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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The emails are just so stupid.  My favorite part was: Was the possibility of "calling the bluff" of ECNL's threats ever considered, especially given the Boys Program's historical success?

What success?

How the McLean families are reacting to a merger is exactly why they don’t deserve ECNL on their own.[/quote]

Who the f*ck cares about Boys ECNL? What are we talking about. Parents want their coaches to stay. McLean isn't just ECNL. There is a whole club to consider not just one program playing in one league. If the leadership were smart (which they are not) they would have a townhall in January to discuss options. I guarantee you they would not have wanted this outcome (losing their best coaches). Boys program thrived outside of ECNL for many years. EVeryone is so caught up in the changing landscape that they don't realize we should stick what WE value as a club over all else. 99% parents want their kids to thrive in a positive environment and learn life lessons. They want them to have experiences that will last well beyond wins and losses. We are losing the essence of what this is all about. The boys program was giving the best experience to their players (just ask anyone involved). They loved the staff because they trusted them to deliver and what mattered most. This drama about losing ECNL just shows how disconnected "ELITE" parents are from the reality of the game. Adults ruining the lives of children. MYS leadership should be ashamed.[/quote]

Sorry, but I don't believe you.

Obviously those coaches you keep lamenting the loss of care about ECNL, or they wouldn't be abandoning ship because of MYS's decision.

Obviously YOU care about ECNL or you wouldn't keep pointing out BRAVE's record and trashing the players and coaches who live down the road from McLean.

Obviously soccer parents all over the DMV care about ECNL or they wouldn't be club hopping constantly, four clubs in five years kind of thing. My kid used to play for a wonderful small club that was great at developing players and little by little, as soon as players were good enough or ambitious enough, they left for clubs with MLS-Next or ECNL. ECNL in itself is a draw and just *having* an ECNL team will get players to show up. Even ECNL-R is a draw, maybe as a stepping stone or to get a foot in the door but also because kids love to say they play for an ECNL team even though ECNL-R is just a CCL/NPL/EDP league of another name.

There has not been one indication in the over-the-top reaction to the announcement that you or other irate parents want "kids to thrive in a positive environment and learn life lessons." Do you  think that is what McLean parents are modeling here? Do you think that is how McLean parents are being perceived???[/quote]

Uhh. At what point did I bash BRAVE? I can't speak for other McLean parents and how they reacted. I'm just pointing out that clubs shouldn't bend to the will of the league just because they threaten us. Clubs should uphold their own standards and understand the impact this is having on the players and their experience. It's the tail wagging the dog in this case. That's the problem. What happens if/when this fails. McLean and Brave won't control their own path forward and neither will be a good position to adjust to the next change in the landscape. That's my point. This merger is too risky if you analyze it beyond the threat of losing ECNL and the gain of an "expanded" player pool. We are talking about one program (on the boys side only) that is now resulted in McLean giving up 2/3 control of it's "ELITE" programming to other clubs. Given how this was all done it seems like more due diligence should have been done before making this decision to merge. Parents have every right to be upset in both clubs.[/quote]

Apologies if you aren't the one bashing Brave but your peers are every couple of posts. Which is making everyone else shake their heads and in turn put down Union players and Union coaches. But it's starting with the poor-taste McLean posters.

Re: the idea of bending to the will of the league, is your point that you think ECNL was bluffing and would not have kicked out both clubs? Or do you think MYS would have weathered the departure just fine? Because those of us who have been around for a few years know that clubs go up and down and, as much as families like to say that clubs are not loyal to the players (totally true) it is also clear that few families are loyal to clubs. If McLean were to be booted from ECNL, every college-hopeful would leave.

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Just think of what you'll say when the league comes back again and forces another merger. It's unprecedented to have a league control what clubs do with their teams and MYS just allowed it without even blinking an eye. Now the league knows they can use us like pawns. My point isn't that we shouldn't do this merger but we certaintly should have been way less willing to do this without analyzing the full impact and understanding the risks. The fact that many were surpised by the move isn't a good sign. Below are questions I think should be easy to answer by the club:

[b]Is there any documentation from the league that states they forced us to merge both boys and girls with Brave?[/b] - There should a public statement which we can use to hold the league accountable.
[b]What criteria is used by the league to determine if a club is underperforming?[/b] - Without this information we are at serious risk of future action by the league without even knowing why.
[b]Is there data to support the claim that the boys program was underperforming beyond the current year standings?[/b]
[b]What is the clubs' performance relative to other clubs in our division over the last 5 years?[/b] 
[b]MYS has survived losing DA. What makes this situation different?[/b]
[b]Did anyone present to the membership/staff to gain buy-in prior to deciding to merge?[/b] - This seems like leadership 101 especially for a member-driven non-profit organization.

I hope some of these questions are answered in the townhall. This merger was done quietly and rushed through right before tryouts and to me that's not how big decisions like this should be made if you want to be successful. Everyone is saying the club had no choice but no other choices were even explored. It's either we do this or we lose ECNL (first it was potentially both programs, but really it was only just Boys). That isn't how things should work in a well run business. Tells you everything you need to know about MYS.[/quote]

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