Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like some coaches are leading some of the players to tryout for some other local teams in this area. I would think this was against their contract but i guess if the coach is staying with valor it isn't poaching? Looks like even the coaches don't believe in the program they are a part of.

wow…… ooooooooorrrr hear me out… this post is for drumming up numbers at vrsc/fcv take ur pick

That’s ridiculous. Maybe Valor just isn’t a good club?

Anonymous wrote:Looks like some coaches are leading some of the players to tryout for some other local teams in this area. I would think this was against their contract but i guess if the coach is staying with valor it isn't poaching? Looks like even the coaches don't believe in the program they are a part of.

wow…… ooooooooorrrr hear me out… this post is for drumming up numbers at vrsc/fcv take ur pick

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Are you happy with that team? It seems like the low level teams have the most unhappy
parents.

I'm curious as well. And did any of the third team players get moved up to the second team last year? Or 2nd team players moved down to 3rd?

No, I have not been happy with this team. The first year our roster wasn't large enough and we had to beg for guest players each week to not forfeit every game. The coach was new and he never knew what was going on. Ex: The combined academy practice was canceled once for non-weather reasons but our team didn't find out so we all showed up to an empty field. I was hopeful we'd get a new coach for this year but that didn't happen. He's leaving Valor after this year, but so are we. DS has decided to focus on his other sport.

I was never upset with DS's placement on the black team, that's where he should have been. There were definitely 3-4 kids on our team that were good enough for white (or gold in one case) though and I don't know why their parents kept them with Valor after not being moved up after the first year. This particular team was newly formed last year while the gold and white had been together longer, so I assume the white coach had "his team" and wasn't really looking to make changes. One kid did move down from white this year, but none were moved up even though they went to the larger 11v11 roster. They filled the spots with all new kids. They also filled one of "our" black roster spots with a new kid that plays for the gold team. We were all annoyed with that because we had a kid at tryouts who wanted to play goalie (which we desperately needed) but no roster spot available for him, yet we have to carry this kid who doesn't play with us.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid from Loudoun joined my son's 2011 black (3rd tier) team this past year. His parents were happy with the decision when I talked to them during the Fall season. They live in South Riding so the commute to the practice fields were a factor.

Are you happy with that team? It seems like the low level teams have the most unhappy
parents.

Kid is on gold a top level team and our coach is junk.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid from Loudoun joined my son's 2011 black (3rd tier) team this past year. His parents were happy with the decision when I talked to them during the Fall season. They live in South Riding so the commute to the practice fields were a factor.

Are you happy with that team? It seems like the low level teams have the most unhappy
parents.

I'm curious as well. And did any of the third team players get moved up to the second team last year? Or 2nd team players moved down to 3rd?

Anonymous wrote:A kid from Loudoun joined my son's 2011 black (3rd tier) team this past year. His parents were happy with the decision when I talked to them during the Fall season. They live in South Riding so the commute to the practice fields were a factor.

Are you happy with that team? It seems like the low level teams have the most unhappy
parents.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like some coaches are leading some of the players to tryout for some other local teams in this area. I would think this was against their contract but i guess if the coach is staying with valor it isn't poaching? Looks like even the coaches don't believe in the program they are a part of.

I don’t understand what you are saying. Are some coaches leaving Valor and encouraging players to try out for the club where they are headed? Or they are staying at Valor to coach a different age group, while encouraging their current players to try out elsewhere because they don’t believe the coach slated for next year will be good?

As far as we know the coach is staying with valor and has suggested the kids try out elsewhere.

For all we know the coach could be leaving since the coaching staff has not been announced yet. I thought our coach would stay with the current team, no one is giving us any information except for that.

Probably pushing the dead weight to other clubs more likely. Leaves took for better talent to come in that they've already scouted I'm sure.

A kid from Loudoun joined my son's 2011 black (3rd tier) team this past year. His parents were happy with the decision when I talked to them during the Fall season. They live in South Riding so the commute to the practice fields were a factor.

My kid tells me a few players on his Loudoun soccer team are planning to switch to Valor. He has no idea why that club.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like some coaches are leading some of the players to tryout for some other local teams in this area. I would think this was against their contract but i guess if the coach is staying with valor it isn't poaching? Looks like even the coaches don't believe in the program they are a part of.

I don’t understand what you are saying. Are some coaches leaving Valor and encouraging players to try out for the club where they are headed? Or they are staying at Valor to coach a different age group, while encouraging their current players to try out elsewhere because they don’t believe the coach slated for next year will be good?

As far as we know the coach is staying with valor and has suggested the kids try out elsewhere.

For all we know the coach could be leaving since the coaching staff has not been announced yet. I thought our coach would stay with the current team, no one is giving us any information except for that.

Is this a top team or a lower team?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like some coaches are leading some of the players to tryout for some other local teams in this area. I would think this was against their contract but i guess if the coach is staying with valor it isn't poaching? Looks like even the coaches don't believe in the program they are a part of.

I don’t understand what you are saying. Are some coaches leaving Valor and encouraging players to try out for the club where they are headed? Or they are staying at Valor to coach a different age group, while encouraging their current players to try out elsewhere because they don’t believe the coach slated for next year will be good?

As far as we know the coach is staying with valor and has suggested the kids try out elsewhere.

For all we know the coach could be leaving since the coaching staff has not been announced yet. I thought our coach would stay with the current team, no one is giving us any information except for that.

maybe the coaches got reassigned but wanted to keep their old team so they are telling kids to leave

Anonymous wrote:Looks like some coaches are leading some of the players to tryout for some other local teams in this area. I would think this was against their contract but i guess if the coach is staying with valor it isn't poaching? Looks like even the coaches don't believe in the program they are a part of.

I don’t understand what you are saying. Are some coaches leaving Valor and encouraging players to try out for the club where they are headed? Or they are staying at Valor to coach a different age group, while encouraging their current players to try out elsewhere because they don’t believe the coach slated for next year will be good?

Looks like some coaches are leading some of the players to tryout for some other local teams in this area. I would think this was against their contract but i guess if the coach is staying with valor it isn't poaching? Looks like even the coaches don't believe in the program they are a part of.

Anonymous wrote:2009B parent here.
At practice last night, told kids about coaching staff for next year in their age group (lots of change).
Nothing to the parents yet.

well?