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Post by topdrawer on Mar 29, 2018 12:16:03 GMT -5
How do people feel about a guy with zero licenses, zero playing experience holding a title of "Director of Soccer"
What does this say for Concorde and parents passing a blind eye to this.
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Mar 29, 2018 12:34:05 GMT -5
Topdrawer, I think the pertinent question(s) one should be asking are:
- Does he win?
- Is he a good coach?
- Does he develop talent?
- Do the customers/parents like him?
- Are kids/players responsive to him as a coach/director?
- Does he do an adequate job in his role as "Director of Soccer"
I know a lot of A++++ licensed coaches who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.
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Post by trilion on Mar 29, 2018 13:00:33 GMT -5
Having a son who recently played for Ken, I can honestly say Ken's heart is in the right place and he wants whats best for the kids. However, that being said, he is a terrible coach, lacking any real training or playing philosophy, neither technical nor tactical.
Does he meet the qualifications for a "Director of Soccer" position? That's a question for the CF Board, and what criteria they define.
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Post by wow on Mar 29, 2018 13:10:48 GMT -5
Maybe he is a really good recruiter of other teams talent. That would be very important for Concorde. No?
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Post by soccerdaddy on Mar 29, 2018 13:27:58 GMT -5
For Concode’s sake, the question is how do the Coaches under him feel about his position without qualifications? How do you feel working for someone who is under qualified and should NOT be your Manager/Supervisor or Director? At the end of the day, the coaches probably don’t respect him and will not take him for who he is. Something smells fishy and it may have to do with $ money.
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Mar 29, 2018 14:11:48 GMT -5
Having a son who recently played for Ken, I can honestly say Ken's heart is in the right place and he wants whats best for the kids. However, that being said, he is a terrible coach, lacking any real training or playing philosophy, neither technical nor tactical. Does he meet the qualifications for a "Director of Soccer" position? That's a question for the CF Board, and what criteria they define. I wouldn't count on the CF Board doing their due diligence. I hear his is a lackey of GB who likes him so much that he has protected him for years. I believe he was one of the many infractions(licensing) that came up on the radar for the US Soccer Federation that at one point in time put the CF DA license in jeopardy. You notice now when it comes to DA at CF he is listed as an "apprentice coach." |
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Post by soccerfan07 on Mar 30, 2018 17:34:27 GMT -5
If constantly yelling “go faster” is defined as good coaching with no other tactical training or in game adjustments...he’s phenomenal!
He probably needs to stick with older boys and avoid the younger kids all together. Failed miserably coaching younger girls last year and adjusted by bringing up the younger elite players to compensate. Comments made to the girls on that team were completely unacceptable. Name calling, weight comments, and telling them they suck might work with boys, it doesn’t for girls.
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Post by soccerfan87 on Aug 24, 2019 18:09:04 GMT -5
Not sure if this is the coach or the team he coaches but his boys today were more into throwing elbows in people’s faces and trying to start fights and punching players. It did not help that local referee did not put the players’ safety first and let it go on too long until he finally decided to give out cards. You think if this is a former DA team that they fall back in their skills - which they looked great technically. But just acting like total buttheads when they hurt players, clapping and laughing - that has nothing to do with good sportsmanship.
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Post by soccerguru on Aug 25, 2019 12:37:53 GMT -5
He took over CF's Top 01 / 02 boys teams many moons ago when JJ left. A few years prior to that he coached only girls. He's been a terrible coach for many years prior to coaching boys and he really does like player's parents that brown nose, and despises people or players that question is Royalty.
CF teams win even with Donald Duck coaching on the sideline.. CF is a destination club where many top players show up for tryouts, regardless of the coach. Imagine this, how good could CF be if they had great coaches at the helm.
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Post by ilove8amgames on Oct 15, 2021 16:53:54 GMT -5
Considering moving my kid to CF but saw this doing some searches and it concerns me. Is he still at the club? And if he is, are these statements true? No license? No soccer playing history?
Any chance the older boys will have a new coach next year or is he still it? TIA.
