NTH

[quote author="SoccerMom " source="/post/49479/thread" I did hear an interesting story from a parent.

Rumor has it that a NTH player left for CF and one of her old NTH teammates "guilted" her into coming back and not to leave the team..blah blah blah (the CF team was full). Anyway the player told CF nevermind and went back to NTH. Well thats all great however, the friend that guilted her into coming back then called CF and took the spot, that team is now full again.

And yes I know it wasn't the player but the parents that called the club


Let me shed some light on what really happened as that story is not entirely true. The top girls on that team were being heavily recruited by various ECNL teams and one had committed to a club and then rescinded after speaking with Troy. This was a decision made by her family for the sake of the oldest player at TH, not because another parent or player had convinced them otherwise. Two other players at the same time who also tried out decided to stay at TH based on similar conversations with TG and promises that were supposedly made.

During this time, some of the parents got wind of the mini private tryout sessions at UFA and Cf and got nervous and butthurt as they didnt get on the special list. The parent's of those players that didn't get "the call" had banded together and tried to keep the rest of the team intact because they knew many of the players would not crack the CF or UFA lineup and were very concerned about the future of that great TH team. They worked hard and put some vodka in that koolaid they were serving because they convinced many of them to stay. Dont get me wrong a few of those girls would have made any team but their parents believed in the Tophat brand and encouraged their players and others to stay.Good for them.

TG was clueless and didnt realize that the dynamic of that team was very unstable and many of them didn't get along or even played well together throughout the season so imagine his surprise when his key players made the "it's me, not you" call. He was oblivious to what was going on because he didn't have a relationship with his team and never made an attempt to really get to know his players. Shame on him. He is part of the reason that team fell apart.

Moving along. The final roster came out at TH and the lies started coming to surface. Parents were initially told that the talent that was coming to the team was far better than the players who had left and "rutrow" that caused panic because the fact was that 2 players were actually being moved up from DPL and two came from another club because they had been dropped to their 2nd team. Not quite the superstars they were expecting so naturally momma bear who was initially part of the "stay train" moved her cub to another club and asked the ECNL coach to reconsider her player so she left. Good for her and shame on anyone else who felt duped by her actions. It is our job to do was is best for our players and if anyone felt duped, then they clearly didn't do what was in their child's best interest.

The one thing I have learned in soccer is trust no one, listen to your player and do what is best for them, not what is best for others.

So you think your version makes it sound better? It boils down to the same thing, you just took longer to get there.

Good luck at Concorde

I agree - InsideInfo keeps stirring the pot.  Making this forum like the old one SMH!!