Anonymous wrote:This thread is about rosters. An important component of the roster is the head coach. Any news on coaching changes for the area DA and ECNL clubs? It is known that Mont Rush Coyotes 05G coach is taking over Bethesda ECNL and taking half his highly ranked team with him. It is also rumored that a good % of players offered spots with FCV DA turned it down and that their head coach may be on the outs. Anyone else hear this and/or other coaching shifts? Could be relevant since it is now decision time. Thanks for sharing. Clearly responses here will be taken with a grain of salt, but can be input into talking to club and coach prior to accepting an offer.

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Anonymous wrote:The definition of insanity is for anyone to make a decision to move away from a club with great coaching and environment, based upon the over the top, emotional rantings of a disgruntled parent and a parent from another club made on an anonymous forum. You can’t get much more insane that that.

Not the definition of insanity, would suggest you crack a book.

Anonymous wrote:The definition of insanity is for anyone to make a decision to move away from a club with great coaching and environment, based upon the over the top, emotional rantings of a disgruntled parent and a parent from another club made on an anonymous forum. You can’t get much more insane that that.

Anonymous wrote:McLean did, but hard to tell exactly as several Green and White team members (2nd and 3rd level teams) attend ECNL tryouts.

Anonymous wrote:Wasn't Lisa Cole brought in by Jim G? No surprise she left as soon as he was let go

Anonymous wrote:^^^Yep-totally agree and are hoping to move out of this situation next year!!

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Anonymous wrote:The longer they take to refute this “rumor” the more phone calls and tryouts will occur. If they don’t give out the info decisions will be made regardless.

They don't even know about this rumor. I doubt they read this forum.

There's no reason to think this will happen. Especially given the track record of rumors here.

No credibility.

Any person who is not a troll on this board should be laughing right now. I know I am.

You’d be surprised how many read this forum.

Still the lack of information already has their talent (as few of them as there are) looking around, even going to Ecnl tryouts. Because let’s be honest, DA hasn’t been keeping its word on a few things. Unless you count year round league games. So Spirit should probably hurry up and lay all their cards on the table.

Spirit parents have contacted the coaches and know that this isn't the case. So, I have to ask, given your concern, where does your kid play? Clearly at your level of concern and the number of posts on this you would have contacted Tom already and gotten a response from an actual source instead of an anonymous forum, so you must not be with Spirit.

Is this the go to when someone from your club expresses concern over a lack of communication. Or are you just happy with the DA patch and willing to swallow whatever the coaches said? Didn’t they tell their 05 team Lisa Cole would be their coach for the year? Or tell kids they’d have to work to earn playing time beyond requirements set forth by DA? Because if I’m honest, those families, the families who just want the patch are the biggest problem with Spirit, DA, ECNL, youth soccer. People want a patch so bad they pay anything for their kid. It brings down the quality and drives up the costs.

Now, tell me where my kid plays.

Exactly how was Lisa Cole deciding to leave mid season a communication issue with Spirit? Do you honestly believe they brought her in knowing she would only coach through October? Your problem in that particular example is with Lisa Cole being unprofessional and not seeing her contract through.

And the other points are valid. People who have bothered to take the time and reach out to Spirit coaches are conveying what they have been told. Do you believe there other answers the coaches will give to other parents? People are not being defensive they are simply tired of repeating the same answer, the only answer, simply because you don’t believe it and are simply to lazy to reach out to the only people who know.

I’m sorry, but if you really want to know then stfu here and start badgering the coaches and front office yourself. But to sit here, and act all entitled for the “truth” without lifting a finger yourself you are just LAZY.

I’ll make sure to come back to this post next week. LoL. I don’t pay to beg for information, I pay for a child’s development. And in this situation I don’t see how that can happen. Whether this rumor is true or not. Stop hanging onto the rumor and start looking at the entire situation. Because even if the rumor isn’t true they will have to pull a 7 foot rabbit out their butts to retain the kids they really want for next season.

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Anonymous wrote:If Spirit leadership knows these rumors are going around, why not address them head on to ALL families? Why not one word about next year and tryouts despite knowing ECNL tryouts have started up? This in itself is odd behavior even if GF rumors are a hoax.

All these rumors? LOL. this is one rumor from a disgruntled person on an anonymous forum. Why should they give credibility to any of this crap. Should they respond every time someone decides to type some BS claim on this forum. Of course not.

Stop being childish.

Rumor no rumor. Stop paying clubs that don’t maintain coaches, give out playing time just because your parents pay, don’t communicate at all. That would be childish. Yeah, I see that more as childish than keeping a talented player in that kind of situation.