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Post by soccernotfootball on Oct 16, 2021 10:26:29 GMT -5
Topdrawer, I think the pertinent question(s) one should be asking are: - Does he win? - Is he a good coach? - Does he develop talent? - Do the customers/parents like him? - Are kids/players responsive to him as a coach/director? - Does he do an adequate job in his role as "Director of Soccer" I know a lot of A++++ licensed coaches who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. - Sometimes. (But not due to him or the "coaching".) - No. - No. - A few do, most do not. - No. - No. |
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Post by soccerguru1 on Oct 16, 2021 12:00:49 GMT -5
There are mediocre coaches and then there is Ken. Any coach will win some when they pick up good talent. He would make an average recreational coach at best
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Post by atlantasoccerdad2020 on Oct 16, 2021 18:11:23 GMT -5
Having a son who recently played for Ken, I can honestly say Ken's heart is in the right place and he wants whats best for the kids. However, that being said, he is a terrible coach, lacking any real training or playing philosophy, neither technical nor tactical. Does he meet the qualifications for a "Director of Soccer" position? That's a question for the CF Board, and what criteria they define. I wouldn't count on the CF Board doing their due diligence. I hear his is a lackey of GB who likes him so much that he has protected him for years. I believe he was one of the many infractions(licensing) that came up on the radar for the US Soccer Federation that at one point in time put the CF DA license in jeopardy. You notice now when it comes to DA at CF he is listed as an "apprentice coach." Sounds like you can take out Concorde and drop in any other club name as they all have issues. When the board and the staff are scratching each other’s back it doesn’t really matter. |
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Post by collegesoccer on Oct 17, 2021 5:27:53 GMT -5
I wouldn't count on the CF Board doing their due diligence. I hear his is a lackey of GB who likes him so much that he has protected him for years. I believe he was one of the many infractions(licensing) that came up on the radar for the US Soccer Federation that at one point in time put the CF DA license in jeopardy. You notice now when it comes to DA at CF he is listed as an "apprentice coach." Sounds like you can take out Concorde and drop in any other club name as they all have issues. When the board and the staff are scratching each other’s back it doesn’t really matter. Yes, other clubs have issues. But not THIS issue. I realize many parents have an inflated view of the skill of their child and coaches and Directors hear about it plenty. Yet, our daughter was the best player on the second team for Concorde. Scored and assisted most of the goals. She tried for 2 years to move up. Somehow Ken got involved and said he watched a practice and “no one stood out to him”. At the time, I was at every practice. He never came to a practice. When he got involved, my daughter wanted to talk with him to understand what they wanted to see from her, so she went over to the office which was very close to our home. When she walked in, Ken and Gregg went out the back door. The receptionist said they were gone for a lunch meeting. Because our daughter wasn’t in a hurry, she said she could just wait there until they returned. The receptionist went into another room and apparently called Ken. When she returned, she said Ken wanted to talk to her parents. Gregg then called me and yelled at me because my daughter was in his office waiting to ask him a question. She decided then to ask for a release. She was then picked up by a top team which was consistently a top 25 team in the country. She was a top 150 player in the country, recruited by more than 20 D1 programs. My thought at the time was, If they are this clueless, how are they effectively developing any players? |
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Post by sicktired on Oct 17, 2021 13:49:27 GMT -5
It doesn’t just stop with him. Other Directors there (in title only apparently), are total crap as well. We left last year because of it. Parents are malicious and petty to gain a leg up for their little babies. Coaches listen to the brown nosers…etc etc. Total sh**** show.
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Post by atlantasoccerdad2020 on Oct 18, 2021 7:40:00 GMT -5
It doesn’t just stop with him. Other Directors there (in title only apparently), are total crap as well. We left last year because of it. Parents are malicious and petty to gain a leg up for their little babies. Coaches listen to the brown nosers…etc etc. Total sh**** show. CF is successful in almost every age group both boys and girls. I guess they are successful despite all the nonsense. Guess it attracts people in name only. |
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Post by bolo on Oct 19, 2021 13:02:13 GMT -5
It doesn’t just stop with him. Other Directors there (in title only apparently), are total crap as well. We left last year because of it. Parents are malicious and petty to gain a leg up for their little babies. Coaches listen to the brown nosers…etc etc. Total sh**** show. CF is successful in almost every age group both boys and girls. I guess they are successful despite all the nonsense. Guess it attracts people in name only. I would say the name and location does attract a lot of players & families. If you live in Buckhead/Brookhaven/Chamblee/Sandy Springs/Dunwoody/Roswell or anywhere in the vicinity, they are a convenient option location-wise, have a lot of teams at varying levels (up to ECNL), and aren't really any more expensive than other clubs (and in some cases, they cost less). Some parents and players- even at higher levels- don't want to drive 45 minutes or more each way to practice 3 nights a week, so they are willing to sacrifice more approachable, considerate, & competent leadership, among other things, for that convenience. I'm not saying it's right or it's the route I would take, but I get why many soccer families do. |
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Post by soccerfam404 on Oct 24, 2021 13:56:34 GMT -5
CF is pretty good 12 and under. After that their development is fairly substandard. Their talent overall has suffered since they lost the DA oligopoly for older ages which they historically used to recruit, combined with poor talent id/development and running off lots of kids (many who left for clubs like UFA and NASA). Now you’re seeing clubs with better development like NASA and UFA rise to the top across multiple age groups. My advice, leave CF after u12.
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