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Post by newguy on May 20, 2023 17:12:55 GMT -5
Are you hoping Simon’s email that left more questions than answers will get you our kids at tryouts while you figure everything out and they don’t have a chance to go anywhere else?
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Post by mightydawg on May 20, 2023 17:36:35 GMT -5
Post it.
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Post by newguy on May 20, 2023 17:45:46 GMT -5
Dear SSA Membership, I hope everyone is looking forward to SSA tryouts beginning next week!. As we move forward with the SSA Northside program, we would like to announce some structural and leadership changes along with reassurance regarding access to the facilities. SSA is committed to providing the best-in-class service to the families and community and the club’s growth in 2022/23 has allowed us to evolve into a more effective organization to serve our membership. What started as a small community club, SSA Northside has developed into an incredible branch within the overall SSA club structure by providing player pathways into MLS Next,GA,DPL,NPL,SCCL and USL programs while also maintaining the ability to provide a high quality local club focused on convenience for its members. Key updates Align our Northside and Marietta-area branches under Director of Coaching Gareth Evans to oversee the boys select staff and Jordan Davis, our Girls Elite-Programs Director, to oversee the girls select staff. The Northside program will also be supported by Laszlo Halmi, the club SCCL Director, as a means to provide more consistency with the SCCL programs across the rest of the club. Galloway Athletic Complex- Providing assurance this will continue to be the primary playing location for SSA Northside. A residential developer has the site under contract with Galloway confirming that development, but even if approved, will not begin until late 2024 at the earliest. Moving forward, tryouts and the 2023/24 season activities will be at the Galloway facility. As a club we are always looking for facilities and will provide local venues for all our membership. Paige Himebaugh- 2023/24 Girls Academy Director. 9 years experience in NTH Academy and will bring a focus on player development and leadership to the program. Anthony Riley- 2023/24 Boys Academy Coordinator. 4 years experience in SSA Northside program and will continue coaching in the program in addition to admin and oversight. We look forward to the next two weeks of evaluations to prepare for another successful season! Please ensure to register through the link below. SSA leadership will be on site for local tournaments this weekend, throughout the tryout process, and are always available as needed. 2023/24 SSA Northside Tryouts- sports.bluesombrero.com/Default.aspx?tabid=926902 Simon Davey SSA Executive Director |
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Post by newguy on May 20, 2023 18:23:46 GMT -5
All Directors gone and most, if not all, coaches going elsewhere. At least according to the telephone game since no one with the club is talking to parents.
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Post by Keeper on May 20, 2023 18:33:56 GMT -5
SSA Northside is done. Closing shop like Dekalb after this coming year. Lose of Galloway fields and no where to go left SSA no choice but to move everything.
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Post by newguy on May 22, 2023 15:21:19 GMT -5
SSA Northside is done. Closing shop like Dekalb after this coming year. Lose of Galloway fields and no where to go left SSA no choice but to move everything. Getting very spicy but after the call last night I know why they didn’t want to talk to us. It’ll be an interesting, and quiet night at Galloway I think. |
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Post by oraclesfriend on May 22, 2023 16:31:26 GMT -5
So they just shut down the location? No more SSA Yellow?
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Post by slickdaddy96 on May 22, 2023 16:36:56 GMT -5
Heck I can't even get info on who is coaching certain teams and age groups at locations I know aren't going away. They have too few coaches, and the directors are running around like a chicken with their head cut off because they got too many things they are in charge of and not enough time to do it all.
I assume that is probably all clubs though not just SSA. That tends to happen when all clubs pay their staff coaches on contract pennies compared to what they expect them to do for their contract.
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Post by trollfather on May 22, 2023 16:47:08 GMT -5
SSA loses two branches? I thought they were supposed to be expanding, not contracting. What gives?
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Post by slickdaddy96 on May 22, 2023 16:58:14 GMT -5
SSA loses two branches? I thought they were supposed to be expanding, not contracting. What gives? The Dekalb location was destined to fail. Too many other clubs close by. Northside they just have no fields it seems. I think Northside was a decent location though as far as skill level for the most part. |
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Post by trollfather on May 22, 2023 20:38:25 GMT -5
SSA loses two branches? I thought they were supposed to be expanding, not contracting. What gives? The Dekalb location was destined to fail. Too many other clubs close by. Northside they just have no fields it seems. I think Northside was a decent location though as far as skill level for the most part. Fields are important... |
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Post by newguy on May 22, 2023 21:41:57 GMT -5
Coaches and admins are gone with Central taking over. Galloway field has been bought by a residential developer and they say they are sure they won’t be doing anything for at least a year but…. As of last night no coaches assigned and no assurances on field status. Northside has more kids than any other branch and fees are the same as higher clubs but treated as third tier within the club. Fortunately another club sees the potential in the Buckhead area.
