FCGB Names New Director of Girls Programs

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Well I agree with some of your post, good response. I still do not agree that this player, whether identified by "qualified" evaluators or not, is that far above and beyond other players at this age group. Quite honestly, I don't think this is an amazingly strong age group and my child is included in that evaluation.

Back to the thread, I don't see how 5 strong players from Stars are going to leave for the greener pasture of FCGB. I am not sure if the MIT connection is true but certainly lines up with possibility. At the end of the day you can only make what you hope is the right decision for your child.

NO Caldwell ! No chance !

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Not Caldwell, COLWELL

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Gb would be a great team with some of GC 's players and maybe some others would follow GB is a class club.

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Gb would be a great team with some of GC 's players and maybe some others would follow GB is a class club.

Just take your pick because they are all desperate to leave.

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Just take your pick because they are all desperate to leave.

Keith wants to leave ? I heard that too !

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Keith wants to leave ? I heard that too !

He won't leave when he gets mad exit form stars club just confirmed 6 players leaving

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Who's Keith?

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Is this happening to GC before U-15 there is a first time for everything??

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Is this happening to GC before U-15 there is a first time for everything??

What does this mean?

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Deflection 101

What does this mean?

it means someone is stirring up trouble - if you are happy weher you are then stay and if not go find another place

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it means someone is stirring up trouble - if you are happy weher you are then stay and if not go find another place

it means if the parent of the best player wants you gone - you will not be coaching his daughters team

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He won't leave when he gets mad exit form stars club just confirmed 6 players leaving

WOW the number of defections are rising by the day. Stars just may aswell quit before everyone leaves.

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WOW the number of defections are rising by the day. Stars just may aswell quit before everyone leaves.

Last one out is a rotten egg!

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????

Last one out is a rotten egg!

O.k, I am now officially confused...what the hell age group are we talking about and why the mass defections? Or is all this just heresay and a troll stirring the pot?

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I don't understand why reports about or interest in the possible movement of players should be called "causing trouble." Player movement is normal after every season. And it only makes sense for people to pay attention to movement, especially at the top most selective clubs, because movement means openings. So why criticize people for talking about it? Now, someone could argue that, in this case, people are spreading scurrilous and false rumors about trouble with the Stars team in question. Sure, kids are involved, but I can't tell who these kids are.

As a completely uninvolved observer of this mini-saga, I have no idea if the Bolts are going to get a chunk of Stars players, whether Stars players don't like their coach for some reason, or someone wants to damage the Stars. I'd be very surprised, though, if something like this isn't going on somewhere, and it doesn't bother me a bit.

We parents pay a lot of money to these clubs, but very few of us ever get to talk candidly with a coach or director of coaching about the experience our children have. Even fewer ever have their criticism taken seriously. Why? Because we're all worried that if the coach or DOC takes offense, they will take it out on our kids by reducing playing time or cutting them. We sugar-coat everything we say, and we bite our tongues when we see inappropriate things happen.

There are of course some genuinely caring and humane coaches out there. But if we're brutally honest about what we've seen, we can easily name blowhard autocrats who manage their teams with an iron fist in the name of winning (not the ever-invoked "development"). How many times have you seen coaches deliver obscenity-laden tirades to kids who aren't even teens? If a teacher did this in school, there would be consequences. Yet very few parents (probably only those of star players who would never be cut or taken off the field) feel that they can complain for fear of ruining their child's season (and of course the parents of star players have relatively little reason to complain). This means that the only way most players or parents can improve things is by moving. But it's not as simple as leaving on your own. A good player seeking high competition needs to play with others of like ability. If you're already playing on a team like the Stars that has a disproportionate share of top talent, it makes sense to move with a few of your teammates if they are also unhappy.

Team loyalists (i.e. those who like the team and don't want to move), not to mention coaches and club officials, understandably find such group behavior threatening. A team's success starts with the quality of its talent, and I have never seen anything worry a coach or DOC more than the possibility of losing players that would not otherwise be cut. It makes sense for them to criticize discussions about moving as troublemaking, but I have little sympathy.

Every top club, including the Stars, will cut or demote a player as soon as a better one comes along. The message is clear: you're on the team till someone better comes along. There isn't anything necessarily wrong with this. Competition itself motivates players to improve. But, if coaches and clubs don't show loyalty to their players, how can they complain if players don't show it in return?

If the Bolts are getting a chunk of the Stars team to move, then bully for them. If competition motivates players to get better, the same goes for clubs. Competition from the Bolts sends the message to the Stars that they can't take their players for granted. Of course, the Bolts shouldn't get too smug themselves. If Stars players are thinking of leaving en masse, why wouldn't Bolts players do likewise?