Anonymous wrote:Announcing the hiring of coaches during tryouts? Not good optics! Very embarrassing to you and for those parents who actually like it here! Get it together Valor leadership!

+1. I follow this thread for gossip and infotainment even though our kid has had a reasonably decent experience so far (only u9). To start tryouts without most of your coaches hired is terrible and unfair to your families and players. There are some coaches we would want to avoid! And if the guy is unknown maybe we would like to have a brief conversation or observe the coaches demeanor towards the kids during tryouts before commiting.

Anonymous wrote:Attempting to scrounge up bottom barrel coaches after tryouts have begun for all their lower level teams is def on-brand for Valor.

What’s crazy is this isn’t just for lower level teams. Who’s to say they don’t still have to hire second team coaches? Without a list no one knows for sure. I don’t personally see a problem when a smaller club lists some coaches but then a TBD for the lowest team because they aren’t yet sure if they will form that last team. It is at least transparent and people can decide if they want to take a chance with that. With Valor right now you have a bunch of parents of second team players wondering if they even have a coach lined up let alone who it will be.

Attempting to scrounge up bottom barrel coaches after tryouts have begun for all their lower level teams is def on-brand for Valor.

Announcing the hiring of coaches during tryouts? Not good optics! Very embarrassing to you and for those parents who actually like it here! Get it together Valor leadership!

That's the guy who forgot to hire coaches?

No way is he retiring! He make almost $500k a year running these clubs!

Will say it again.. retire PE and get someone who actually gives a F!

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Anonymous wrote:Still no coach slate?

They don't have any coaches. They posted a help wanted ad on facebook or somewhere.

Haha very funny. Seriously, no time to read the thread. Any updates?

Oh dear. Sadly, not a joke. They are actually advertising for coaches at a time when they should have a full coach slate hired and publicized.

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Anonymous wrote:Still no coach slate?

They don't have any coaches. They posted a help wanted ad on facebook or somewhere.

Haha very funny. Seriously, no time to read the thread. Any updates?

Anonymous wrote:Still no coach slate?

They don't have any coaches. They posted a help wanted ad on facebook or somewhere.

Still no coach slate?

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Anonymous wrote:You all are crazy. I've come to the conclusion that it isn't Valor, it's the community it services. If you are so bent on the coach's name and assignment it would make more sense to find a coach you want and go to that club instead of harping on the fact that they haven't hired a coach for the 2nd or 3rd team. What if they said, Jane Doe is now the coach and has played D1 and won a state championship. Does that mean you kid will become messi under her coaching?

It's absolutely reasonable to want transparency about my child's coach, just as we value knowing who my child's teacher is at school. I'm not expecting my child to become a genius just because their teacher graduated from Harvard or Yale University, but I do expect their teacher to be qualified. I also believe my child will grow socially and academically when their teacher has a strong reputation or positive feedback from other parents. The same principle applies to a soccer coach. So, do you still think I'm asking for too much?

With this much complaining on this thread why don’t you all just go to another club? You’re not happy with the product then get it somewhere else. It isn’t that hard.

I think some people don't want to go from a second team at Valor to a fourth team somewhere else... or some similar perceived downgrade. Or they are worried about timing of tryouts not matching up. If Valor wants a decision from them before other tryouts have finished or even started, they don't want to say no to Valor without having something else lined up. I feel for people in that situation.

This is 100% true. We know families that have turned down third team offers at bigger clubs to stay second team Valor. One of those third teams is 2 divisions higher than the Valor second team two parents claimed was a better team last summer while acting offended by the bigger club's this team offer they'd gotten.

Nope. People aren't paying 3k for the "quality of peers" on the 3rd, 4th, 5th level teams. They are paying for professional coaching.

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Anonymous wrote:You all are crazy. I've come to the conclusion that it isn't Valor, it's the community it services. If you are so bent on the coach's name and assignment it would make more sense to find a coach you want and go to that club instead of harping on the fact that they haven't hired a coach for the 2nd or 3rd team. What if they said, Jane Doe is now the coach and has played D1 and won a state championship. Does that mean you kid will become messi under her coaching?

It's absolutely reasonable to want transparency about my child's coach, just as we value knowing who my child's teacher is at school. I'm not expecting my child to become a genius just because their teacher graduated from Harvard or Yale University, but I do expect their teacher to be qualified. I also believe my child will grow socially and academically when their teacher has a strong reputation or positive feedback from other parents. The same principle applies to a soccer coach. So, do you still think I'm asking for too much?

Agree, you are paying $3000 for a product. The product is the professional coaching. Who pays without knowing what they are getting.

Product is also quality of peers. We pay without knowing the exact roster. Just saying.

Anonymous wrote:Its a discussion board. People are discussing. That is literally the point.

If you don't care for the topic of Valor soccer, why do you keep posting in here?

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