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gold digger wrote:A man this great! A coach that cares this much! From this point forward shall only be known as -
     
                    "Johnny Soccer"

bigtex wrote:I am not posting to defend Stark prior moves or defend his decision to come to Rush.  But I know he is absolutely doing the right thing for his family and his teams with the current move to Texans.  I am not here to bash on Rush, but it was a clear decision in most (if not all) the parents eyes (and I am talking all of his team not just the 02 Dynamo team).  I don’t know for a fact nor do I care if Johnny is taking the 02 team ECNL.  I also cannot speak to any Dynamo 02 parents running the show, but I find that highly doubtful knowing Johnny.  Is Johnny maybe too loyal to some of the players he has developed for all these years- possibly.  But are we seriously going to bash a guy for being loyal to his families and players.  I think there is probably roster changes to make I am sure, but I love that the coach is slow to cut players and rather looks at how he can better develop players.  Obviously at some point you have to make changes and with the culture at the Texans with the importance placed winning I am sure that will change.  But I admire Johnny for his loyalty to his families and players.  







Why do you think his players/families are so loyal to him?  Is Johnny perfect- No.  Forget the color of the uniform and the changing of those colors- coaches like Johnny are what is right with NTX soccer not what is wrong with it.  



At the end of the day that is all noise.  Johnny teaches and has the girls playing the game the right way.  And for me just as importantly the girls LOVE him and so do the vast majority of the parents.  I have yet to see a girl come to one of Johnny’s practices and not enjoy being there.  He is not the coach for everyone, but he is a gifted coach none the less.  There may be a time when my dd will have to make soccer career decisions that lead her away from Johnny and same for him and that is part of the process….but I can tell you whenever that day comes there will be a lot of tears shed.  

soccerskills wrote:
All I know is that after reading this thread i can only conclude that he must be one hell of a good coach . Apparently he has no "big name 11 year old players" but his team seems to be doing just fine in LH D1