Scott Armstrong, Executive Director of Coaching, Space Coast United Soccer Club

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Except for the part where several of the teams won their division and qualified for the National tournament, you might have a point. Researching actual results before posting is probably not a bad idea. Besides, coaches can only work with the talent and determination they have on their rosters. We aren't a limitless talent pool of star players and no club is going to be successful in every single age bracket for both boys and girls. Perhaps your expectations are unrealistic.

Npl is incredibly easy to get top 2 in. Move to ECNL or DA and you'll get it. Scotty aint doin sh!t

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Npl is incredibly easy to get top 2 in. Move to ECNL or DA and you'll get it. Scotty aint doin sh!t

Brevard county will never have ECNL or DA. We have gone over this so many times but people still do not understand how it works. You don't get DA or ECNL and then grow into it. In order to get those leagues into Brevard county we have merge several clubs, not one or two but several. We would need to field multiple teams at each age group. Not two here and one there. On top of that some of those teams have to be successful on a larger stage.

Scotty is not on the board. Scotty does not get to make merger decisions.

What would you propose Scotty do to fix this problem?

This is a problem at the county level. Most competitive players/parents want the club right down the street. They aren't willing to drive an hour+ 4 times a week for practice and even fewer are prepared to play most of their leagues games out of state on a regular basis.

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Brevard county will never have ECNL or DA. We have gone over this so many times but people still do not understand how it works. You don't get DA or ECNL and then grow into it. In order to get those leagues into Brevard county we have merge several clubs, not one or two but several. We would need to field multiple teams at each age group. Not two here and one there. On top of that some of those teams have to be successful on a larger stage.

Scotty is not on the board. Scotty does not get to make merger decisions.

What would you propose Scotty do to fix this problem?

This is a problem at the county level. Most competitive players/parents want the club right down the street. They aren't willing to drive an hour+ 4 times a week for practice and even fewer are prepared to play most of their leagues games out of state on a regular basis.

You're spot on.

Sadly, reality never stops the *itching and moaning. The demographics just aren't here like they are in an urban market. Parents already complain about driving over a bridge to get a kid to a practice 30 minutes away. Not a chance will enough families willingly take on the financial and time commitment necessary for ECNL and DA. Sure, some may want to do it, but not enough in each age/gender bracket to field the requisite competitive teams.

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You're spot on.

Sadly, reality never stops the *itching and moaning. The demographics just aren't here like they are in an urban market. Parents already complain about driving over a bridge to get a kid to a practice 30 minutes away. Not a chance will enough families willingly take on the financial and time commitment necessary for ECNL and DA. Sure, some may want to do it, but not enough in each age/gender bracket to field the requisite competitive teams.

Oh yeah, those are the same parents who aren’t willing to do the extra driving. Who set limitations to their kids are the first one anonymously complaining on a board about how someone else didn’t get their kid a pro contract or into a D1 school. Freakin lunatics.

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Thank you realistic group of parents for posting this.

Groups can go back and forth on hear all day, and argue, but no matter who the head coach of the club is, it should be rotated every 4 or so years at least.

The only person (and it is only one) posting on here that wants Scotty to be at SCU until 2052 is personally vested in seeing Scotty remain.

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Talking Soccer's resident SCU critic has no interest in modernizing the program, presenting recommendations to the board, or making any kind of constructive change. It's all a thinly-veiled attempt to promote his personal grudge against Scotty. A grudge that's been going on here for at least 5 years now. One has to question the mental stability of someone with such a disturbing long-term obsession.

Meanwhile, SCU continues to provide a quality product to the community. The overwhelming majority of members are happy with what they get for their money. Our members decide to come here based on personal experience and the advice of people they trust. They know better than to listen to TS trolls with an ax to grind.

-Defender

Seems appropriate to re-post this again. I remember a post from the "resident SCU critic" a while back where he openly admitted he was obsessed and mentally ill. His therapy seems to consist only of venting his anger on an anonymous soccer blog. He needs to find a different way to self-medicate.

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The only person (and it is only one) posting on here that wants Scotty to be at SCU until 2052 is personally vested in seeing Scotty remain.

Not true. I'm one of the ones questioning the wisdom of change for change's sake and have no personal interest in who the DOC is. Just don't see the train wreck the haters do.

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I think Scott has done some good. I also think a rotation to another club would be good for both him, and SC.

I rarely post on here, and I think Scott is OK, but I agree with this post about him moving on or rotating out of his role.

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He survives because just when parents figure out he is a flim flam man, their kids graduate and are done with soccer. He then cons new younger parents, and he continues earning his living. You can hardly blame the guy, as he is not doing anything illegal. He is merely selling soccer to parents that are uneducated in the game, and how it works here in America. He would be great in most any kind of sales.

Valid points.

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Valid points.

Exposed as complete hogwash in post #13

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Valid points.

Couple questions

Is he so good he can con people for 8+ years? Many players start and finish their careers at Space Coast. The parents travel to endless tournaments, see countless other teams and players, and for eight years are fooled by their child's development and only realize it until after they graduate?

Why do so many families sign up siblings and remain at the club after learning their first child sucks and didn't learn anything about soccer? There are families that have had 2, 3, 4 and 5 kids in the club and have remained at the club for 10+ years. Why would so many parents subject their children to this once the club failed so miserably on their first child?

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Couple questions

Is he so good he can con people for 8+ years? Many players start and finish their careers at Space Coast. The parents travel to endless tournaments, see countless other teams and players, and for eight years are fooled by their child's development and only realize it until after they graduate?

Why do so many families sign up siblings and remain at the club after learning their first child sucks and didn't learn anything about soccer? There are families that have had 2, 3, 4 and 5 kids in the club and have remained at the club for 10+ years. Why would so many parents subject their children to this once the club failed so miserably on their first child?

There you go again trying to have a well-reasoned argument with a mentally-ill troll. He has no justification for anything he says. He just hates Scotty.

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Couple questions

Is he so good he can con people for 8+ years? Many players start and finish their careers at Space Coast. The parents travel to endless tournaments, see countless other teams and players, and for eight years are fooled by their child's development and only realize it until after they graduate?

Why do so many families sign up siblings and remain at the club after learning their first child sucks and didn't learn anything about soccer? There are families that have had 2, 3, 4 and 5 kids in the club and have remained at the club for 10+ years. Why would so many parents subject their children to this once the club failed so miserably on their first child?

There you go again, posting hog wash. Statistically speaking, every club will have families with many siblings play for them, and for many years. SCU is the only game in town. Of course families with multiple kids want all their kids at the same club. The one idiot on here that has this fascination love with Scotty (or is Scotty) always brings up what appear to be reasonable statements, but are always proven false. C'mon man! Scott is okay, but his time has come and went.

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There you go again, posting hog wash. Statistically speaking, every club will have families with many siblings play for them, and for many years. SCU is the only game in town. Of course families with multiple kids want all their kids at the same club. The one idiot on here that has this fascination love with Scotty (or is Scotty) always brings up what appear to be reasonable statements, but are always proven false. C'mon man! Scott is okay, but his time has come and went.

There you go again, proving Defender's theory with every new post.

Do you charge Scotty rent for living in your mentally-ill head all these years?

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There you go again, posting hog wash. Statistically speaking, every club will have families with many siblings play for them, and for many years. SCU is the only game in town. Of course families with multiple kids want all their kids at the same club. The one idiot on here that has this fascination love with Scotty (or is Scotty) always brings up what appear to be reasonable statements, but are always proven false. C'mon man! Scott is okay, but his time has come and went.

but there is the issue. I can provide all kinds of examples of people who appear to be happy with what the club is offering. You say its statistical hogwash and his time has come and went.

That's not enough. Why has his time come and went? Why should he leave? What would you do differently? The only argument being made is he's been here too long. That is not a reason to replace him in my mind.