- Dec 11, 2010
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In my rural area we didn’t have a ton of options. We are about 2 hours from Chicago and we did not seriously consider the options there at all. There was a smallish regional team that was a good fit for a couple years. Ended up with a smaller national level team where the org director was in constant conflict with his coaches. His best coach quit during an on-field blow up with the org head. There always seemed to be controversy brewing between the org head and whoever he was in contact with. I think all this was amplified by covid. It really wasn’t fun and it was certainly not a great recruiting environment. That being said, dd enjoyed playing decent competition and playing with good players.
I see the SoCal folks and others posting and having a lot of teams to evaluate. It ain’t like that everywhere, sounds like a good problem to have.
It is absolutely about the coaches. At every level. Secondarily it’s about the org head. If you can do one team for multiple years and it 80% fits your needs and goals, that really is valuable.
There were warning signs with all of these teams, but they were the only game in town. Sometimes you just hold your nose and roll with it.
I see the SoCal folks and others posting and having a lot of teams to evaluate. It ain’t like that everywhere, sounds like a good problem to have.
It is absolutely about the coaches. At every level. Secondarily it’s about the org head. If you can do one team for multiple years and it 80% fits your needs and goals, that really is valuable.
There were warning signs with all of these teams, but they were the only game in town. Sometimes you just hold your nose and roll with it.
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