The pitch looks different when it's empty.
Three groups this season. 2017s, 2016s (Reserve), and 2011 reserve team. Different sizes, different attention spans, same drill in June. Pack the cones. Count the balls. Say goodbye.
A season closes and a group of ten year olds walks off a field and you don't know which ones you'll see again and when.
Twenty years in an office, I never had to end anything on a schedule like this. A project closes, you hand off a document, people stay reachable.
I coached them on structure. Show up, do the drill, trust the process. Turns out I needed the same lesson back.
That's the trade. Twenty years of certainty for a job where the season just ends, and you stand on the grass and let it.