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    #31
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Not to mention many of the kids will have other activities competing for time - studies, clubs, band, pt job, etc. Pays for the coach to be prepared in case a lot of kids suddenly cannot make the game.
    Not at our HS. If you're on V you don't miss for anything other than maybe your own hospitalization. JV is another story. I'm not the poster but agree 32 for two squads is very reasonable and in fact smaller than what most decent sized high schools carry. Most V teams are in the low to mid 20s, JV high teens low 20s.

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      #32
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Not to mention many of the kids will have other activities competing for time - studies, clubs, band, pt job, etc. Pays for the coach to be prepared in case a lot of kids suddenly cannot make the game.
      on what planets HS team does the coach allow outside stuff other than academics? you live in crazy world
      your starting mid fielder is going to miss games for band???? too funny

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        #33
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        on what planets HS team does the coach allow outside stuff other than academics? you live in crazy world
        your starting mid fielder is going to miss games for band???? too funny
        This (playing time) is going to be an issue. But the coach explained, to at least some of the girls, where the bottom 10 would get their minutes (ie games that were never going to be competitive.

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          #34
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Not crazy or unheard of. All the solid soccer programs carry large rosters. That is why they are good every season. Younger kids learn what it means to be a varsity player vs. playing on a terrible jv team.
          STJ always carry low numbers on varsity! JN likes low numbers like 18

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            #35
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            STJ always carry low numbers on varsity! JN likes low numbers like 18
            18 is a good number. Means the HS coach runs the team like a club team. 18-20 should be the max on any HS aged club team. All 18 play. It's a deep bench.

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              #36
              Staples plays starters or top 15-16 for tough games. Those players then do not play more than a few minutes or at all against the Trinity Catholics, Bridgeport Central, Stamford or Trumbull.

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                #37
                My daughter's team had 22 during the regular season which was way too many. It allowed the coach to run 11 v 11 scrimmages at practice but a bunch of girls barely played in real games. To compound it, the coach called up JV players for the playoffs and some of them got more time than varsity players. If the JV players were better than the varsity players, wouldn't that have been apparent after the four day tryouts?

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                  #38
                  Staples has one senior star and the rest are good players who can hold down the fort against Greenwich, Ludlowe, New Canaan and Westhill once the starters set the pace with a few easy goals. These girls will play full games against Central, Norwalk, Stamford and Trinity. Kudos to the coach for not cutting them and allowing them to be part of a great team. They could be wearing state championship rings in a few months.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    A certain senior wasn't voted captain. Her parents are funding a documentary about this tragedy.
                    Does it involve cornrows?

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      My daughter's team had 22 during the regular season which was way too many. It allowed the coach to run 11 v 11 scrimmages at practice but a bunch of girls barely played in real games. To compound it, the coach called up JV players for the playoffs and some of them got more time than varsity players. If the JV players were better than the varsity players, wouldn't that have been apparent after the four day tryouts?
                      This. This **** pisses me off and I agree with you 100%. Pick your best 18, play them all, and no State Tournament call ups.

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                        #41
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Does it involve cornrows?
                        Not sure but suffice it to say it will be produced by HAN productions.

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                          #42
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Staples has one senior star and the rest are good players who can hold down the fort against Greenwich, Ludlowe, New Canaan and Westhill once the starters set the pace with a few easy goals. These girls will play full games against Central, Norwalk, Stamford and Trinity. Kudos to the coach for not cutting them and allowing them to be part of a great team. They could be wearing state championship rings in a few months.
                          them and every other team in the state- they are undefeated right now
                          too funny

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                            #43
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Staples plays starters or top 15-16 for tough games. Those players then do not play more than a few minutes or at all against the Trinity Catholics, Bridgeport Central, Stamford or Trumbull.
                            Ok....you are clueless.

                            Exhibit 1
                            https://www.newstimes.com/highschool...ls-9218494.php
                            One of the reasons B.B. is a douche. Read the first few paragraphs. Second game of the season and his best player has both knees and an ankle heavily iced after the game. The girl would end up blowing out the acl 3 days later in the season in a non contact injury. How do you over use a young girl in the second game of the season! Multiple scrimmages during preseason, Manchester United fitness test bs for high school girls coming of summer....we ain’t talking professionals here Barry...would like to see his results on the test. Barry.....when is a soccer player going to sprint 300 yards? Why make that part of the fitness test?
                            Exhibit 2
                            One thing you shouldn’t do if she is that physically banged up is play her in a 12-1 win over Trinity Catholic in the season opener. Second thing is you probably shouldn’t be running up the score and scoring 12 goals vs Trinity Catholic. You still want to tell me the top 15 staples girls will only play a few minutes vs Trinity and the bottom of the roster all did that damage? Shall we go back and pull up the box score?

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                              #44
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              18 is a good number. Means the HS coach runs the team like a club team. 18-20 should be the max on any HS aged club team. All 18 play. It's a deep bench.
                              lol ECNL and DA rosters are most times much bigger than that. College rosters 25+ are the norm. PT is earned. Players get banged up. Having full side scrimmages is useful. As for playoff callups? Most times those younger players don't get much of any PT, but they are brought up as additional backups in case the squad is terribly unlucky with injuries. The players most often ignored are the seniors the coach keeps because they've been committed all four years. Other coaches cut non contributing seniors.

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                                #45
                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                Does it involve cornrows?
                                Dog collars that match mummy's handbag. Woof!

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