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Post by slickdaddy96 on May 23, 2023 7:24:20 GMT -5
Coaches and admins are gone with Central taking over. Galloway field has been bought by a residential developer and they say they are sure they won’t be doing anything for at least a year but…. As of last night no coaches assigned and no assurances on field status. Northside has more kids than any other branch and fees are the same as higher clubs but treated as third tier within the club. Fortunately another club sees the potential in the Buckhead area. I don't think they are 3rd tier. They had a lot of NPL and SCCL-Club level teams at different age groups at least on the boys side in my recent memory. That would probably put them 2nd behind Cobb. Before Northside happened, I believe Coweta was probably their 2nd biggest location. |
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Post by bogan on May 23, 2023 7:48:36 GMT -5
Coaches and admins are gone with Central taking over. Galloway field has been bought by a residential developer and they say they are sure they won’t be doing anything for at least a year but…. As of last night no coaches assigned and no assurances on field status. Northside has more kids than any other branch and fees are the same as higher clubs but treated as third tier within the club. Fortunately another club sees the potential in the Buckhead area. I don't think they are 3rd tier. They had a lot of NPL and SCCL-Club level teams at different age groups at least on the boys side in my recent memory. That would probably put them 2nd behind Cobb. Before Northside happened, I believe Coweta was probably their 2nd biggest location. And Coweta got screwed the most by Simon and Co. IMHO (until now). |
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Post by datrain on May 23, 2023 8:22:09 GMT -5
My now graduated son played U17 there. Definitely not 3rd tier. 2nd tier probably more accurate. SSA’s flagship location is in Cobb out at Marathon…nobody expected Northside to be 1st tier.
Galloway is building a new large soccer stadium in a JV with NYO at Chastain Park. The school wants to raise the long term profile of its soccer program to get closer to AIS and Paideia. Obviously AIS gets lots of AU and Concorde kids and Paideia gets lots of Inter kids. Don’t be surprised if SSA ultimately gets linked to the new Galloway complex as well.
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Post by slickdaddy96 on May 23, 2023 11:12:21 GMT -5
I don't think they are 3rd tier. They had a lot of NPL and SCCL-Club level teams at different age groups at least on the boys side in my recent memory. That would probably put them 2nd behind Cobb. Before Northside happened, I believe Coweta was probably their 2nd biggest location. And Coweta got screwed the most by Simon and Co. IMHO (until now). I will agree with that. Not enough focus, not enough money spent down in Coweta, not enough effort to get enough quality coaches (pay the good coaches enough to get them there!) and Coweta has had to be a continuous rebuild especially on the girls side due to this. Multiple Directors (not all but most) down there over the years too busy or don't want to actually talk to the parents when they have questions...etc... especially when they are tough questions. After seeing the soccer landscape for years throughout all of the "big" clubs with branch locations I think this is the norm for all clubs though. Concorde, GSA, UFA, AFU, etc.... They all have these same issues from branch to branch. The big clubs ultimately just want the money and to feed the best players to the central location. That goes for all of them. Its one of the reasons youth soccer is broken. I honestly believe it was better when everything was local and small. |
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Post by ghostofgummer on May 23, 2023 15:26:19 GMT -5
SSA loses two branches? I thought they were supposed to be expanding, not contracting. What gives? The Dekalb location was destined to fail. Too many other clubs close by. Northside they just have no fields it seems. I think Northside was a decent location though as far as skill level for the most part.
At what point does Simon Davey's board consider a change? Girls program in shambles, players walking out of central every year to go join other clubs, without Northside who is going to fill his GAL and DPL teams?
I think given the number of top coaches and directors leaving year after year coupled with the fact that SD has seemingly mismanaged the clubs finances, everyone's known Galloway was always a short term solution for a long term problem, coupled with the fact that numbers have steadily declined out of the main branch year over year for multiple years now, it's time to start pointing fingers at the executive director and his top staff.
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Post by rifle on May 23, 2023 17:45:09 GMT -5
The Dekalb location was destined to fail. Too many other clubs close by. Northside they just have no fields it seems. I think Northside was a decent location though as far as skill level for the most part.
At what point does Simon Davey's board consider a change? Girls program in shambles, players walking out of central every year to go join other clubs, without Northside who is going to fill his GAL and DPL teams?
I think given the number of top coaches and directors leaving year after year coupled with the fact that SD has seemingly mismanaged the clubs finances, everyone's known Galloway was always a short term solution for a long term problem, coupled with the fact that numbers have steadily declined out of the main branch year over year for multiple years now, it's time to start pointing fingers at the executive director and his top staff.
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Post by ghostofgummer on May 24, 2023 10:15:46 GMT -5
But seriously, has the club not said anything about Galloway for 2023? How are we at tryouts and coaching staff and training locations are not confirmed? How are parents supposed to make decisions on what's most convenient as well as best for their kids?
