Thursday, August 09, 2012

Turkey Tournament 2012 - won't happen.

Even though I put in the work, everybody seems to be too busy to pull it off this year.
However, I have assurances that we WILL do this next year!

U10 Team formation success!


We just had a successful team formation.  There was an element of controversy last year; due to the MIA status of our RC.  The division comissioners did a yeoman's job so setting up the teams, but did so without input and there was, at the very least there was an appearance of impropriety (if not actual ethical lapses).

Also, the past RC allowed the comissioners to be in charge of the divisions in which their kids played, again allowing for an appearance of conflict.  It didn't help that the teams did well (it might have been good coaching) -- there was a lot of complaints and accusations flying about.  So much so, that we had arguments from parents at boad meetings and had to hold two meetings of the  'Fair and balanced team fomation committee'.  The bottom line is that we repeatedly had to hold up our Regional Guidelines to show that we have a way of balancing teams - the procedures just weren't followed.

So, we had team formations.  Some coaches showed up, and we even had some player evaluations!
I printed out all the players on 3x5 index cards.

I had the coaches rank all the players, based upon personal knowledge, evaluations, and years in the league.  We then 'snaked' them, starting with the best 9 yr old players down to the weakest players. Then we reversed it for the 8 yr olds.  The coaches all agreed that the teams looked balanced, then we move it so each team had a coach or a potential coach.  We then had a double draw and adjusted the teams.  Had everyone look, and made some adjustments that were approved by everybody to fine tune it.

So now we had full transparency; anyone at the meeting can't complain because they all said it looked good - and anyone who wasn't there doesn't get to complain!  If they cared, they should have attended; it was open to everyone...