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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually if a coach takes another position they run the risk of being let go. Clubs build into their contracts that the coach can only be contracted to one club. You take another job at another club, even if it is for next season, and you will likely be let go because the tendencies for coaches to recruit players away is too great. This isn't a soccer thing, but a business thing.

Okay Adam, but now you just lost all of them instead of some.

These are 10 and 11 year olds. The business plan of yanking a coach then having absolutely 0 plan to coach two tournaments and four weeks of NCSL is so unbelievably stupid I can’t believe people like this make over $15 an hour.

Adam was literally walking around asking names and positions.

The piece that is missing for me in posts like this is what was the reason the coach was let go? Let's take an extreme set of examples. On one hand the coach could could have been stealing from the club after being given his/her notice that they wouldn't be coming back the following season. Seems reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I wouldn't support a coach stealing from the club I support financially. Alternatively, the coach could have been found to have had inappropriate contact with an underage player. Sadly it wouldn't be the first time that has happened in youth sports. Seems even more reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I would hope every parent whose kid was supposed spend an hour or more with that type of coach would be happy to have to come back and pick up their kid. Again, it could have been something far less grave, such as a violation of the previous agreement to finish out the season, such as a request to take on formal responsibilities at another club before the contract was up. Doesn't seem like any business should accommodate that kind or request. While I can see some parents who might be upset with losing their coach for the rest of the season, it is also very reasonable for an organization to protect their own interests. Coaches are fully within their own right to choose whether to cut bait and move on to greener pastures, or not. A firing may have been as much a change in heart on the coaches side, rather than the club's side. At the end of the day, nobody knows what the terms and conditions of employment were before and after the coach was "fired". Minimally I would think the coaching contracts are "at will" employment agreements and either party can take a walk. If there was a contract that implied more than that, then I would expect the coach to get a lawyer and take the club to court. I doubt that is how this all ends up. We don't know the whole story. Parents who support the coach can certainly anonymously air their dissatisfaction over the result on a public board and voice their intent to take their business elsewhere, but readers should all keep in mind that none of us know what the reason was for is alleged to be a change in decision or circumstance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually if a coach takes another position they run the risk of being let go. Clubs build into their contracts that the coach can only be contracted to one club. You take another job at another club, even if it is for next season, and you will likely be let go because the tendencies for coaches to recruit players away is too great. This isn't a soccer thing, but a business thing.

Okay Adam, but now you just lost all of them instead of some.

These are 10 and 11 year olds. The business plan of yanking a coach then having absolutely 0 plan to coach two tournaments and four weeks of NCSL is so unbelievably stupid I can’t believe people like this make over $15 an hour.

Adam was literally walking around asking names and positions.

The piece that is missing for me in posts like this is what was the reason the coach was let go? Let's take an extreme set of examples. On one hand the coach could could have been stealing from the club after being given his/her notice that they wouldn't be coming back the following season. Seems reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I wouldn't support a coach stealing from the club I support financially. Alternatively, the coach could have been found to have had inappropriate contact with an underage player. Sadly it wouldn't be the first time that has happened in youth sports. Seems even more reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I would hope every parent whose kid was supposed spend an hour or more with that type of coach would be happy to have to come back and pick up their kid. Again, it could have been something far less grave, such as a violation of the previous agreement to finish out the season, such as a request to take on formal responsibilities at another club before the contract was up. Doesn't seem like any business should accommodate that kind or request. While I can see some parents who might be upset with losing their coach for the rest of the season, it is also very reasonable for an organization to protect their own interests. Coaches are fully within their own right to choose whether to cut bait and move on to greener pastures, or not. A firing may have been as much a change in heart on the coaches side, rather than the club's side. At the end of the day, nobody knows what the terms and conditions of employment were before and after the coach was "fired". Minimally I would think the coaching contracts are "at will" employment agreements and either party can take a walk. If there was a contract that implied more than that, then I would expect the coach to get a lawyer and take the club to court. I doubt that is how this all ends up. We don't know the whole story. Parents who support the coach can certainly anonymously air their dissatisfaction over the result on a public board and voice their intent to take their business elsewhere, but readers should all keep in mind that none of us know what the reason was for is alleged to be a change in decision or circumstance.

