>>[thomaspietras] [...] We were having "discussions" and trying to "fix things" for the girls programs, not BECAUSE they related to girls (ie. not because of gender) but because they were underperforming programs.<<[/i]
Thank you for the very straightforward answer. I understand your perspective and am heartened that someone, sometime, somewhere, found something related to midlands girls programs to be underperforming.
I believe that your underlying belief system may lay at the root of why Columbia area girls soccer has underperformed; but that's just my opinion and I absolutely respect your right to take your position.
Here's my position. Talk is cheap. One of the best known and more successful girls coaches in the midlands is Heather Frederick. I think that the position she takes in all of this is more indicative of the seriousness of the merged club with respect to girls soccer than anything else I know.