time executives leave companies leave for competitors all the time.  If a company handles such departure poorly enough, its reputation will suffer and executives from other companies will be hesitant to join that company.

In this swimming scenario, it sounds like Tollefson didn't want the kid swimming competitively for them for the remaining time because he's leaving for another team.  Giving the kid a Tollefson competition slot means that another swimmer - who isn't leaving - won't get that slot.  Can you blame Tollefson for wanting to give that slot to an ongoing paying customer, possibly for a kid who is an up-and-coming swimmer that just needs more competitive meet experience?  Allowing the departing kid to practice for the remaining season would be reasonable (since his parents paid for it), but he shouldn't expect to receive much from the coaching staff.[/quote]

I am guessing you are not familiars with swimming: meets don’t have limits about how many kids can swim.  A team can take as many kids as have the qualifying times.[/quote]

Everyone in winter swimming knows this.  Meets don't have limits but practice lanes do get crowded. If a kid is moving on, it's normal for them to move onto their new team ASAP.  As others switching teams do the same.   And it does open up slots for new swimmers to join that team.  [/quote]
At our big club it is not normal for kids to join mid season unless it’s a swimmer whose family moved during the season and they have times that can be used to fit them into a group. I can understand not wanting to pay the registration fee for next year knowing that you’re not coming back, but let this be a cautionary tale going forward. [/quote]

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