Where is the snooze button when you need it?

A quote from Billy Madison “What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually if a coach takes another position they run the risk of being let go. Clubs build into their contracts that the coach can only be contracted to one club. You take another job at another club, even if it is for next season, and you will likely be let go because the tendencies for coaches to recruit players away is too great. This isn't a soccer thing, but a business thing.

Okay Adam, but now you just lost all of them instead of some.

These are 10 and 11 year olds. The business plan of yanking a coach then having absolutely 0 plan to coach two tournaments and four weeks of NCSL is so unbelievably stupid I can’t believe people like this make over $15 an hour.

Adam was literally walking around asking names and positions.

The piece that is missing for me in posts like this is what was the reason the coach was let go? Let's take an extreme set of examples. On one hand the coach could could have been stealing from the club after being given his/her notice that they wouldn't be coming back the following season. Seems reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I wouldn't support a coach stealing from the club I support financially. Alternatively, the coach could have been found to have had inappropriate contact with an underage player. Sadly it wouldn't be the first time that has happened in youth sports. Seems even more reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I would hope every parent whose kid was supposed spend an hour or more with that type of coach would be happy to have to come back and pick up their kid. Again, it could have been something far less grave, such as a violation of the previous agreement to finish out the season, such as a request to take on formal responsibilities at another club before the contract was up. Doesn't seem like any business should accommodate that kind or request. While I can see some parents who might be upset with losing their coach for the rest of the season, it is also very reasonable for an organization to protect their own interests. Coaches are fully within their own right to choose whether to cut bait and move on to greener pastures, or not. A firing may have been as much a change in heart on the coaches side, rather than the club's side. At the end of the day, nobody knows what the terms and conditions of employment were before and after the coach was "fired". Minimally I would think the coaching contracts are "at will" employment agreements and either party can take a walk. If there was a contract that implied more than that, then I would expect the coach to get a lawyer and take the club to court. I doubt that is how this all ends up. We don't know the whole story. Parents who support the coach can certainly anonymously air their dissatisfaction over the result on a public board and voice their intent to take their business elsewhere, but readers should all keep in mind that none of us know what the reason was for is alleged to be a change in decision or circumstance.

The coach was fired the day before nearly every player on his two 2013 teams was going to miss practice (and noted their planned absences in TeamSnap) to tryout for the team he will be coaching at Revolution next season. FCV probably assumed he was recruiting his players, which would have violated his non-compete, but the reality is that a handful of parents, not the coach, were actively working to get all the players to move to Revolution as a group. If Revolution offered training sessions for the rest of this season to those 2013 players (hint hint if anyone at Rev is reading this), most of them would leave FCV immediately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually if a coach takes another position they run the risk of being let go. Clubs build into their contracts that the coach can only be contracted to one club. You take another job at another club, even if it is for next season, and you will likely be let go because the tendencies for coaches to recruit players away is too great. This isn't a soccer thing, but a business thing.

Okay Adam, but now you just lost all of them instead of some.

These are 10 and 11 year olds. The business plan of yanking a coach then having absolutely 0 plan to coach two tournaments and four weeks of NCSL is so unbelievably stupid I can’t believe people like this make over $15 an hour.

Adam was literally walking around asking names and positions.

The piece that is missing for me in posts like this is what was the reason the coach was let go? Let's take an extreme set of examples. On one hand the coach could could have been stealing from the club after being given his/her notice that they wouldn't be coming back the following season. Seems reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I wouldn't support a coach stealing from the club I support financially. Alternatively, the coach could have been found to have had inappropriate contact with an underage player. Sadly it wouldn't be the first time that has happened in youth sports. Seems even more reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I would hope every parent whose kid was supposed spend an hour or more with that type of coach would be happy to have to come back and pick up their kid. Again, it could have been something far less grave, such as a violation of the previous agreement to finish out the season, such as a request to take on formal responsibilities at another club before the contract was up. Doesn't seem like any business should accommodate that kind or request. While I can see some parents who might be upset with losing their coach for the rest of the season, it is also very reasonable for an organization to protect their own interests. Coaches are fully within their own right to choose whether to cut bait and move on to greener pastures, or not. A firing may have been as much a change in heart on the coaches side, rather than the club's side. At the end of the day, nobody knows what the terms and conditions of employment were before and after the coach was "fired". Minimally I would think the coaching contracts are "at will" employment agreements and either party can take a walk. If there was a contract that implied more than that, then I would expect the coach to get a lawyer and take the club to court. I doubt that is how this all ends up. We don't know the whole story. Parents who support the coach can certainly anonymously air their dissatisfaction over the result on a public board and voice their intent to take their business elsewhere, but readers should all keep in mind that none of us know what the reason was for is alleged to be a change in decision or circumstance.

