I have a call to all Madlax Parents. We as a group from 2017 down to 2024 need to do something to clean up the image of our owner. I was at a college game the other day and was talking to a Dad of a U9 age player. He asked me about my son and who he played for in the summer. I told him Madlax and we have played there for a number of years. His first sentence was "is that the club with the owner and the email." I spent the next 5 mins in line talking him down and explaining why this story is still out there at all times. At the time of the email when the owner decided to say nothing and hope it just went away I new it was a bad idea. And now what 4 years or even 5 years later its still on the mind of a U9 dad. I explained to him that the other coaches in this program are all great guys who know the game as well as anyone. And I explained the other side of the email story that was not posted on the site. All must remember that the deadspin article only had the emails from our owner to him. They left out all emails and phone calls from this father back to him. But I move on. This issue needs to have a end. How it ends I do not know. I am aware this gives a opening for the others to chime in and call the owner all kinds of names. But us Madlax parents need to be proactive in talking up letting people now we are still the best option in NOVA emails or not.
This might be the saddest post ever. Let's tackle it one at a time.
I have a call to all Madlax Parents. We as a group from 2017 down to 2024 need to do something to clean up the image of our owner.
Think about what you are typing. If you have to rally Madlax parents via the Internet in order to disguise/clean up the image of the owner you give your money to, what does that really say about him (as well as you?)
I spent the next 5 mins in line talking him down and explaining why this story is still out there at all times.
The story is out there because this is not an isolated episode. He has does this via phone, text, email, and in person many times. I know families with multiple kids and chose to withdraw one kid and leave one kid with Madlax because they thought it was the best for both kids, and the owner kicked out the other kid, leaving the family scrambling. You want that person to play for Madlax because it makes you feel better about the choice you made.
I explained to him that the other coaches in this program are all great guys who know the game as well as anyone.
I'm sure Madlax has some great coaches; so do other clubs. Does that somehow obscure the fact that the owner THREATENS kids and parents who leave? I mean, who does that?
And I explained the other side of the email story that was not posted on the site. All must remember that the deadspin article only had the emails from our owner to him. They left out all emails and phone calls from this father back to him.
Even if the family was loathsome, nothing justifies threatening people, encouraging Madlax kids to take it out on the kid, threatening to call Landon (as if that would do anything), etc. Nothing justifies that.
But us Madlax parents need to be proactive in talking up letting people now we are still the best option in NOVA emails or not.
How about you let people reach out to YOU to ask your opinion? Or let people make up their own minds.
Some people apparently are willing to hold their nose and give this guy their money. Everyone should do what they think is best. But in terms of cost, Madlax is 50% more for no reason, so some people don't like that. Some people are focused on clubs like Blackwolf and VLC which have just as good, if not better, college placement, so some people are not going to play for Madlax.
The guy treats people like dirt. Your call if you want to support that.
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