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Anonymous wrote:Looked like 50-60 boys at tryouts today. Is that normal for Valor?

Sounds very low! They have five teams in that age group, so that would be around 60 current players.

U12 typically has four teams. U11 typically has five. The tryout was for U12

Four teams- for what level/age group?

Usually at Valor tryouts they talk to the parents at the beginning, introduce the coaches etc. i guess we know why they didn't do that.

Anonymous wrote:If they had had coaches hired, they would have been at the tryouts evaluating players.

I saw 4 out of the 5 current coaches at the tryout. Maybe they were all there, but I don’t know everyone. Looked like at least a couple head Valor guys too. Not sure if they were evaluating or just overseeing. At least one of the coaches that was there is definitely leaving. I don’t think they said anything to parents on any subject at the tryout. Definitely not at the end.

There were a few kids there from outside Valor. Not sure if it’s enough to offset kids leaving. I don’t know how many are leaving but at least a few. Maybe they will only have four teams next year. Who knows.

If they had had coaches hired, they would have been at the tryouts evaluating players.

They are lying.

You think they hired five great qualified coaches but just decided to keep their names a secret for funsies??

They probably hired two coaches and are desperately beating the bushes for three more, or trying to recruit parents to coach.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know 2014 boy coaches for next season? When one of parents asked about it yesterday, we were told they have coaches assigned. However, it was not specified.

Well that's shady. Why not just tell the parents?

Does anyone know 2014 boy coaches for next season? When one of parents asked about it yesterday, we were told they have coaches assigned. However, it was not specified.

Did they address the coach situation with the parents?

Yep not showing up for the first tryout means you aren't interested so sounds like they have a bunch of kids quitting

Anonymous wrote:Looked like 50-60 boys at tryouts today. Is that normal for Valor?

Sounds very low! They have five teams in that age group, so that would be around 60 current players.

Looked like 50-60 boys at tryouts today. Is that normal for Valor?

Any updates on coaching from the tryouts?

Anonymous wrote:Can confirm-KO is in fact a parent coach who coaches his own kid, if anyone needs to know that for their tryout decision.

He will not be coaching his daughter next year. I asked him directly.

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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.

The message is that they only care about the experience for players on the "gold" level teams. Everyone else is just widgets there to
Make money off of.

thats not even true. Alot of gold teams got the rec level of coaching with no travel to any showcase of merit.