The coach was fired the day before nearly every player on his two 2013 teams was going to miss practice (and noted their planned absences in TeamSnap) to tryout for the team he will be coaching at Revolution next season. FCV probably assumed he was recruiting his players, which would have violated his non-compete, but the reality is that a handful of parents, not the coach, were actively working to get all the players to move to Revolution as a group. If Revolution offered training sessions for the rest of this season to those 2013 players (hint hint if anyone at Rev is reading this), most of them would leave FCV immediately.

I don’t have a kid at FCV but this has been entertaining! Sorry for all the families dealing with the drama I am sure it’s stressful. It seems problematic for a coach to move to another club to coach the same birth year they were coaching at another club. Like of course the coach is either going to recruit them quietly or parents will want to move their kids to follow them if it’s the same geographic area. Seems like a jerk move on the part of VRSC to put this guy at the same age group instead of a year up or down or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually if a coach takes another position they run the risk of being let go. Clubs build into their contracts that the coach can only be contracted to one club. You take another job at another club, even if it is for next season, and you will likely be let go because the tendencies for coaches to recruit players away is too great. This isn't a soccer thing, but a business thing.

Okay Adam, but now you just lost all of them instead of some.

These are 10 and 11 year olds. The business plan of yanking a coach then having absolutely 0 plan to coach two tournaments and four weeks of NCSL is so unbelievably stupid I can’t believe people like this make over $15 an hour.

Adam was literally walking around asking names and positions.

The piece that is missing for me in posts like this is what was the reason the coach was let go? Let's take an extreme set of examples. On one hand the coach could could have been stealing from the club after being given his/her notice that they wouldn't be coming back the following season. Seems reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I wouldn't support a coach stealing from the club I support financially. Alternatively, the coach could have been found to have had inappropriate contact with an underage player. Sadly it wouldn't be the first time that has happened in youth sports. Seems even more reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I would hope every parent whose kid was supposed spend an hour or more with that type of coach would be happy to have to come back and pick up their kid. Again, it could have been something far less grave, such as a violation of the previous agreement to finish out the season, such as a request to take on formal responsibilities at another club before the contract was up. Doesn't seem like any business should accommodate that kind or request. While I can see some parents who might be upset with losing their coach for the rest of the season, it is also very reasonable for an organization to protect their own interests. Coaches are fully within their own right to choose whether to cut bait and move on to greener pastures, or not. A firing may have been as much a change in heart on the coaches side, rather than the club's side. At the end of the day, nobody knows what the terms and conditions of employment were before and after the coach was "fired". Minimally I would think the coaching contracts are "at will" employment agreements and either party can take a walk. If there was a contract that implied more than that, then I would expect the coach to get a lawyer and take the club to court. I doubt that is how this all ends up. We don't know the whole story. Parents who support the coach can certainly anonymously air their dissatisfaction over the result on a public board and voice their intent to take their business elsewhere, but readers should all keep in mind that none of us know what the reason was for is alleged to be a change in decision or circumstance.

The coach was fired the day before nearly every player on his two 2013 teams was going to miss practice (and noted their planned absences in TeamSnap) to tryout for the team he will be coaching at Revolution next season. FCV probably assumed he was recruiting his players, which would have violated his non-compete, but the reality is that a handful of parents, not the coach, were actively working to get all the players to move to Revolution as a group. If Revolution offered training sessions for the rest of this season to those 2013 players (hint hint if anyone at Rev is reading this), most of them would leave FCV immediately.

