You always get what you pay for. Look at some of the new teams this year. One in particular promised the world, but they haven't even been practicing and haven't played in a tournament yet. It's so bad that one of the dads has to put them into tournaments under a different name!
The guy had to do what he had to do; no practices or tournaments. Needed a back-up plan. Side team worked out well.
I'm not trashing the guy. That's why I didn't mention any names. My point is that the grass is not always greener on the other side and teams are all about the $$. They paid $3000+ for that team and got nothing but shiny helmets. Most kids that move teams at this age will not be displacing anyone, but rather be picking up scrap minutes until they can possibly, but not likely, earn a starting spot. Then, when that doesn't happen, they move to another team the following year. It's a cycle that has been going on for many players for years. The parents are to blame because most of these kids are solid players that were never given a chance to develop within a system for more than a season.
I think the parents committed to that particular team with good intentions. They went through the fall, winter and holding tight. Spring came and comments began to surface, 'this isn't enough", be it lack of practices, tournaments, it wasn't enough. Fast forward, some parents leaned on the "dads team" . Additionally, Dads team provided practices and tournaments, with a proven travel coach which is getting back into the game, with a ready made team available to him. Remember, parents are the consumers, they have a say where, and how their money is spent. So what would you do?
You know the saying, the road to heck is paved with good intentions. That’s the point I’m trying to make. You don’t know what you’re getting when you switch teams. That dad team you’re referring to is a pickup team, though. The best players on it play for other teams and will never leave them to essentially play for Empire, which means they’ll always have conflicts. There’s a reason Empire fell off the face of the Earth. And even with those kids and new coach, the team got smacked around at Blatant.
