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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Florida teams, even their lower ranking ones, are quite good.  I saw at CASL with my oldest a Florida classic team beat a pretty solid elite team from VA.  I think people are really nitpicking the Barca team for some reason I can't fathom. [/quote]

Yes. I'm not sure why.  They can't be seen as a threat.  Many aren't competing at the same levels of most other top Clubs.  I am guessing it is from some other nearby Club--or somebody that left that had a problem or beef (which is usually the answer to most of these obsessions).  It's too far for most Clubs in the area to travel to so there isn't a threat for player exodus.  It's pretty far out there geographically for the DC region.  Staff is friendly and just doing their own thing.  But= you see the same thing with the Spirit threads and the infamous FCV thread.  Parents getting all twisted about Clubs their kids don't play for.[/quote]

Yeah, I don't really get either of the extremes here. Some people are so defensive about the club when anyone asks a simple question. Others are tearing it down. I understand it a *little* bit more when we're talking about Vienna or McLean or some other club that represents a community. Not so much here. What next -- an epic shoutfest over Cougars or Cugini or PAC?

As far as I can tell, Barca has no ridiculously overbearing coaches, and it seems to have a sensible approach to training. I'm not seeing red flags other than a couple of hyperdefensive people in this thread, but every club has those. (It's just a question of whether or not they're on DCUM.) [/quote]

I wouldn't say that parents have been "hyper defensive". The program is 16 months old and people have come onto this thread and bashed the program based on nothing more than some GotSoccer results.

I think what parents took offense to was the immediate slamming of results when all they have said as customers is they are happy regardless of the results. It then exploded from there, and frankly, you yourself fed into the attacks based on results due to the cost of the program. All parents have said all along is either come and see for yourself or just give a more wait and see approach over time. 16 months is not A Lot Of Time in the grans scheme of things.

But many of the attacks were based on nothing more than tourney results. The downsides of the program have been laid out there by parents in the program as well among them are; Talent variance, lack of initial league play, competitive results (people can accept not winning for development but that doesn't mean they enjoy losing. This point gets forgotten), the fluidity of rosters, the lack of or confusing hierarchical structure etc. These are all downsides that people in the program and on this board have stated. But what they have defended aggressively is the quality of training, regardless of talent level or results. And for critics to attack the training they should actually observe and see for themselves that the training is run differently than local clubs. I have seen a variety of club training environments of all levels and Barca is different in their approach and execution.

The other point of contention is this, and this is not just for Barca but for all clubs, if you have no vested interest in a club then why do you care what they are or are not doing? There is zero reason to tear down a club that you are in no way affiliated with. the only people who would do this in any sensible world are people who are threatened. The only people who would be threatened by what any other club does are coaches and TD's. It makes zero sense for any parent to concern themselves with the actions of another club that they are not a part of.

We are going on 57 pages and over 800 posts over a club that most people believe sucks. Why? Worry about your kid and your club and stop worrying about where other people spend their time and money and whether or not they should feel it was worth it. Not a single critic of Barca or any other club on these forums ever dare mention the club where their kid plays.   [/quote]

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