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Oh no, here we go again with this nonsense. No one, besides SC and the people he’s brainwashed, think what happened to him was ‘disgusting.’

Reading through the old pages on this very thread, it’s pretty clear the guy was let go for good cause. I can’t comment on all of it, but many parents voiced their concerns (on this very board) about what they describe as ‘abusive’ and ‘bullying’ behavior. In 2020, if parents (plural) are making those kind of complaints to the club, I don’t care how good a coach you are, you’re gone. Again, that’s just reading what parents here have posted.

If your daughter loves playing for him, that’s great. Good luck next year at his new club. But let’s stop pretending the guy is some innocent martyr.

Why did sta hire him in the first place? His behavior was well known and witnessed by many coaches from sta yet they still hired him. Why?

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Why did sta hire him in the first place? His behavior was well known and witnessed by many coaches from sta yet they still hired him. Why?

Hindsight is 20/20... I’d imagine he said he would change. Who knows what the hiring process was though? I doubt they brought him in and just gave him free reign to act like a lunatic.

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Why did sta hire him in the first place? His behavior was well known and witnessed by many coaches from sta yet they still hired him. Why?

Was hired for one and only reason bring more assets (meaning players) and $$$ to the club in hopes of attracting more. STA knee full well what they were getting and did it anyway...needless to say it did not end well and they are actually in a much worse situation now. It seems STA made a major mistake and they should be responsible for that.

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What they did to SC was wrong. He is not a martyr, and I actually dislike the guy. I dislike him so much, that we joined STA, Tim promised us that he would NEVER coach the 03 girls. Guess who coached them on occassions when Tim was spread too thin. Yep the 2003 girls. We weren't happy, but you know what, as much as I dislike him, he is still better than any other coach at STA

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What they did to SC was wrong. He is not a martyr, and I actually dislike the guy. I dislike him so much, that we joined STA, Tim promised us that he would NEVER coach the 03 girls. Guess who coached them on occassions when Tim was spread too thin. Yep the 2003 girls. We weren't happy, but you know what, as much as I dislike him, he is still better than any other coach at STA

What was wrong? If you think it was wrong for STA to hire him, I don’t think you’d find many people that disagree with you. Was it really wrong to fire him though? It’s apparent, just from reading this thread, that multiple families made formal complaints to the club about his treatment of their daughters. Claims of abuse against a coach are no joke, especially in today’s social climate. Should STA have kept him on despite those complaints?

I see elsewhere in this thread, people commenting on his sideline behavior. Say what you want about his coaching abilities, his knowledge of the game. I am sure the guy knows his stuff. Do you think that kind of unhinged behavior best serves the development (on and off the field) of adolescent girls?

I have a daughter at STA, outside of the ages he coached, so his short run at STA didn’t affect my family at all. There is no way in hell though, that I would subject my child to that kind of treatment.

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What was wrong? If you think it was wrong for STA to hire him, I don’t think you’d find many people that disagree with you. Was it really wrong to fire him though? It’s apparent, just from reading this thread, that multiple families made formal complaints to the club about his treatment of their daughters. Claims of abuse against a coach are no joke, especially in today’s social climate. Should STA have kept him on despite those complaints?

I see elsewhere in this thread, people commenting on his sideline behavior. Say what you want about his coaching abilities, his knowledge of the game. I am sure the guy knows his stuff. Do you think that kind of unhinged behavior best serves the development (on and off the field) of adolescent girls?

I have a daughter at STA, outside of the ages he coached, so his short run at STA didn’t affect my family at all. There is no way in hell though, that I would subject my child to that kind of treatment.

I guess your high and mighty club has no culpability in this, SC came out of nowhere and was an angel before being hired by STA correct? You fail to admit that STA did and will do anything for $$$ and that’s what this was all about.

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I guess your high and mighty club has no culpability in this, SC came out of nowhere and was an angel before being hired by STA correct? You fail to admit that STA did and will do anything for $$$ and that’s what this was all about.

