All-Star Nca - Day 2 Updates

[jordallli5]

For anyone confused about stars placement I have to tell you that from what i saw in person the stunts did not just include one bobble and one fall. There were stunts traveling and minor bobbles everywhere. It just didn't look clean at all. I'm a huge stars fan, but was just very unimpressed with them yesterday

 

[ntlgnt1]

F5 link, please & thanks!

 

[NoDramaCheerMama]

Orange after their win!!

I am legit obsessed with this team. Charlotte to Atlanta is a 4 hour drive. Is that too far to drive CP? Husband already thinks we're cheer crazy!!

 

[just_kay_today]

I haven't had a chance to text or tweet at all this weekend. The arena kept eating my battery, trying to get a signal. (-_-). But, overall, NCA was great!

brebrid, your daughter was amazing on Cells! And their uniforms? Stunning! They are flattering on everyone!

Angelica, I'm sorry I didn't text you. My phone! We were up for YE, so we stayed and I was so excited to see your team perform!

I met some kids from ECE J5!! The kids and parents were so humble and nice! I joked that they need to stay out of LAG b/c they are so good. They told me that only one kid on the team prevents them from being LAG, but could not belive that anyone thinks they are good enough to be in that division!

I'm proud of our CEA teams! They all performed near clean routines. It was a great weekend for the coaching staff! SE owned that routine! I'm sorry that we lost, and but I'm really happy for Panthers that they hit. So sorry that Cheetahs did not. They are such nice kids.

Finally... Coed Elite. Words cannot describe how happy and proud I am of those kids. The love they share for each other and for Ashley is palpitable whenever the team is together. It's such a boost for them. I love them so much!

Overall a great weekend! Now back to work, kiddies!

 

[kristenthegreat]

To end this thread, I'd like everyone to see how calm the Teal Army was this weekend. We kept our ish together. You're welcome

 

[BlueCat]

This was posted to Twitter repeatedly today by a disgruntled fan:
Twitter / IndustryNewsIN: Interesting... #NCANationals ...

Caused a whole uproar on Twitter between fangirls and Cheetah fans...

You cannot imagine my frustration/dismay to get back to messageboard/emails/etc. full of discussion about that. I happen to coach that team, so I was right in the middle of all of that. Suffice it to say that our version of events and what was said is VERY different from the one that has been portrayed. In fairness, I'm probably not able to look at it objectively. The logic side of me says to simply ignore all of it, but I simply can't let my kids get slammed like that without responding.

My version:

The scene after Cheetahs went day 1 was ridiculous. The coaches were trying to to corral the team to do the normal post-routine talk, but it was nearly impossible. Like in Houston, there were people walking INTO the huddle while we were obviously trying to talk to them. We moved down the hall to a more secluded area - trying to get a least a tiny bit of privacy for what ANY cheer person would know was going to be an unpleasant discussion. We managed (with some help from some of the more sane parents there with their kids) to keep the crowd back about 10-15 feet or so while we talked to them for a few minutes.

NCA has a curtained-off area to watch the replay of your performance. When the NCA staff called us over after our short 1st talk, the crowd (with MANY parents) was blocking the way to the replay room. We were worried we were going to miss our replay. I admit to being pretty frustrated with the whole scene at this point and was probably more rude than I needed to be to get the team there.

We still hadn't had time to really get into everything we wanted to cover so, we found a room we could basically lock to finish our discussion. This went on for about 10 minutes or so. The team decided to stay together as a team and find a place in the stands to watch the rest of the CA teams perform. We told them it was OK to politely decline autograph/photo requests on their way there if they chose to stay together. The team then walked out of the room while the coaches stayed back to talk about our plan for the next day.

My assumption is that this is when this girl allegedly was refused her autograph. I wasn't there to hear every word of what our athletes said, but I can't imagine any of them saying "no" the way she portrayed it. I guess it is possible, but I would be really surprised.