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Post by newguy on May 24, 2023 10:31:02 GMT -5
But seriously, has the club not said anything about Galloway for 2023? How are we at tryouts and coaching staff and training locations are not confirmed? How are parents supposed to make decisions on what's most convenient as well as best for their kids? Allegedly they have secured Galloway for the next year but won’t give any guarantees because they don’t have contracts signed. As you probably saw last night fallback fields are needed in case of rain. Also not sure how schedules will be affected by the developer needing to do soil samples and engineering studies. Someone over there should really reach out to Westminster about their fields… |
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Post by Keeper on May 24, 2023 11:54:53 GMT -5
But seriously, has the club not said anything about Galloway for 2023? How are we at tryouts and coaching staff and training locations are not confirmed? How are parents supposed to make decisions on what's most convenient as well as best for their kids? Allegedly they have secured Galloway for the next year but won’t give any guarantees because they don’t have contracts signed. As you probably saw last night fallback fields are needed in case of rain. Also not sure how schedules will be affected by the developer needing to do soil samples and engineering studies. Someone over there should really reach out to Westminster about their fields… NASATophat have the Westminister fields. Is Northside hosting tryouts? Who’s still left coaching wise?? Outside of maybe some Academy teams that could train at random fields and play with SSA Blue / Mudcreek how can they even field anything? |
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Post by ghostofgummer on May 24, 2023 12:23:12 GMT -5
Allegedly they have secured Galloway for the next year but won’t give any guarantees because they don’t have contracts signed. As you probably saw last night fallback fields are needed in case of rain. Also not sure how schedules will be affected by the developer needing to do soil samples and engineering studies. Someone over there should really reach out to Westminster about their fields… NASATophat have the Westminister fields. Is Northside hosting tryouts? Who’s still left coaching wise?? Outside of maybe some Academy teams that could train at random fields and play with SSA Blue / Mudcreek how can they even field anything? In typical Simon Davey / SSA fashion I would bet good money on there being no agreements signed or contingency plans. Players and families will be gaslit into signing and then will find themselves driving an hour plus to train and play at one of the satellite branches or main branch. |
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Post by newguy on May 24, 2023 13:25:49 GMT -5
Allegedly they have secured Galloway for the next year but won’t give any guarantees because they don’t have contracts signed. As you probably saw last night fallback fields are needed in case of rain. Also not sure how schedules will be affected by the developer needing to do soil samples and engineering studies. Someone over there should really reach out to Westminster about their fields… NASATophat have the Westminister fields. Is Northside hosting tryouts? Who’s still left coaching wise?? Outside of maybe some Academy teams that could train at random fields and play with SSA Blue / Mudcreek how can they even field anything? Yeah, the Westminster dig was because that’s where a lot of the Northside kids are moving to. They are having tryouts but with coaches from Central I believe. Not sure what attendance looks like but not many we know have been going. |
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Post by soccerlawyer96 on May 24, 2023 20:10:40 GMT -5
NASATophat have the Westminister fields. Is Northside hosting tryouts? Who’s still left coaching wise?? Outside of maybe some Academy teams that could train at random fields and play with SSA Blue / Mudcreek how can they even field anything? In typical Simon Davey / SSA fashion I would bet good money on there being no agreements signed or contingency plans. Players and families will be gaslit into signing and then will find themselves driving an hour plus to train and play at one of the satellite branches or main branch. You would be exactly correct |
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Post by soccerfan30 on May 24, 2023 20:17:14 GMT -5
Most of the SSA Northside girls were at NTH tryouts this week. I feel really bad about how their coaches and parents are being treated.
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Post by rifle on May 24, 2023 21:18:26 GMT -5
Most of the SSA Northside girls were at NTH tryouts this week. I feel really bad about how their coaches and parents are being treated. …how many of their old coaches were present? |
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Post by soccerfan30 on May 24, 2023 21:20:33 GMT -5
Most of the SSA Northside girls were at NTH tryouts this week. I feel really bad about how their coaches and parents are being treated. …how many of their old coaches were present? They were a large number there from the Boys and Girls sides |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2023 8:39:48 GMT -5
…how many of their old coaches were present? They were a large number there from the Boys and Girls sides Speaking as a parent, if any of them live close enough, the new NTH LakePoint location would love some more 2014/15 academy girls. Our girls need more friends to play and practice with. |
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Post by manutott on May 25, 2023 11:49:20 GMT -5
Coaches and admins are gone with Central taking over. Galloway field has been bought by a residential developer and they say they are sure they won’t be doing anything for at least a year but…. As of last night no coaches assigned and no assurances on field status. Northside has more kids than any other branch and fees are the same as higher clubs but treated as third tier within the club. Fortunately another club sees the potential in the Buckhead area. Any idea if Cam Grassmyer is sticking around the SSA coaching staff? |
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Post by newguy on May 25, 2023 11:56:12 GMT -5
Coaches and admins are gone with Central taking over. Galloway field has been bought by a residential developer and they say they are sure they won’t be doing anything for at least a year but…. As of last night no coaches assigned and no assurances on field status. Northside has more kids than any other branch and fees are the same as higher clubs but treated as third tier within the club. Fortunately another club sees the potential in the Buckhead area. Any idea if Cam Grassmyer is sticking around the SSA coaching staff? He is not. The folks off Arizona Ave are the beneficiaries of a really good guy. |
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