So, you are sarcastically referring to SC as an angel. That means you obviously know he has some issues.

You didn’t actually respond to any points I made in my post though... Do you think it was wrong for STA to fire SC, if multiple families complained about his behavior? A quick skim through this thread will pretty much confirm that’s what happened, among other things.

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What was wrong? If you think it was wrong for STA to hire him, I don’t think you’d find many people that disagree with you. Was it really wrong to fire him though? It’s apparent, just from reading this thread, that multiple families made formal complaints to the club about his treatment of their daughters. Claims of abuse against a coach are no joke, especially in today’s social climate. Should STA have kept him on despite those complaints?

I see elsewhere in this thread, people commenting on his sideline behavior. Say what you want about his coaching abilities, his knowledge of the game. I am sure the guy knows his stuff. Do you think that kind of unhinged behavior best serves the development (on and off the field) of adolescent girls?

I have a daughter at STA, outside of the ages he coached, so his short run at STA didn’t affect my family at all. There is no way in hell though, that I would subject my child to that kind of treatment.

I was told some of the less talented kids that got less playing time jumped on the “abusive” train and after SC was fired they somehow became starters and received a much higher % of playing time. Very fishy. Not surprised all those kids left to stay SC.

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So, you are sarcastically referring to SC as an angel. That means you obviously know he has some issues.

You didn’t actually respond to any points I made in my post though... Do you think it was wrong for STA to fire SC, if multiple families complained about his behavior? A quick skim through this thread will pretty much confirm that’s what happened, among other things.

STA knew exactly what they were getting when they took him and his teams on. Other people warned them. They chose to subject their players to his nonsense. The only people here to blame are TV and JN. A leopard can’t change his spots and SC has a lot of spots, and they knew that when they took him and his players checks. Player development is not important at STA. Money is

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I was told some of the less talented kids that got less playing time jumped on the “abusive” train and after SC was fired they somehow became starters and received a much higher % of playing time. Very fishy. Not surprised all those kids left to stay SC.

Not shocked. Crazy soccer parents, who would of thought. I can see TV using this to get SC out.

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Not shocked. Crazy soccer parents, who would of thought. I can see TV using this to get SC out.

So to recap, the club, the weaker players, and now the ‘crazy’ parents are to blame for SC’s firing?!

Wow. Some of you people have blinders on.

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So to recap, the club, the weaker players, and now the ‘crazy’ parents are to blame for SC’s firing?!

Wow. Some of you people have blinders on.

Given the most recent allegations and the history of these actions what club has now brought in SC?

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So to recap, the club, the weaker players, and now the ‘crazy’ parents are to blame for SC’s firing?!

Wow. Some of you people have blinders on.

Most likely a blend of the club, parents of weaker players (not kids), TV and SC for the failure of that team.

A shame. It was a good team. All those factors probably contributed to failing the kids.

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I was told some of the less talented kids that got less playing time jumped on the “abusive” train and after SC was fired they somehow became starters and received a much higher % of playing time. Very fishy. Not surprised all those kids left to stay SC.

A definition of Emotional Abuse, as it relates to the coach / player relationship. How many of you SC advocates can actually say that he doesn’t exhibit many of these tendencies on a regular basis?

“ Emotional abuse involves deliberate, prolonged, repeated non-contact behaviours that occur in unbalanced relationships of power such as between a coach and athlete. Researchers suggest emotional abuse by coaches can include belittling, humiliating, shouting, scapegoating, rejecting, isolating, threatening and ignoring.”

Is it possible (or probable) that the “weakest” players (as you say) were more of a target for this kind of a behavior, and that their experience playing under him was different than say, the strongest players on the team? Is it possible that their performance could have been affected negatively by their treatment?

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Most likely a blend of the club, parents of weaker players (not kids), TV and SC for the failure of that team.

A shame. It was a good team. All those factors probably contributed to failing the kids.

Okay, so what club has hired SC to coach. Is there a reason no one will say where he is going to coach/train going forward?