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All of the girls were told BY Monday, which is why we are checking every day!I hope I make it!Wish they would send it soon!

This is a crazy statement. Steve Levy is a parent coach, and coaches his daughters team. There is more than 1 girl on that team that benefits from a relationship with his daughter.

All of the girls were told BY Monday, which is why we are checking every day!I hope I make it!Wish they would send it soon!

Thank you, my friends and I are hoping we hear before the long weekend, the waiting is so hard! Maybe they did say on Monday and I was just so nervous that I heard wrong.

"Daddy Coach" and "Mommy Coach" syndrome should be avoided at all costs no matter how good everyone thinks he or she is, whether it be club or high school. It eliminates even the hint of impropriety. For every one where it works, there are many, many that absolutely do not and I have seen it first hand in my kids' school and club teams. Every time I get into a conversation with a parent from another community, they complain about the same thing. There are not too many exceptions that I have heard where it works fairly. Number 1 for these parent coaches is their kid.

All of the girls were told BY Monday, which is why we are checking every day!I hope I make it!Wish they would send it soon!

If your a parent you need to get a grip. You won't be making anything you daughter wii!

This is your exception then. My kid is on his team and not only is he a great coach but a great guy as well. He NEVER puts his kid first in fact at times puts her last. These type of opinions really should be given publicly only if there is first hand experience. Are you saying Duke should not have allowed Matt Danowski to play under his Dad?

The ratio of where Parent Coaches work to where they don't work is a little to a lot as many people will attest. Note that I said club and high school. College - different story. College coaches wouldn't last like some of the "lifer" hs coaches do if they continued to do that. It is rampant on Long Island, especially where coaches' kids get pushed to the head of the class. Parents have no recourse. If it happened in college and was allowed, one could transfer. One is stuck in high school because of one's address. That shouldn't be a reason to pay tuition at a different private high school.
Matt Danowski was an established, unbelievably proven, talented player long before his father came to Duke. THAT situation is a true exception. I am talking about the Parent Coaches who put their kid first to get them to the college stage! I would imagine that many on this forum have stories to tell. I certainly do of the experience at our high school. It was sickening!

The ratio of where Parent Coaches work to where they don't work is a little to a lot as many people will attest. Note that I said club and high school. College - different story. College coaches wouldn't last like some of the "lifer" hs coaches do if they continued to do that. It is rampant on Long Island, especially where coaches' kids get pushed to the head of the class. Parents have no recourse. If it happened in college and was allowed, one could transfer. One is stuck in high school because of one's address. That shouldn't be a reason to pay tuition at a different private high school.
Matt Danowski was an established, unbelievably proven, talented player long before his father came to Duke. THAT situation is a true exception. I am talking about the Parent Coaches who put their kid first to get them to the college stage! I would imagine that many on this forum have stories to tell. I certainly do of the experience at our high school. It was sickening!

If your a parent you need to get a grip. You won't be making anything you daughter wii!

Man....shut up yellow jackoff.

I just want to set the record straight. AS was PHENOMINAL as a coach this past summer with the 19 group. I'll admit. I was aprehensive first practice. In my mind I went in thinking girls team =girl coach. The girls respected and responded to his coaching style. The assistant was great too. Granted they had an extraordinarily talented bunch of players. But sometimes the good kids are harder to coach than the average kids. I just couldn't let that comment pass by with out someone adding their 2 cents worth about AS.
I'm sure majority families on team would agree.

All of the girls were told BY Monday, which is why we are checking every day!I hope I make it!Wish they would send it soon!

I just want to set the record straight. AS was PHENOMINAL as a coach this past summer with the 19 group. I'll admit. I was aprehensive first practice. In my mind I went in thinking girls team =girl coach. The girls respected and responded to his coaching style. The assistant was great too. Granted they had an extraordinarily talented bunch of players. But sometimes the good kids are harder to coach than the average kids. I just couldn't let that comment pass by with out someone adding their 2 cents worth about AS.
I'm sure majority families on team would agree.

You are right. Unfortunately the two or three complainers make the most noise. He is great with those kids and does not deserve the nasty comments that have been fabricated and posted about him. No worries cause I am sure he will continue his good work and the sad sacks will continue to post negative comments. Most come from the other side of the tracks anyway. Lol.

I believe that they will send out e-mails before any rosters are posted, notifing you if you have made it or not and are willing to accept the position,. Thats the way it has been done in the past.

They have to do it that way will not post rosters until checks are sent in.Not every kid will accept so that roster spot gets offered to next in line.I see people on here defending AS ,have people been complaining about his coaching?

Yes they said they would let us know by email. keeping evrything crossed! I hope I start 8th grade as a Top Gun player.

I would LOVE my kids to be coached by Steve Levy whether he had 1 or 5 of his own kids on the team. He is an amazing coach and my kids would DEFINITELY become better, smarter, stronger players. When people complain like this, they exploit their own insecurities...

I believe that they will send out e-mails before any rosters are posted, notifing you if you have made it or not and are willing to accept the position,. Thats the way it has been done in the past.

They only send out email if you make it. If you don't you ont hear from them.

That's silly, do it like most clubs. Post the rosters on the website the day you say you will. Set a hard deadline for payment. Payment not recieved, offer spots to next in line. Simple

That's silly, do it like most clubs. Post the rosters on the website the day you say you will. Set a hard deadline for payment. Payment not recieved, offer spots to next in line. Simple

I just want to set the record straight. AS was PHENOMINAL as a coach this past summer with the 19 group. I'll admit. I was aprehensive first practice. In my mind I went in thinking girls team =girl coach. The girls respected and responded to his coaching style. The assistant was great too. Granted they had an extraordinarily talented bunch of players. But sometimes the good kids are harder to coach than the average kids. I just couldn't let that comment pass by with out someone adding their 2 cents worth about AS.
I'm sure majority families on team would agree.

Here is the problem with that. If they post a roster based soley on selection and not acceptance then kids trying out from other clubs get tagged. Example, your daughter plays for yj and tries out, and there were many kids from yj's doing this, let's say they make the purple team but don't want to play as they were hoping for a spot on the black team. Well now they are tagged and it will be uncomfortable for them to go back. This is respecting the players privacy and choice and should be the way all clubs operate.

Exactly, no players names should be posted without them accepting their spot on the team. That only seems right I would think.
Only 2 days away from finding out anyway. Is it true if you don't make a team you don't get a call or email? That seems wrong.

I agree with you. I thought AS did a great job with the team this year. I'm not sure why someone who was not even on the team would complain about his coaching?? We were very happy with his coaching.

Last year they didnt cash the deposit checks until November.
I actually called to confirm they received it, since it hadnt been cashed. BS said he was in no hurry to cash them. Sign of commitment to team.I asked several other families if their checks were cashed--some didnt know and 1 checked and said it wasnt cashed.
So whoever posted that they cant post rosters till check is cashed is dead wrong.

Last year they didnt cash the deposit checks until November.
I actually called to confirm they received it, since it hadnt been cashed. BS said he was in no hurry to cash them. Sign of commitment to team.I asked several other families if their checks were cashed--some didnt know and 1 checked and said it wasnt cashed.
So whoever posted that they cant post rosters till check is cashed is dead wrong.