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Anonymous wrote:I’m more interested in who the club wants to stay than who in the club wants to. if rosters will be smaller but most want to stay, who will the club pick? And I don’t want to wait until July to find out.

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“The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour”. As much as the spirit VA parents can hope for something different next year, it’s simply not realistic.

Did you know that when the WNT won the WC in China, it was a shock to everyone? and can you believe the MNT could ever be third place? But they were. You see, your quote may apply to individuals, but as teams go, past performance does not necessarily predict the future.

When was MNT third place?

1930. Best WC result ever.

Back when Europe was rebuilding from WWI and preparing for WW2. Bravo!

That's all you got out of all that. Wow. That explains you.

Lol. Am I wrong? Was it the Black plague?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m more interested in who the club wants to stay than who in the club wants to. if rosters will be smaller but most want to stay, who will the club pick? And I don’t want to wait until July to find out.

+1

“The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour”. As much as the spirit VA parents can hope for something different next year, it’s simply not realistic.

Did you know that when the WNT won the WC in China, it was a shock to everyone? and can you believe the MNT could ever be third place? But they were. You see, your quote may apply to individuals, but as teams go, past performance does not necessarily predict the future.

When was MNT third place?

1930. Best WC result ever.

Back when Europe was rebuilding from WWI and preparing for WW2. Bravo!

That's all you got out of all that. Wow. That explains you.

It would be different if their was some tangible evidence that things at Spirit were about to change for the better. So far, all parents have received was a form letter from Larry Best with a lot of grandiose talk about making the DA better-but as a Spirit parent, I’m not sure what exactly that means going forward. There has been no additional info from the coaches or from Best about how the program is going to change for the better. It would be very much in their best interests to have a parent meeting and lay out some actual plans for the future and also express a desire for their current players to stay the course, otherwise more than just a few may abandon ship.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m more interested in who the club wants to stay than who in the club wants to. if rosters will be smaller but most want to stay, who will the club pick? And I don’t want to wait until July to find out.

+1

“The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour”. As much as the spirit VA parents can hope for something different next year, it’s simply not realistic.

Did you know that when the WNT won the WC in China, it was a shock to everyone? and can you believe the MNT could ever be third place? But they were. You see, your quote may apply to individuals, but as teams go, past performance does not necessarily predict the future.

When was MNT third place?

1930. Best WC result ever.

Back when Europe was rebuilding from WWI and preparing for WW2. Bravo!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m more interested in who the club wants to stay than who in the club wants to. if rosters will be smaller but most want to stay, who will the club pick? And I don’t want to wait until July to find out.

+1

“The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour”. As much as the spirit VA parents can hope for something different next year, it’s simply not realistic.

Did you know that when the WNT won the WC in China, it was a shock to everyone? and can you believe the MNT could ever be third place? But they were. You see, your quote may apply to individuals, but as teams go, past performance does not necessarily predict the future.

When was MNT third place?

1930. Best WC result ever.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m more interested in who the club wants to stay than who in the club wants to. if rosters will be smaller but most want to stay, who will the club pick? And I don’t want to wait until July to find out.

+1

“The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour”. As much as the spirit VA parents can hope for something different next year, it’s simply not realistic.

Did you know that when the WNT won the WC in China, it was a shock to everyone? and can you believe the MNT could ever be third place? But they were. You see, your quote may apply to individuals, but as teams go, past performance does not necessarily predict the future.

When was MNT third place?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m more interested in who the club wants to stay than who in the club wants to. if rosters will be smaller but most want to stay, who will the club pick? And I don’t want to wait until July to find out.

+1

“The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour”. As much as the spirit VA parents can hope for something different next year, it’s simply not realistic.

Did you know that when the WNT won the WC in China, it was a shock to everyone? and can you believe the MNT could ever be third place? But they were. You see, your quote may apply to individuals, but as teams go, past performance does not necessarily predict the future.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m more interested in who the club wants to stay than who in the club wants to. if rosters will be smaller but most want to stay, who will the club pick? And I don’t want to wait until July to find out.

+1

“The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour”. As much as the spirit VA parents can hope for something different next year, it’s simply not realistic.

That’s untrue in any area in life. In terms of clubs, they all have had their ups and downs. Your bias is showing.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m more interested in who the club wants to stay than who in the club wants to. if rosters will be smaller but most want to stay, who will the club pick? And I don’t want to wait until July to find out.

+1

“The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour”. As much as the spirit VA parents can hope for something different next year, it’s simply not realistic.

Anonymous wrote:I’m more interested in who the club wants to stay than who in the club wants to. if rosters will be smaller but most want to stay, who will the club pick? And I don’t want to wait until July to find out.

