Solar Red Coach leaving?

Scuttlebut this weekend is SR coach is going to Andromeda...anyone confirm it?

That is true. Maric is at Andromeda.

Is this development recent, like within the last day or three? As far as I know he was at SR practices last week!

Rumors were floating last week when the 95 red team merged with Chivas at Solar. Confirmed this weekend.

Are there enough of LM's boys to go with him for Andro to take the bye or will Smudger find another coach for that team?

This is true, Maric has gone to Andro and it appears that The Chivas coach will most likely get the 95 spot and take over the team

Thanks mk1662. We are on the 96 Boys thread. What about that team?

soccerdad96b wrote:Are there enough of LM's boys to go with him for Andro to take the bye or will Smudger find another coach for that team?

this team was going to split if Leo remained anyway. There will be no 95 boys going to Andro and why do you presume Leo will even take a 95 team at Andro?

Also Kevin doesn't make the coaching decisions for SR..Solca does.

any idea who will be coaching the 97 Solar Red team that Leo had just taken over?

soccerdad96b wrote:Thanks mk1662. We are on the 96 Boys thread. What about that team?

The bye will stay with Solar Red and AS will find a new coach. No way LM gets 12 to go to Andro.

The 96 coach has already been named. It's Max Martinez who will also coach the 95 team. Heard this from AS myself. None of the boys are going to Andro with LM as he is not coaching a 96 team there, he'll oversee the u16 & u18 academy teams. MM is looking to add a few more players to the ones already committed to Solar, I'm sure there will be plenty of interest and they'll end up with a quality D1 squad.

So, is LM coaching USSF Academy at Andro or at Solar?

soccerdad96b wrote:So, is LM coaching USSF Academy at Andro or at Solar?

It looks that way...my kid is trying out for the Andro Academy...don't know anything about LM. (some other post said there were "grumbling parents" from his Solar team) I thought it was going to be Oscar. Any insight?

They way I understand it is that LM will oversee the USSF Academy teams at Andro. Not sure if he will actually be coaching them himself or not, but he is definitely gone from Solar.

soccerbag wrote:

soccerdad96b wrote:So, is LM coaching USSF Academy at Andro or at Solar?

It looks that way...my kid is trying out for the Andro Academy...don't know anything about LM. (some other post said there were "grumbling parents" from his Solar team) I thought it was going to be Oscar. Any insight?

There should be "grumbling parents" IMO. It's pretty far out for a coach to up and leave right in the middle of open tryout month. Especially when he was a coach of a team who thought everything was all in place for next year, leaving those kids now wondering that their future will be.

OnTheSurface wrote:

soccerbag wrote:

soccerdad96b wrote:So, is LM coaching USSF Academy at Andro or at Solar?

It looks that way...my kid is trying out for the Andro Academy...don't know anything about LM. (some other post said there were "grumbling parents" from his Solar team) I thought it was going to be Oscar. Any insight?

There should be "grumbling parents" IMO. It's pretty far out for a coach to up and leave right in the middle of open tryout month. Especially when he was a coach of a team who thought everything was all in place for next year, leaving those kids now wondering that their future will be.

Looks like all the s--- hits the fan in the month of June. I sure hope things smooth out a bit in July or we are all in for a long soccer year.

OnTheSurface wrote:

soccerbag wrote:

soccerdad96b wrote:So, is LM coaching USSF Academy at Andro or at Solar?

It looks that way...my kid is trying out for the Andro Academy...don't know anything about LM. (some other post said there were "grumbling parents" from his Solar team) I thought it was going to be Oscar. Any insight?

There should be "grumbling parents" IMO. It's pretty far out for a coach to up and leave right in the middle of open tryout month. Especially when he was a coach of a team who thought everything was all in place for next year, leaving those kids now wondering that their future will be.

No it is not. Not any different than the players leaving and jumping to other clubs.

I am sure there were hurt feelings all around. However, I am now wondering why there were "grumbles" prior to his leaving? I thought my son was trying out for a team coached by Oscar and now I'm not sure...I guess that is for my kid to decide if he likes Leo. Practice was cancelled tonight so I'll wonder about it another day

OnTheSurface wrote:There should be "grumbling parents" IMO. It's pretty far out for a coach to up and leave right in the middle of open tryout month. Especially when he was a coach of a team who thought everything was all in place for next year, leaving those kids now wondering that their future will be.