I don’t have a kid at FCV but this has been entertaining! Sorry for all the families dealing with the drama I am sure it’s stressful. It seems problematic for a coach to move to another club to coach the same birth year they were coaching at another club. Like of course the coach is either going to recruit them quietly or parents will want to move their kids to follow them if it’s the same geographic area. Seems like a jerk move on the part of VRSC to put this guy at the same age group instead of a year up or down or something.

Oh it’s worse than that. Not only are they in the same geographic area, they practice on the same (VRSC’s) fields right now. VRSC will hold tryouts while FCV is practicing on the field right next to them, where FCV can see all their players at the tryout!

It’s not just some friendly competition between clubs. VRSC’s entire model was to hire FCV’s coaches and get as many players to follow. For the most part the strategy has worked. FCV management just sat there and let it happen or was too stupid to realize what was happening before it was too late.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually if a coach takes another position they run the risk of being let go. Clubs build into their contracts that the coach can only be contracted to one club. You take another job at another club, even if it is for next season, and you will likely be let go because the tendencies for coaches to recruit players away is too great. This isn't a soccer thing, but a business thing.

Okay Adam, but now you just lost all of them instead of some.

These are 10 and 11 year olds. The business plan of yanking a coach then having absolutely 0 plan to coach two tournaments and four weeks of NCSL is so unbelievably stupid I can’t believe people like this make over $15 an hour.

Adam was literally walking around asking names and positions.

The piece that is missing for me in posts like this is what was the reason the coach was let go? Let's take an extreme set of examples. On one hand the coach could could have been stealing from the club after being given his/her notice that they wouldn't be coming back the following season. Seems reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I wouldn't support a coach stealing from the club I support financially. Alternatively, the coach could have been found to have had inappropriate contact with an underage player. Sadly it wouldn't be the first time that has happened in youth sports. Seems even more reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I would hope every parent whose kid was supposed spend an hour or more with that type of coach would be happy to have to come back and pick up their kid. Again, it could have been something far less grave, such as a violation of the previous agreement to finish out the season, such as a request to take on formal responsibilities at another club before the contract was up. Doesn't seem like any business should accommodate that kind or request. While I can see some parents who might be upset with losing their coach for the rest of the season, it is also very reasonable for an organization to protect their own interests. Coaches are fully within their own right to choose whether to cut bait and move on to greener pastures, or not. A firing may have been as much a change in heart on the coaches side, rather than the club's side. At the end of the day, nobody knows what the terms and conditions of employment were before and after the coach was "fired". Minimally I would think the coaching contracts are "at will" employment agreements and either party can take a walk. If there was a contract that implied more than that, then I would expect the coach to get a lawyer and take the club to court. I doubt that is how this all ends up. We don't know the whole story. Parents who support the coach can certainly anonymously air their dissatisfaction over the result on a public board and voice their intent to take their business elsewhere, but readers should all keep in mind that none of us know what the reason was for is alleged to be a change in decision or circumstance.

The coach was fired the day before nearly every player on his two 2013 teams was going to miss practice (and noted their planned absences in TeamSnap) to tryout for the team he will be coaching at Revolution next season. FCV probably assumed he was recruiting his players, which would have violated his non-compete, but the reality is that a handful of parents, not the coach, were actively working to get all the players to move to Revolution as a group. If Revolution offered training sessions for the rest of this season to those 2013 players (hint hint if anyone at Rev is reading this), most of them would leave FCV immediately.

I don’t have a kid at FCV but this has been entertaining! Sorry for all the families dealing with the drama I am sure it’s stressful. It seems problematic for a coach to move to another club to coach the same birth year they were coaching at another club. Like of course the coach is either going to recruit them quietly or parents will want to move their kids to follow them if it’s the same geographic area. Seems like a jerk move on the part of VRSC to put this guy at the same age group instead of a year up or down or something.

