Synergy

Does anybody know what happened with FC United and Gaumond. I see that his team is now a new club called Synergy. Is FC United going to keep losing teams?

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Does anybody know what happened with FC United and Gaumond. I see that his team is now a new club called Synergy. Is FC United going to keep losing teams?

Had a aprting of the way with president. Interesting name, as Synergy is a Vermont club

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Couldn't have been too bad he is now coaching the FC United girls U-13 team.

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Gaumond did not have parting with president it was more the parents from was I was told.

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Gaumond did not have parting with president it was more the parents from was I was told.

My bad...I was given 3rdhand info. Sorry for any confusion or errors.

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The real question then is Gaummond coaching the Synergy team in the spring, if so what happens to his GU13 team?

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Why is that such a burning question for you? Many coaches have multiple teams especially in the spring when more teams play - it's customary for most of the better clubs.

Coach Gaumond is a good coach; FCUnited is an okay club.

There were 2 D1 teams one coached by Gaumond and one coached by the club president. For a variety of reasons the two teams were separate entities - each team had strengths and weaknesses. Many of the family's from the Gaumond team decided that they'd had enough of the costs associated with the FCU club - lots of scholarship players funded by the other family's, not a lot of synergy within the club and across the age-group, and Coach G. wasn't sure what he was going to do (come back or do something else). So some of the players went to the team that was staying at FCU, some went elsewhere. A small group decided that the overhead associated with a club wasn't worth it and decided to try their own thing. They formed a team, found a new coach, and won a spot in Maple-D and moved on. ALa Synergy. Not sure how the club president felt about losing a bunch of playing customers, but the family's that left and Coach G. parted on good terms. The coach was there for the Maple-D play in games - coaching the team in the tournament.

Re: Synergy

Why is that such a burning question for you? Many coaches have multiple teams especially in the spring when more teams play - it's customary for most of the better clubs.

Coach Gaumond is a good coach; FCUnited is an okay club.

There were 2 D1 teams one coached by Gaumond and one coached by the club president. For a variety of reasons the two teams were separate entities - each team had strengths and weaknesses. Many of the family's from the Gaumond team decided that they'd had enough of the costs associated with the FCU club - lots of scholarship players funded by the other family's, not a lot of synergy within the club and across the age-group, and Coach G. wasn't sure what he was going to do (come back or do something else). So some of the players went to the team that was staying at FCU, some went elsewhere. A small group decided that the overhead associated with a club wasn't worth it and decided to try their own thing. They formed a team, found a new coach, and won a spot in Maple-D and moved on. ALa Synergy. Not sure how the club president felt about losing a bunch of playing customers, but the family's that left and Coach G. parted on good terms. The coach was there for the Maple-D play in games - coaching the team in the tournament.

I group of foolish parents that think they can run things better than a club and now at U16 the boys are starting all over again. Nice too that thier new coach couldn't even make the play in games Coach G was far to nice to them. I also heard that several of the players that played in the play in games aren't even staying with the new team so good luck to them in the spring.