I don't want to blow this out of proportion, or milk it for any sympathy. If we do our job and the routine goes as planned, the whole scene has a completely different "vibe." Also, unlike Majors/ACA, it never felt dangerous. I'm sure we didn't handle every detail of either day's "post game talk" perfectly and I can understand why some would be frustrated with how the team acted. Any situation where a young girl gets turned away for an autograph can certainly be viewed with anger by that girl's parent. I get that.

For what it is worth, after an unfortunately similar situation in finals, I sat and watched absolutely devastated kids do their best to put on a happy face and sign bows for what seemed like at least an hour after we had finished talking to them. From what I could see, they waited until every single person who wanted a pic/signature got one. If that girl wants to send us her bow, I will make sure the whole team signs it.

 

[jennarap]

hearing that if you bought the feed you will be able to re-watch all the teams starting tuesday.. is this true?

 

[CoachTamara]

You cannot imagine my frustration/dismay to get back to messageboard/emails/etc. full of discussion about that. I happen to coach that team, so I was right in the middle of all of that. Suffice it to say that our version of events and what was said is VERY different from the one that has been portrayed. In fairness, I'm probably not able to look at it objectively. The logic side of me says to simply ignore all of it, but I simply can't let my kids get slammed like that without responding.

My version:

The scene after Cheetahs went day 1 was ridiculous. The coaches were trying to to corral the team to do the normal post-routine talk, but it was nearly impossible. Like in Houston, there were people walking INTO the huddle while we were obviously trying to talk to them. We moved down the hall to a more secluded area - trying to get a least a tiny bit of privacy for what ANY cheer person would know was going to be an unpleasant discussion. We managed (with some help from some of the more sane parents there with their kids) to keep the crowd back about 10-15 feet or so while we talked to them for a few minutes.

NCA has a curtained-off area to watch the replay of your performance. When the NCA staff called us over after our short 1st talk, the crowd (with MANY parents) was blocking the way to the replay room. We were worried we were going to miss our replay. I admit to being pretty frustrated with the whole scene at this point and was probably more rude than I needed to be to get the team there.

We still hadn't had time to really get into everything we wanted to cover so, we found a room we could basically lock to finish our discussion. This went on for about 10 minutes or so. The team decided to stay together as a team and find a place in the stands to watch the rest of the CA teams perform. We told them it was OK to politely decline autograph/photo requests on their way there if they chose to stay together. The team then walked out of the room while the coaches stayed back to talk about our plan for the next day.

My assumption is that this is when this girl allegedly was refused her autograph. I wasn't there to hear every word of what our athletes said, but I can't imagine any of them saying "no" the way she portrayed it. I guess it is possible, but I would be really surprised.

I don't want to blow this out of proportion, or milk it for any sympathy. If we do our job and the routine goes as planned, the whole scene has a completely different "vibe." Also, unlike Majors/ACA, it never felt dangerous. I'm sure we didn't handle every detail of either day's "post game talk" perfectly and I can understand why some would be frustrated with how the team acted. Any situation where a young girl gets turned away for an autograph can certainly be viewed with anger by that girl's parent. I get that.

For what it is worth, after an unfortunately similar situation in finals, I sat and watched absolutely devastated kids do their best to put on a happy face and sign bows for what seemed like at least an hour after we had finished talking to them. From what I could see, they waited until every single person who wanted a pic/signature got one. If that girl wants to send us her bow, I will make sure the whole team signs it.

You are a much, MUCH nicer person than I am...

Kudos to you and your teams this weekend, no matter where they placed.

 

[Nothanks]

did anyone decline their awarded at large?

 

[Tealxblack25]

To end this thread, I'd like everyone to see how calm the Teal Army was this weekend. We kept our ish together. You're welcome

I agree - all was quiet in the real army as far as I saw.. Other lower placed teams though. Not so much. If you should have placed higher . You would have

 

[The Sixth]

Oh...if only I could go back and quote all the people who insisted they 'knew' how Panthers season was gonna be..how they just had no chance. And WHAT have we learned: Panthers peak at NCA. This is fact.

Having watched them the past few years, I almost want to call them the team you can count on that everybody counts out!

