In the interests of full disclosure, I am not Perspective, Fred, JD, BTDT or any of the other usual suspects.
I do have kids in different clubs and that’s all I will say about it since anything more would expose me to the nutjobs on this board, and that is the last thing I want for my kids.
My question is very simple – Why are the NEFC proponents so out of control? It makes no sense to me and frankly I am embarrassed by their behavior.
• They have enjoyed great success since their creation and have become a powerhouse club
• They have produced some great talent and teams, but of course, so have the other clubs
• They seem poised to become even stronger with the Breakers affiliation and the emerging DAP program, despite all its potential warts, it will appeal to some, but not all, however I am sure it will be successful
• I have never witnessed any of this type of behavior between the players, teams or the parents on the sidelines. Most everyone is respectful of each other, even in lopsided games or “upsets” if such a thing even exists
• The nastiness of the posts are beyond crazy and reflect very poorly on whoever the source is
• I do not for a minute believe that the people in charge of these clubs are the ones posting this crap
• Why do these posters focus purely on extremely negative acts and borderline libel statements?
• Why do they not realize that when they post like that they are eliciting responses from paying customers of the targeted club who rightfully get offended since in reality these attacks are indirectly, if not directly, aimed at their kids, not the people running the club?
• Why do they care so much? (I do think it is more than one person, no one can keep the pace unless they are truly sitting in their mother’s basement with a compute)
• In the end, their behavior hurts the club the support so much. Why can’t they figure that out?
At the end of the day, this is girls club soccer. I realize there is quite a bit of money at stake but really, the end goal for the players is to become the best they can be and for the very few, play in college and perhaps get a couple of bucks to do so. When it is all said and done, any player who cannot say that they enjoyed the ride while they were on were failed by the parents for putting them into that position. And a major component of that equation besides the obvious training aspect, is to have them play on teams with players they like and can grow with, not who is running the ship.
I do have kids in different clubs and that’s all I will say about it since anything more would expose me to the nutjobs on this board, and that is the last thing I want for my kids.
My question is very simple – Why are the NEFC proponents so out of control? It makes no sense to me and frankly I am embarrassed by their behavior.
• They have enjoyed great success since their creation and have become a powerhouse club
• They have produced some great talent and teams, but of course, so have the other clubs
• They seem poised to become even stronger with the Breakers affiliation and the emerging DAP program, despite all its potential warts, it will appeal to some, but not all, however I am sure it will be successful
• I have never witnessed any of this type of behavior between the players, teams or the parents on the sidelines. Most everyone is respectful of each other, even in lopsided games or “upsets” if such a thing even exists
• The nastiness of the posts are beyond crazy and reflect very poorly on whoever the source is
• I do not for a minute believe that the people in charge of these clubs are the ones posting this crap
• Why do these posters focus purely on extremely negative acts and borderline libel statements?
• Why do they not realize that when they post like that they are eliciting responses from paying customers of the targeted club who rightfully get offended since in reality these attacks are indirectly, if not directly, aimed at their kids, not the people running the club?
• Why do they care so much? (I do think it is more than one person, no one can keep the pace unless they are truly sitting in their mother’s basement with a compute)
• In the end, their behavior hurts the club the support so much. Why can’t they figure that out?
At the end of the day, this is girls club soccer. I realize there is quite a bit of money at stake but really, the end goal for the players is to become the best they can be and for the very few, play in college and perhaps get a couple of bucks to do so. When it is all said and done, any player who cannot say that they enjoyed the ride while they were on were failed by the parents for putting them into that position. And a major component of that equation besides the obvious training aspect, is to have them play on teams with players they like and can grow with, not who is running the ship.
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