Originally posted by Unregistered
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Valor does have a lot of good families, but they've got some bad ones, too. Just like every Club. The problem is Dean does a really, really good job getting everyone to drink the Kool-Aid, and not everyone has the time and/or resources to take their kids somewhere else. They need to be upfront and set reasonable expectations with their parents and players.
They aren't going to get ECNL until they have more competitive teams (and that doesn't mean placing 1st in RCL Div 4 with your "A" team). They aren't going to get more competitive teams until they actually develop players better, and get kids to stay. Their goal shouldn't be ECNL, it should be placing the majority of their kids on the Varsity High School teams, which neither Valor or Maple Valley Soccer ever had much success at. There's enough players from Maple Valley playing for Eastside/WPFC/Pac/XF that no Varsity Coach in their right mind would put a Valor player over an RCL/ECNL big 5 player. Dean seems to think he can muscle his players onto the HS Varsity teams with political pressure instead of talent. Until he goes, and the Board President is tossed, Valor doesn't have any chance of success.
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