Reply to Field hockey clubs feedback

Forum Index » Sports General Discussion

Reply to "Field hockey clubs feedback "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1.  We have seen former HUSEL players at several different teams, especially at the older ages.  Could someone please spill the tea?[/quote]

Lots of clubs have had kids change clubs in the last few years. Not just Husel. And this has also happened in some of the bigger regional clubs, like in Richmond and VA beach. It's fairly common.

There is not a lot of "tea" to spill. One coach at the younger level (U12 or 14) moved. And a second in that bracket left to take their kid to Freedom, which is one of the best if not the best in the area. When they left, that younger team sort of fell apart b/c the parents liked those coaches. So they took their kids to other clubs (and their older, already committed siblings went with them. I'm guessing that was mostly for convenience). Most went to Wolves and that is because the O'Connell Coach consolidated and took all those players from Husel and went to Wolves. Look at the rosters. They were with Husel and now with Wolves (all O'Connell players). That was something like 8 players across age groups.

A few others have left since then for whatever reason (whether panicking that some left, wanting more recruiting opportunities, or what have you). But, they've also gotten in some new players, some who are quite good, who will now have a chance to play in the top spots. And they've gotten some new very good and accomplished coaches coming on board. And the Director, who has had some issues in the past (which I'd agree with) is now taking stock and making some adjustments, which is a good thing. 
[/quote]

Are you a Husel parent? Husel has not updated their roster but you seem to know new girls joined.

Not updating the roster is a red flag for me. One, it says the director isn’t taking care of the fine details and two, it makes them look dishonest.

My daughter never played for Husel. We choose to look elsewhere because after doing my homework I saw too many problems with the club. Now with others leaving, I am even more sure we made the right choice. [/quote]

This literally just happened in the last few months but, no, roster is not updated. Again, not unusual for that. Lots of the high performing teams also don't update their rosters. In part that is because the static roster on the website doesn't tell the full story as the teams going to different tourneys are different. One may go to NIT, another to RCC, Disney, etc. So, you're putting way too much stock in that.

When we were looking at teams, it was very obv that many clubs simply don't have a full/complete roster there. I know b/c we've been in the game for a bunch of years now and know a lot of the players.

I'm not sure why you have to be smug about your choice. Some left for good reasons. Some, I would argue, not so much. And lots of others have stayed and have had, will have, a good experience. But go off, I guess, without ever having played with the team. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics