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    #16
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Yeah, the new CU ECNL DOC is a near replica of Tom. Have you heard this guy berate kids on his teams? He's got a serious ego problem. Yeller too. Like Tom, he picks favorites. When are we ever going to get professional coaches here in Oregon? The coaches here are so political - their "favorite" players typically have parents with fringe benefits. It's sickening.
    Believe it or not but he doesn't even have a coaching license. Tom wasn't a teller and neither is the replacement, but the replacement is more concerned with fleecing parents than he is developing players and coaches

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      #17
      Do tell... the fleecing part? How does he get more out of parents for CU or his own personal gain? Inquiring minds wanna know!

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        #18
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Do tell... the fleecing part? How does he get more out of parents for CU or his own personal gain? Inquiring minds wanna know!
        Tom used to 'pad' his expense reports as well as make last minute flight changes and then pocket the difference from say a more expensive flight to the cheaper flight. He was a first class A douche bag, for sure!! Lots of "Tom Foolery" going on....when you are the boss and not much checking goes on, where expenses are concerned, easy to get a bit fast and loose with the rules and expectations.

        Plus, his schtick got tiresome and eventually, THUSC lost a lot of players (either migrated away from the club) or just gave up on soccer completely.

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          #19
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Tom used to 'pad' his expense reports as well as make last minute flight changes and then pocket the difference from say a more expensive flight to the cheaper flight. He was a first class A douche bag, for sure!! Lots of "Tom Foolery" going on....when you are the boss and not much checking goes on, where expenses are concerned, easy to get a bit fast and loose with the rules and expectations.

          Plus, his schtick got tiresome and eventually, THUSC lost a lot of players (either migrated away from the club) or just gave up on soccer completely.
          Agreed. I could never understand how the club board could let him control them. How many presidents did he go through before parents finally had enough?

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            #20
            Oh. I thought the fleecing was in reference to the new CU ECNL dude. I must have misread the post.

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              #21
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Yeah, the new CU ECNL DOC is a near replica of Tom. Have you heard this guy berate kids on his teams? He's got a serious ego problem. Yeller too. Like Tom, he picks favorites. When are we ever going to get professional coaches here in Oregon? The coaches here are so political - their "favorite" players typically have parents with fringe benefits. It's sickening.
              Gross. Why do kids stay?

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                #22
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Wonder if tom and mj know/knew each other.
                Tom fired mj from his first job in Oregon. I believe they knew each other well. One might say intimately.

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                  #23
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Gross. Why do kids stay?
                  The reason kids/families stay in the ECNL program with this horrible CrossFire ECNL Director is simply because of politics. Oregon soccer is horribly political because it is so small. In larger states like California and Texas, politics are not as rampant because of the large population. You can't get as provincial and high-schoolish as you can in Oregon.

                  The CU ECNL DOC is protected and has no accountability. Although all coaches in Oregon have no accountability. Parents can complain about bad coaches, but nothing happens as long as the board and president of these clubs protect the DOCs. Unfortunately, in the case of the CU ECNL DOC, the board members have daughters that play in the ECNL program, so they protect him. Their daughters got more playing time as soon as the new CU DOC for ECNL got hired. Many witnessed the sideline conversations he would have with these parents, so their daughters ended up getting more playing time as soon as he was hired.

                  Why do parents tolerate his behavior even though they know that if he were in a "real" corporate business setting, he would be fired on the spot? Politics is so heavy in Oregon soccer that coaches and DOCs have infallibility and they are protected. Parents, who have senior level executive positions in high-level jobs, bow down to these coaches. It's bizarre.

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                    #24
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    *** In larger states like California and Texas, politics are not as rampant because of the large population. You can't get as provincial and high-schoolish as you can in Oregon.
                    ARE YOU KIDDING? DOCs in Cali and Texas would eat Oregon's for lunch - and I am not just talking about on the field.

                    Same **** down there, just usually much bigger $$$ and more talent.

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                      #25
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      The reason kids/families stay in the ECNL program with this horrible CrossFire ECNL Director is simply because of politics. Oregon soccer is horribly political because it is so small. In larger states like California and Texas, politics are not as rampant because of the large population. You can't get as provincial and high-schoolish as you can in Oregon.

                      The CU ECNL DOC is protected and has no accountability. Although all coaches in Oregon have no accountability. Parents can complain about bad coaches, but nothing happens as long as the board and president of these clubs protect the DOCs. Unfortunately, in the case of the CU ECNL DOC, the board members have daughters that play in the ECNL program, so they protect him. Their daughters got more playing time as soon as the new CU DOC for ECNL got hired. Many witnessed the sideline conversations he would have with these parents, so their daughters ended up getting more playing time as soon as he was hired.

                      Why do parents tolerate his behavior even though they know that if he were in a "real" corporate business setting, he would be fired on the spot? Politics is so heavy in Oregon soccer that coaches and DOCs have infallibility and they are protected. Parents, who have senior level executive positions in high-level jobs, bow down to these coaches. It's bizarre.
                      This is the biggest bunch of sh*t I've read in awhile and that's saying a lot on this site. First, he just took over the role and lord knows he's got plenty to work on and sorry coddling your DD isn't one of them. You talk about no accountability but the board just fired TA, so much for protection?! Talking with NorCal parents recently it's the same political cluster there only on a larger scale. Finally, board member's daughter still riding the pine. You have zero credibility but a major axe to grind. Time to fabricate some new stories, grind away.

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                        #26
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Tom fired mj from his first job in Oregon. I believe they knew each other well. One might say intimately.
                        That doesn't make Tom special - GPS leader has found a way to get fired repeatedly.

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                          #27
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          That doesn't make Tom special - GPS leader has found a way to get fired repeatedly.
                          caveat - so I have heard.

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                            #28
                            Update...

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                              #29
                              4 years later...this guy keeps destroying youth soccer one team at a time. Now in NorCal. Taking donations directly from parents for playing time, dating/hitting on moms and my favorite, showing up wasted to team meetings with kids. We need him gone!

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                                #30
                                Living the dream in NorCal !

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