Anonymous
04/25/2025 12:49
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any information for 2017 girls coaches? Tryouts are tonight but no info has been shared beyond the one gold coach hire.
Should be Gabriel, Eric Lewis and a new coach named Mallory (she was helping with the Valor Lite)
How do you know this?
My daughter plays in the age group and I asked Gabriel
Thanks!
Anonymous
04/25/2025 12:49
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any information for 2017 girls coaches? Tryouts are tonight but no info has been shared beyond the one gold coach hire.
Should be Gabriel, Eric Lewis and a new coach named Mallory (she was helping with the Valor Lite)
How do you know this?
My daughter plays in the age group and I asked Gabriel
Anonymous
04/25/2025 12:46
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any information for 2017 girls coaches? Tryouts are tonight but no info has been shared beyond the one gold coach hire.
Should be Gabriel, Eric Lewis and a new coach named Mallory (she was helping with the Valor Lite)
How do you know this?
Anonymous
04/25/2025 12:43
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have any information for 2017 girls coaches? Tryouts are tonight but no info has been shared beyond the one gold coach hire.
Should be Gabriel, Eric Lewis and a new coach named Mallory (she was helping with the Valor Lite)
Anonymous
04/25/2025 12:09
Subject: Valor
Does anyone have any information for 2017 girls coaches? Tryouts are tonight but no info has been shared beyond the one gold coach hire.
Anonymous
04/25/2025 11:49
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:The U12 "lowest coach" referred to was "let go". Those parents were happy about it and things are much better now. (Source: their team manager)
Only one of the current U11 boys coaches is leaving Valor. He is a good coach and the kids were sad about it. He has been with younger boys for several years. He didn't say where he is going.
All coaches are young and inexperienced at some time in their career. It makes sense that they start at younger ages and lower teams. I don't think you'll find too many great coaches with 15 years of experience who want to take a U9 fourth team. That's just the reality. It does not mean that they don't know the game, it just means they're young.
Who's leaving? I've never seen the U11 Black team's coach, but if it's one of the other 4 that would be a big loss on Valor's part.
Anonymous
04/25/2025 11:47
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Are you saying that the coaches they hire in August are just amazing professional gems who haven't been snatched up yet?
They hire coaches with zero experience for those teams and then the coaches quit and leave after every season. Sometimes between fall and spring. They pay those coaches less than the gold team coaches also.
I’m saying the most amazing coaches will not wield any significant results for a 3rd-5th team.
Sure, we would hope the kids who have potential will improve. But most of the kids will not. That’s the natural process of sports. Parents just don’t want to face reality that maybe they’re kids are just not meant for this sport or any other sport.
At U8-U11/U12 give me a break. 3rd + teams at these age are mostly fall birthdays you know the youngest in the age group. A good coach for them just like a first team with all Q1 players will improve. This mentality is garbage.
When they change over to SY next year, we’ll see if your position is correct. But everyone has seen kids that are just not going to be in an advanced level, much less an elite, in a given sport. If you can’t realize this you’re a victim of the false narrative that everyone is born with equal traits.
Anonymous
04/25/2025 11:45
Subject: Valor
Well, hey they apparently just started hiring coaches after tryouts started so if anyone needs a side gig...no qualifications or experience necessary!
Anonymous
04/25/2025 11:39
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Are you saying that the coaches they hire in August are just amazing professional gems who haven't been snatched up yet?
They hire coaches with zero experience for those teams and then the coaches quit and leave after every season. Sometimes between fall and spring. They pay those coaches less than the gold team coaches also.
I’m saying the most amazing coaches will not wield any significant results for a 3rd-5th team.
Sure, we would hope the kids who have potential will improve. But most of the kids will not. That’s the natural process of sports. Parents just don’t want to face reality that maybe they’re kids are just not meant for this sport or any other sport.
At U8-U11/U12 give me a break. 3rd + teams at these age are mostly fall birthdays you know the youngest in the age group. A good coach for them just like a first team with all Q1 players will improve. This mentality is garbage.
Anonymous
04/25/2025 11:36
Subject: Valor
considering the reviews on this blog about the bad coaches valor keeps around that coach must have been pretty awful to be fired
Anonymous
04/25/2025 11:35
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Are you saying that the coaches they hire in August are just amazing professional gems who haven't been snatched up yet?
They hire coaches with zero experience for those teams and then the coaches quit and leave after every season. Sometimes between fall and spring. They pay those coaches less than the gold team coaches also.
I’m saying the most amazing coaches will not wield any significant results for a 3rd-5th team.
Sure, we would hope the kids who have potential will improve. But most of the kids will not. That’s the natural process of sports. Parents just don’t want to face reality that maybe they’re kids are just not meant for this sport or any other sport.
Anonymous
04/25/2025 11:30
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If they had had coaches hired, they would have been at the tryouts evaluating players.
if you paid attention, next year's coaches were looking at players during academy sessions and during some practices.
Why is it such a secret? Why not tell the current parents at least? Most parents drop off and don't sit around noting strangers lurking around their kids practices.
Anonymous
04/25/2025 11:21
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:If they had had coaches hired, they would have been at the tryouts evaluating players.
if you paid attention, next year's coaches were looking at players during academy sessions and during some practices.
Anonymous
04/25/2025 11:20
Subject: Valor
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Looked like 50-60 boys at tryouts today. Is that normal for Valor?
that's about average for U12 tryouts.
Fewer kids than actually currently rostered on their teams is a very low turnout for any age group, bc there are always random rec
players and kids from other clubs seeing if they can hit the top team. This age group had five teams, 50-60 players is VERY low.
Anonymous
04/25/2025 11:18
Subject: Valor
Just curious, how much do coaches around here usually make for coaching an ecnl level team?