 

[Jennie]

Question - CheerTyme Obsession placed 29/30 in Small Senior 5 and then received at At Large Bid and many teams in their division who placed higher don't have bids? Someone wanna help me out with how the bid system works here?

 

[Ashley]

Question - CheerTyme Obsession placed 29/30 in Small Senior 5 and then received at At Large Bid and many teams in their division who placed higher don't have bids? Someone wanna help me out with how the bid system works here?

They only gave out 19 at-large bids. I think they had more bids than teams. Who didn't get one/didn't have one?

 

[CheerMomNTx]

Question - CheerTyme Obsession placed 29/30 in Small Senior 5 and then received at At Large Bid and many teams in their division who placed higher don't have bids? Someone wanna help me out with how the bid system works here?

I thought that gyms had to declare beforehand whether or not they would accept an at large bid? This may have been the case. Some gyms don't take teams to worlds on an at-large.

 

[12stepCheermom]

You cannot imagine my frustration/dismay to get back to messageboard/emails/etc. full of discussion about that. I happen to coach that team, so I was right in the middle of all of that. Suffice it to say that our version of events and what was said is VERY different from the one that has been portrayed. In fairness, I'm probably not able to look at it objectively. The logic side of me says to simply ignore all of it, but I simply can't let my kids get slammed like that without responding.

My version:

The scene after Cheetahs went day 1 was ridiculous. The coaches were trying to to corral the team to do the normal post-routine talk, but it was nearly impossible. Like in Houston, there were people walking INTO the huddle while we were obviously trying to talk to them. We moved down the hall to a more secluded area - trying to get a least a tiny bit of privacy for what ANY cheer person would know was going to be an unpleasant discussion. We managed (with some help from some of the more sane parents there with their kids) to keep the crowd back about 10-15 feet or so while we talked to them for a few minutes.

NCA has a curtained-off area to watch the replay of your performance. When the NCA staff called us over after our short 1st talk, the crowd (with MANY parents) was blocking the way to the replay room. We were worried we were going to miss our replay. I admit to being pretty frustrated with the whole scene at this point and was probably more rude than I needed to be to get the team there.

We still hadn't had time to really get into everything we wanted to cover so, we found a room we could basically lock to finish our discussion. This went on for about 10 minutes or so. The team decided to stay together as a team and find a place in the stands to watch the rest of the CA teams perform. We told them it was OK to politely decline autograph/photo requests on their way there if they chose to stay together. The team then walked out of the room while the coaches stayed back to talk about our plan for the next day.

My assumption is that this is when this girl allegedly was refused her autograph. I wasn't there to hear every word of what our athletes said, but I can't imagine any of them saying "no" the way she portrayed it. I guess it is possible, but I would be really surprised.

I don't want to blow this out of proportion, or milk it for any sympathy. If we do our job and the routine goes as planned, the whole scene has a completely different "vibe." Also, unlike Majors/ACA, it never felt dangerous. I'm sure we didn't handle every detail of either day's "post game talk" perfectly and I can understand why some would be frustrated with how the team acted. Any situation where a young girl gets turned away for an autograph can certainly be viewed with anger by that girl's parent. I get that.

For what it is worth, after an unfortunately similar situation in finals, I sat and watched absolutely devastated kids do their best to put on a happy face and sign bows for what seemed like at least an hour after we had finished talking to them. From what I could see, they waited until every single person who wanted a pic/signature got one. If that girl wants to send us her bow, I will make sure the whole team signs it.

All right, ill say it.

That girl doesn't deserve a signed bow. What she got was a lesson in "appropriate-ness" and if she didn't get it from her parents, she got it from you.. And it needed to happen.

Just like the SE issue from last weekend, there is an appropriate time and place to approach a team for your own personal gain/agenda.

That wasn't it.

The entitled attitude of the fans that clearly don't give respectful consideration to the people they "fan girl" over has got to be put in check.

She was the one in the wrong. Wrong time. Wrong place. And focused on the wrong person. That doesn't need to be apologized for or rewarded.

All I need to end this succinctly is a GCC gif wearing a signed bow saying "no."