Originally posted by Unregistered
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Yes JD took all of the older teams away from him. -
My daughter played for him and I thought the way he spoke to the kids was not ok. However, I happen to have a kid that isn't bothered by that (honestly the last "nice" coach she had was in 4th grade town soccer and she couldn't wait to be done with that "nice job" every five seconds bull). In general I think there is a problem with coaches not knowing how to coach - people are willing to forgive a lot if a coach is winning.
All that said, he was a good coach in terms of breaking down the other team. He always came with a confident and winning attitude. He knew how to get the girls to play their absolute best. We had a game last weekend that if he had been coaching we would have won hands down. He absolutely knows how to build a winning team so it's obvious why he would be an asset to a new club. So for all his faults he is good at a lot of parts of the game.
In terms of the lack of playing time that I saw mentioned on here - I think he is really a young kid, he is afraid of confrontation with parents. So he avoids conversations that probably should be happening during the season and then by the end parents and players can't understand why they aren't playing. (I am not going to argue the ins and outs of shared playing time, my child has been on both sides of it and I personally think that when you are playing at a certain level those standards just don't apply anymore.)Comment
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To his credit he did later apologize to them and admit that he had made coaching errors that lost them that game. It should have been a win for sure and he took his frustration out on them.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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So after a year-long berating of 12-year old girls he apologizedOriginally posted by Unregistered View Post
Whooptie-doo. He acts like that anywhere else he gets the crap kicked of him and probably arrestedComment
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It is youth sports........he is not Pep or Klopp. Please stop with the "coaching" errors comment.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Couldn’t agree more. Far too much attention paid to most youth soccer coaches, especially at the big clubs. And their “coaching skills”😏😏😏Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Hard to screw up some of those squads.Comment
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How much talent are you really developing when you are recruiting from other clubs/buying other clubs. You are a salesman at that point.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Don't get me wrong, there are some quality coaches out there at the top levels but soccer, like most sports, is a simple game to play.Comment
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Every single person posting here is a parent who’s D got cut. Results are recorded and they are the only facts. If anyone wants to go into facts, go on start posting...Comment
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Shawn the fact that you think your U11 B division stars cup/needham plaque means anything is exactly the problem.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Very true but you have people out here who make them out to be gods.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Well, when you have someone like the posting-subject acting like he's a god, it's easy for those without a spine to stand up to him.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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How many people on this thread got recruited by Shawn after he cold-called you? You bought the cool-aid he was selling and now you are regretting it?Comment
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Sounds like you’re the one regretting it. Shame on you for not doing your homework. Drink up!Comment
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I'm one.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Bought it hook, line, and sinker. Followed him down to Lancaster. What a fiasco that was.Comment
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