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Yeah and they're about to have a bring it on style showdown too.So let me get this clear:
CEA copied ICE pretty much????
Kaley was going to leave with some of the coaches who went to GTIL last year, but after lots of promises from Darlene did not. While all of the other Ice coaches signed a noncompete, Kaley did not. She regretted staying at Ice within a couple months and started talking to CSP about some kind of partnership with CEA. The plan was for Kaley to finish the year at Ice and then open CEA Chicago. Darlene got wind of this plan and was worried about more athletes leaving and repeating what happened when GTIL opened, so she fired Kaley thinking that most athletes would stay and at least finish the year, giving her time to convince them to stay.
It backfired. Darlene isn't around Ice much and is a little out of touch at the gym. She didn't realize how many people were generally unsatisfied.
It seems weird to me that people would fault Kaley for looking for a new job. Isn't this the way people generally do it? You interview while you still have your old job. It doesn't make you disloyal. Why are cheer coaches held to some different standard?
As far as loyalty to a gym, that should be a two way street. Darlene thinks nothing of replacing a "loyal" athlete who isn't performing at the level she thinks the athlete should be, with a new better person who walks in the door midseason,. If it is OK for a gym to replace an athlete when a better one walks in the door, why isn't it OK for athletes to join a new gym when a better one comes along?
You reap what you sow.
I'm a parent of an athlete at Ice. She was not on either of Kaley's teams. We have been there for a couple of years. Although this will be our last year, we will be staying to finish the season. The only people who really left are those people on Kaley's teams. They only stayed at Ice after GTIL opened to be with Kaley. If they had known this was going to happen, they would probably have followed Justin to GTIL. I think the people on this board are being unfairly judgmental about the girls who chose to follow their coach after she was fired, and just wanted to put in my 2 cents.I'm sorry, you are? Not trying to be sarcastic, just curious where you personally fall in this situation---parent of an athlete involved, perhaps? Your information is kinda unique to the situation, so I'm unsure at what truth versus gossip level to take it.
I'm a parent of an athlete at Ice. She was not on either of Kaley's teams. We have been there for a couple of years. Although this will be our last year, we will be staying to finish the season. The only people who really left are those people on Kaley's teams. They only stayed at Ice after GTIL opened to be with Kaley. If they had known this was going to happen, they would probably have followed Justin to GTIL. I think the people on this board are being unfairly judgmental about the girls who chose to follow their coach after she was fired, and just wanted to put in my 2 cents.
Not so long ago, I left my child in a situation to teach her to see out a commitment. While I couldn't see it, she was subjected to substandard coaching and left to feel she was not capable of making a valued contribution to a team. Because I never saw the coaching and general situation up close, (every practice closed) I didn't have any idea until it was too late that seeing out that commitment shattered her confidence and almost claimed her love for a sport she has devoted so much of her little 10 year old life to.
If I'd known then what I know now, I wouldn't have stayed. And you darn well better believe that if I found myself in that toxic situation again I would be out of there before Droplet could get her cheer shoes off and through the door of one that could change her life.
My loyalty is to MY child and MY family and no one or no thing else. Never will I ever make that mistake again.
I couldn't agree with you more! Teaching your daughter to be loyal for the sake of loyalty, and to be committed to something or someone who isn't as committed to her, doesn't teach value. It teaches her that she isn't valued. It teaches her to accept less than she gives in relationships. If your daughter tells you that she isnt valued and isn't appreciated, believe her. Leaving a program that isn't helping your child grow, isn't disloyal. It is responsible parenting. It also (hopefully) empowers her to believe that when a relationship is one sided and unhealthy, that leaving is good and doesn't mean you have an issue with loyalty.Not so long ago, I left my child in a situation to teach her to see out a commitment. While I couldn't see it, she was subjected to substandard coaching and left to feel she was not capable of making a valued contribution to a team. Because I never saw the coaching and general situation up close, (every practice closed) I didn't have any idea until it was too late that seeing out that commitment shattered her confidence and almost claimed her love for a sport she has devoted so much of her little 10 year old life to.
If I'd known then what I know now, I wouldn't have stayed. And you darn well better believe that if I found myself in that toxic situation again I would be out of there before Droplet could get her cheer shoes off and through the door of one that could change her life.
My loyalty is to MY child and MY family and no one or no thing else. Never will I ever make that mistake again.
NewSo we are all supposed to feel sorry for the coach because she was scheming and planning behind Darlene's back and got caught. But it's Darlene's fault because she isn't around enough to pander to unhappy cheer moms and makes athletes maintain their level skills or they will be moved to a different level. Got it.
I'm a parent of an athlete at Ice. She was not on either of Kaley's teams. We have been there for a couple of years. Although this will be our last year, we will be staying to finish the season. The only people who really left are those people on Kaley's teams. They only stayed at Ice after GTIL opened to be with Kaley. If they had known this was going to happen, they would probably have followed Justin to GTIL. I think the people on this board are being unfairly judgmental about the girls who chose to follow their coach after she was fired, and just wanted to put in my 2 cents.
Kaley was going to leave with some of the coaches who went to GTIL last year, but after lots of promises from Darlene did not. While all of the other Ice coaches signed a noncompete, Kaley did not. She regretted staying at Ice within a couple months and started talking to CSP about some kind of partnership with CEA. The plan was for Kaley to finish the year at Ice and then open CEA Chicago. Darlene got wind of this plan and was worried about more athletes leaving and repeating what happened when GTIL opened, so she fired Kaley thinking that most athletes would stay and at least finish the year, giving her time to convince them to stay.
It backfired. Darlene isn't around Ice much and is a little out of touch at the gym. She didn't realize how many people were generally unsatisfied.
It seems weird to me that people would fault Kaley for looking for a new job. Isn't this the way people generally do it? You interview while you still have your old job. It doesn't make you disloyal. Why are cheer coaches held to some different standard?
As far as loyalty to a gym, that should be a two way street. Darlene thinks nothing of replacing a "loyal" athlete who isn't performing at the level she thinks the athlete should be, with a new better person who walks in the door midseason,. If it is OK for a gym to replace an athlete when a better one walks in the door, why isn't it OK for athletes to join a new gym when a better one comes along?
You reap what you sow.