He’s not even coaching that age group - he’s a director and GA coach. Eric doesn’t need to poach players when the other choice is something Adam is running.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually if a coach takes another position they run the risk of being let go. Clubs build into their contracts that the coach can only be contracted to one club. You take another job at another club, even if it is for next season, and you will likely be let go because the tendencies for coaches to recruit players away is too great. This isn't a soccer thing, but a business thing.

Okay Adam, but now you just lost all of them instead of some.

These are 10 and 11 year olds. The business plan of yanking a coach then having absolutely 0 plan to coach two tournaments and four weeks of NCSL is so unbelievably stupid I can’t believe people like this make over $15 an hour.

Adam was literally walking around asking names and positions.

The piece that is missing for me in posts like this is what was the reason the coach was let go? Let's take an extreme set of examples. On one hand the coach could could have been stealing from the club after being given his/her notice that they wouldn't be coming back the following season. Seems reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I wouldn't support a coach stealing from the club I support financially. Alternatively, the coach could have been found to have had inappropriate contact with an underage player. Sadly it wouldn't be the first time that has happened in youth sports. Seems even more reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I would hope every parent whose kid was supposed spend an hour or more with that type of coach would be happy to have to come back and pick up their kid. Again, it could have been something far less grave, such as a violation of the previous agreement to finish out the season, such as a request to take on formal responsibilities at another club before the contract was up. Doesn't seem like any business should accommodate that kind or request. While I can see some parents who might be upset with losing their coach for the rest of the season, it is also very reasonable for an organization to protect their own interests. Coaches are fully within their own right to choose whether to cut bait and move on to greener pastures, or not. A firing may have been as much a change in heart on the coaches side, rather than the club's side. At the end of the day, nobody knows what the terms and conditions of employment were before and after the coach was "fired". Minimally I would think the coaching contracts are "at will" employment agreements and either party can take a walk. If there was a contract that implied more than that, then I would expect the coach to get a lawyer and take the club to court. I doubt that is how this all ends up. We don't know the whole story. Parents who support the coach can certainly anonymously air their dissatisfaction over the result on a public board and voice their intent to take their business elsewhere, but readers should all keep in mind that none of us know what the reason was for is alleged to be a change in decision or circumstance.

Adam, you are such a smarmy prick.

Let’s be clear since we now have receipts - ED was let go because Tony’s kid can’t go to VRSC (mainly because Tony has already burned his bridge there being a dick two years ago and can’t go back) and threw a shit fit about her being rostered on the “B” team this weekend. Tony calls Adam complaining, and the rest is history.

Tony is also the same guy that made up things about JH in a parent meeting he wasn’t even at - to get him removed by misrepresenting everything possible to Adam. The dude can’t go back to Revolution so is burning down every bridge possible - leaving tens of families in the lurch. He’s saying his kid has a red team Loudoun offer, he’s scouting LS kids during tryouts to bring back to FCV, etc. etc. None of this is true and now Loudoun is on the watch for him doing sneaky shit with 10 year old soccer.

You know when you hear those horror stories about terrible sports parents who can’t sit down and watch their kid play? 6 FCV teams are living it.

This is 5th grade travel soccer and these morons are treating kids like business commodities instead of actual humans. It’s not a business, Adam, it’s a game where you kick a ball around a field. You STILL haven’t informed FCV families about the incident at the Sportsplex that VRSC handled!

Now it’s all on the table.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually if a coach takes another position they run the risk of being let go. Clubs build into their contracts that the coach can only be contracted to one club. You take another job at another club, even if it is for next season, and you will likely be let go because the tendencies for coaches to recruit players away is too great. This isn't a soccer thing, but a business thing.

Okay Adam, but now you just lost all of them instead of some.

These are 10 and 11 year olds. The business plan of yanking a coach then having absolutely 0 plan to coach two tournaments and four weeks of NCSL is so unbelievably stupid I can’t believe people like this make over $15 an hour.

Adam was literally walking around asking names and positions.

