At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is; a newly formed team with great caching, no daddy ball, all the boys get along, everyone plays, boys are happy to see one another do well. Most important, the team is developing, and all the boys went home HAPPY! Poster sounds like he/she has an axe to grind with some of the parents on the Turtles
True. There is a jealous hater out there on the team the boys left. The boys are so happy to get rid of the politics on the team they left. Bad previous coaches and clicky Dad's.
You're blaming bad coaches and clicky Igloo parents for your son's lack of playing time? I think you need to become a little more realistic. Your son played in the fall until the bill was paid. Then the coaches played the best kids at every position. It's pretty tough to jump to one of the best team and expect too many minutes. Be happy where he is. Playing time is more important at this stage than being on a top 10 team.
If that is what the coaches did what does that say about a team or coach like that. Why should that dad keep his kids there if as you say the clearly do not have the kids best interest at hand just waiting for the check to clear?
Fall is the time to see what the new guys can do. Summer is the time to put the best kids on the field. If those parents didn’t look around and see that their boys were over their heads then they deserve lighter wallets. Every club knows that parents will pay to be on better teams. It’s not the boys’ faults. They were all nice kids and good players. This is on those insane parents. The 3-4 boys that left Igloo were brought on last year for depth. They were told this after tryouts. They were better than the 3rd line kids they replaced, but not skilled enough to bump starters. That’s reality. Maybe if they stuck around, this year would be different. But they didn’t, so for the 3rd or 4th year in a row they will go to a new club. And, next fall, they will likely be bashing the Turtle coaches and directors for not realizing their kids’ potential. Loyalty and humility are character traits that parents should be instilling in their children, not self-pity and impulsivity.