Remember that for these coaches, it is their livelihood...the way that they put food on the table for their families. No matter how inconvenient it is for the teams, they are entitled to make career decisions that help them earn a living with the security of knowing their paycheck will not bounce each month. Also, June is the end of the soccer year, so if a coach is going to make a change, it makes the most sense that the change would happen at the end of that year and not in the middle of a season.
I think it is a little dramatic to say that these kids were left, "now wondering that their future will be." This coach was named for your team at the end of the season. He hadn't even been around enough to develop a strong bond with this team. The club will now give them another coach. They will play on. Their futures are fully in tact and not dependent on a coach going to another club.

I don't completely subscribe to the notion that coaches are simply assets that can be plugged in and out of teams whenever a mood strikes. The boys form a bond with the coach, or at least we would hope. For the coach to suddenly depart is damaging to the team. Especially when it was a well established team where the coach had been in place for awhile. And especially in this month where we already have enough drama and unease to go around .. without the coach leaving too.

There are teams where he was new to them, and teams where he was not. And yes, it is their livelihood .... but I guess in my mind, the timing is a little unfortunate.

Finally - I have no dog in this hunt, just offering observations.

dreambig wrote:

OnTheSurface wrote:There should be "grumbling parents" IMO. It's pretty far out for a coach to up and leave right in the middle of open tryout month. Especially when he was a coach of a team who thought everything was all in place for next year, leaving those kids now wondering that their future will be.

Remember that for these coaches, it is their livelihood...the way that they put food on the table for their families. No matter how inconvenient it is for the teams, they are entitled to make career decisions that help them earn a living with the security of knowing their paycheck will not bounce each month. Also, June is the end of the soccer year, so if a coach is going to make a change, it makes the most sense that the change would happen at the end of that year and not in the middle of a season.
I think it is a little dramatic to say that these kids were left, "now wondering that their future will be." This coach was named for your team at the end of the season. He hadn't even been around enough to develop a strong bond with this team. The club will now give them another coach. They will play on. Their futures are fully in tact and not dependent on a coach going to another club.

I also have no dog in this hunt...just an observation that nothing good comes in the long term from mixing money and children's sports. It is where we are and i get it...but "this is their livelihood" is weird to me.

OnTheSurface wrote:I don't completely subscribe to the notion that coaches are simply assets that can be plugged in and out of teams whenever a mood strikes. The boys form a bond with the coach, or at least we would hope. For the coach to suddenly depart is damaging to the team. Especially when it was a well established team where the coach had been in place for awhile. And especially in this month where we already have enough drama and unease to go around .. without the coach leaving too.

There are teams where he was new to them, and teams where he was not. And yes, it is their livelihood .... but I guess in my mind, the timing is a little unfortunate.

Finally - I have no dog in this hunt, just offering observations.

Nobody but you said that "coaches are simply assets that can be plugged in and out of teams whenever a mood strikes." Also, to say that a career move was prompted by a "mood strike" is simply ignorant. Unless you are his wife, I suspect you have no idea regarding the situation.
I disagree with your hyperbole that these kids futures are in doubt because the coach they have had for one month is leaving at the end of his contract. The timing would have been more unfortunate if he left after player contracts were signed.
This is kids' soccer. Change happens. These boys are old enough to start learning how to deal with changes in their life without feeling like their future is jeopardized. Nobody got hurt, divorced, died, etc. It's a perfect opportunity for them to learn that they don't have to be victims of change, but have the power within themselves to make the most of it.

Rightback wrote:I also have no dog in this hunt...just an observation that nothing good comes in the long term from mixing money and children's sports. It is where we are and i get it...but "this is their livelihood" is weird to me.

I agree with you. But, as you say, "this is where we are". Just makes me grateful that my livelihood does not depend on kids playing a game and their parents that pay for it.

Dreambig you keep referring to this as if there was only one team involved. Yes one team had only had this coach a short amount of time, but there were other teams involved that had this coach for many years. To say "I think it is a little dramatic to say that these kids were left, "now wondering that their future will be." This coach was named for your team at the end of the season. He hadn't even been around enough to develop a strong bond with this team." is a bit unfair. Several of the boys on the older teams had been with him quite some time and had developed a bond. With that being said, I do agree that the boys have to learn to deal with changes and they will infact go on to continue playing soccer and form new bonds with new teammates and coaches. But we need to understand that they have a right to be upset for a moment and then move on from this. I also agree that coaches are well within their rights to make these types of decisions. As much as we may not like it or want to admit it, select soccer is a business. We as parents have to recognize that and help our kids deal with changes such as these.

Dreambig - Just2Smile is right. Leo had coached the 96 team since their Pal days. I'd say this was quite unexpected for them. I also know that Leo had already brought in a few boys to add to the squad just days before he left. That kinda threw a wrench in the works for them since they had already decided to make the switch from their old teams. It's not the end of the world of course, but doesn't make for a very smooth transition when the coach you switch teams for is suddenly gone.