The piece that is missing for me in posts like this is what was the reason the coach was let go? Let's take an extreme set of examples. On one hand the coach could could have been stealing from the club after being given his/her notice that they wouldn't be coming back the following season. Seems reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I wouldn't support a coach stealing from the club I support financially. Alternatively, the coach could have been found to have had inappropriate contact with an underage player. Sadly it wouldn't be the first time that has happened in youth sports. Seems even more reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I would hope every parent whose kid was supposed spend an hour or more with that type of coach would be happy to have to come back and pick up their kid. Again, it could have been something far less grave, such as a violation of the previous agreement to finish out the season, such as a request to take on formal responsibilities at another club before the contract was up. Doesn't seem like any business should accommodate that kind or request. While I can see some parents who might be upset with losing their coach for the rest of the season, it is also very reasonable for an organization to protect their own interests. Coaches are fully within their own right to choose whether to cut bait and move on to greener pastures, or not. A firing may have been as much a change in heart on the coaches side, rather than the club's side. At the end of the day, nobody knows what the terms and conditions of employment were before and after the coach was "fired". Minimally I would think the coaching contracts are "at will" employment agreements and either party can take a walk. If there was a contract that implied more than that, then I would expect the coach to get a lawyer and take the club to court. I doubt that is how this all ends up. We don't know the whole story. Parents who support the coach can certainly anonymously air their dissatisfaction over the result on a public board and voice their intent to take their business elsewhere, but readers should all keep in mind that none of us know what the reason was for is alleged to be a change in decision or circumstance.

The coach was fired the day before nearly every player on his two 2013 teams was going to miss practice (and noted their planned absences in TeamSnap) to tryout for the team he will be coaching at Revolution next season. FCV probably assumed he was recruiting his players, which would have violated his non-compete, but the reality is that a handful of parents, not the coach, were actively working to get all the players to move to Revolution as a group. If Revolution offered training sessions for the rest of this season to those 2013 players (hint hint if anyone at Rev is reading this), most of them would leave FCV immediately.

I don’t have a kid at FCV but this has been entertaining! Sorry for all the families dealing with the drama I am sure it’s stressful. It seems problematic for a coach to move to another club to coach the same birth year they were coaching at another club. Like of course the coach is either going to recruit them quietly or parents will want to move their kids to follow them if it’s the same geographic area. Seems like a jerk move on the part of VRSC to put this guy at the same age group instead of a year up or down or something.

He’s not even coaching that age group - he’s a director and GA coach. Eric doesn’t need to poach players when the other choice is something Adam is running.

And the U12 (2013) coach next season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually if a coach takes another position they run the risk of being let go. Clubs build into their contracts that the coach can only be contracted to one club. You take another job at another club, even if it is for next season, and you will likely be let go because the tendencies for coaches to recruit players away is too great. This isn't a soccer thing, but a business thing.

Okay Adam, but now you just lost all of them instead of some.

These are 10 and 11 year olds. The business plan of yanking a coach then having absolutely 0 plan to coach two tournaments and four weeks of NCSL is so unbelievably stupid I can’t believe people like this make over $15 an hour.

Adam was literally walking around asking names and positions.

The piece that is missing for me in posts like this is what was the reason the coach was let go? Let's take an extreme set of examples. On one hand the coach could could have been stealing from the club after being given his/her notice that they wouldn't be coming back the following season. Seems reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I wouldn't support a coach stealing from the club I support financially. Alternatively, the coach could have been found to have had inappropriate contact with an underage player. Sadly it wouldn't be the first time that has happened in youth sports. Seems even more reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I would hope every parent whose kid was supposed spend an hour or more with that type of coach would be happy to have to come back and pick up their kid. Again, it could have been something far less grave, such as a violation of the previous agreement to finish out the season, such as a request to take on formal responsibilities at another club before the contract was up. Doesn't seem like any business should accommodate that kind or request. While I can see some parents who might be upset with losing their coach for the rest of the season, it is also very reasonable for an organization to protect their own interests. Coaches are fully within their own right to choose whether to cut bait and move on to greener pastures, or not. A firing may have been as much a change in heart on the coaches side, rather than the club's side. At the end of the day, nobody knows what the terms and conditions of employment were before and after the coach was "fired". Minimally I would think the coaching contracts are "at will" employment agreements and either party can take a walk. If there was a contract that implied more than that, then I would expect the coach to get a lawyer and take the club to court. I doubt that is how this all ends up. We don't know the whole story. Parents who support the coach can certainly anonymously air their dissatisfaction over the result on a public board and voice their intent to take their business elsewhere, but readers should all keep in mind that none of us know what the reason was for is alleged to be a change in decision or circumstance.