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I’m more interested in who the club wants to stay than who in the club wants to. if rosters will be smaller but most want to stay, who will the club pick? And I don’t want to wait until July to find out.

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Anonymous wrote:Has Spirit made any offers to existing roster players? We haven't heard any timeline about plans for the fall season and who is staying or going.

Offers do not get made until June.

Only outside non-current DA players can/will get offers.

June? Where did you get that date from? We've always received offers sooner than that.

Because that is when offers to current players were made last year. That is where I effing heard that date from. Outside, non-DA kids can get offers at anytime.

I'm with Spirit and we got our letters ahead of that. In fact, the whole club got announcements of when offers would be made to current players and it was well ahead of June. I'm sorry that hurts your feelings.

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Have you heard anything about when Spirit offers would be made this year to existing players?

My Spirit DD has already had conversations with the coach about next year. So not formal, but she’s taking it as an offer.

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Anonymous wrote:Has Spirit made any offers to existing roster players? We haven't heard any timeline about plans for the fall season and who is staying or going.

Offers do not get made until June.

Only outside non-current DA players can/will get offers.

June? Where did you get that date from? We've always received offers sooner than that.

Because that is when offers to current players were made last year. That is where I effing heard that date from. Outside, non-DA kids can get offers at anytime.

I'm with Spirit and we got our letters ahead of that. In fact, the whole club got announcements of when offers would be made to current players and it was well ahead of June. I'm sorry that hurts your feelings.

Then offer the rough date when you got the offer and answer the actual question then.

Beginning of May. That's why I asked you where June came from, in case that was the plan for this year. It wasn't to offend or attack. I don't read every single email I get from Spirit, so I thought I'd missed one.

This year, I would like to see the process improve. Tom held out because he wanted to get everyone he could and then redistribute the rosters as he saw fit, right or wrong. Maybe he was told to. I can't say.

I want greater transparency this year. I want to know who is on my DD's roster or I want to take her somewhere that will tell me. It matters because the roster determines the training environment.

This. I’d like to see what players are committed as that will make a huge impact on our decision. Are they actually DA caliber or not.

How about you talk to the other parents on your team and see what their views are. They may not tell you outright (some will), but I think you can get a good sense based on their comments and facial expressions.

I’d rather find out who the club intends to keep, rather than what parents/kids want to stay. Those that want to stay may not be DA caliber kids. If the rosters are actually going to be trimmed, I want to know where.

How can the club tell you what those parents are planning to do? If they are DA caliber, they will get a return offer. You need to check with them to see if they are staying. Most on my team are, but your mileage may vary.

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I want greater transparency this year. I want to know who is on my DD's roster or I want to take her somewhere that will tell me. It matters because the roster determines the training environment.

This. I’d like to see what players are committed as that will make a huge impact on our decision. Are they actually DA caliber or not.

Does this happen for real, even on established teams? Aren't there always some surprise changes?

In NOVA, how many legitimate DA & ECNL caliber (per what I think you are describing) players are there on those teams?

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Anonymous wrote:Has Spirit made any offers to existing roster players? We haven't heard any timeline about plans for the fall season and who is staying or going.

Offers do not get made until June.

Only outside non-current DA players can/will get offers.

June? Where did you get that date from? We've always received offers sooner than that.

Because that is when offers to current players were made last year. That is where I effing heard that date from. Outside, non-DA kids can get offers at anytime.

I'm with Spirit and we got our letters ahead of that. In fact, the whole club got announcements of when offers would be made to current players and it was well ahead of June. I'm sorry that hurts your feelings.

Then offer the rough date when you got the offer and answer the actual question then.

Beginning of May. That's why I asked you where June came from, in case that was the plan for this year. It wasn't to offend or attack. I don't read every single email I get from Spirit, so I thought I'd missed one.

This year, I would like to see the process improve. Tom held out because he wanted to get everyone he could and then redistribute the rosters as he saw fit, right or wrong. Maybe he was told to. I can't say.

I want greater transparency this year. I want to know who is on my DD's roster or I want to take her somewhere that will tell me. It matters because the roster determines the training environment.

This. I’d like to see what players are committed as that will make a huge impact on our decision. Are they actually DA caliber or not.

How about you talk to the other parents on your team and see what their views are. They may not tell you outright (some will), but I think you can get a good sense based on their comments and facial expressions.

I’d rather find out who the club intends to keep, rather than what parents/kids want to stay. Those that want to stay may not be DA caliber kids. If the rosters are actually going to be trimmed, I want to know where.

Agreed. Also tells us nothing about the kids they intend to add from tryouts.