The coach was fired the day before nearly every player on his two 2013 teams was going to miss practice (and noted their planned absences in TeamSnap) to tryout for the team he will be coaching at Revolution next season. FCV probably assumed he was recruiting his players, which would have violated his non-compete, but the reality is that a handful of parents, not the coach, were actively working to get all the players to move to Revolution as a group. If Revolution offered training sessions for the rest of this season to those 2013 players (hint hint if anyone at Rev is reading this), most of them would leave FCV immediately.

If that is in fact the reason and truth, then it sounds like the parents should be fired as well. Be gone with you, you petulant adult children.

[Anonymous]

Someone should reach out to the tall Asian guy that’s always lurking around. I think his girl is on a team, but I could be wrong. He seems to have a lot of information and is very friendly. He’s also got a strong sneaker game.

[Anonymous]

Who is.. Tony..??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is.. Tony..??

Not sure but he sounds important.

[Anonymous]

These posts are great…thank you.

Who wants to call Bravo…The real knuckleheads of Loudoun soccer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Usually if a coach takes another position they run the risk of being let go. Clubs build into their contracts that the coach can only be contracted to one club. You take another job at another club, even if it is for next season, and you will likely be let go because the tendencies for coaches to recruit players away is too great. This isn't a soccer thing, but a business thing.

Okay Adam, but now you just lost all of them instead of some.

These are 10 and 11 year olds. The business plan of yanking a coach then having absolutely 0 plan to coach two tournaments and four weeks of NCSL is so unbelievably stupid I can’t believe people like this make over $15 an hour.

Adam was literally walking around asking names and positions.

The piece that is missing for me in posts like this is what was the reason the coach was let go? Let's take an extreme set of examples. On one hand the coach could could have been stealing from the club after being given his/her notice that they wouldn't be coming back the following season. Seems reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I wouldn't support a coach stealing from the club I support financially. Alternatively, the coach could have been found to have had inappropriate contact with an underage player. Sadly it wouldn't be the first time that has happened in youth sports. Seems even more reasonable to fire somebody on the spot for that kind of issue. I would hope every parent whose kid was supposed spend an hour or more with that type of coach would be happy to have to come back and pick up their kid. Again, it could have been something far less grave, such as a violation of the previous agreement to finish out the season, such as a request to take on formal responsibilities at another club before the contract was up. Doesn't seem like any business should accommodate that kind or request. While I can see some parents who might be upset with losing their coach for the rest of the season, it is also very reasonable for an organization to protect their own interests. Coaches are fully within their own right to choose whether to cut bait and move on to greener pastures, or not. A firing may have been as much a change in heart on the coaches side, rather than the club's side. At the end of the day, nobody knows what the terms and conditions of employment were before and after the coach was "fired". Minimally I would think the coaching contracts are "at will" employment agreements and either party can take a walk. If there was a contract that implied more than that, then I would expect the coach to get a lawyer and take the club to court. I doubt that is how this all ends up. We don't know the whole story. Parents who support the coach can certainly anonymously air their dissatisfaction over the result on a public board and voice their intent to take their business elsewhere, but readers should all keep in mind that none of us know what the reason was for is alleged to be a change in decision or circumstance.

The coach was fired the day before nearly every player on his two 2013 teams was going to miss practice (and noted their planned absences in TeamSnap) to tryout for the team he will be coaching at Revolution next season. FCV probably assumed he was recruiting his players, which would have violated his non-compete, but the reality is that a handful of parents, not the coach, were actively working to get all the players to move to Revolution as a group. If Revolution offered training sessions for the rest of this season to those 2013 players (hint hint if anyone at Rev is reading this), most of them would leave FCV immediately.

If that is in fact the reason and truth, then it sounds like the parents should be fired as well. Be gone with you, you petulant adult children.

Behold, Adam - the FCV director of soccer.

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So tommorow?