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    #31
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    You make absolutely no sense in many ways; but ill stick to 2 ways--- --There is NO 02 academy team ; so the Bolts ECNL will be the best option to be on for 02 boys --Unless you are one of 5 or 6 02s who made the U17 DAP ;which as expected is mostly 01 Boys. Thinking most of the kids are local to Acton area is also wrong -some of these kids live far away just like before for academy but Im sure you already know that
    Good point. Kids get hit by that issue all the time. Some DA clubs have a "pre academy" option for kids who get stuck by that combined age issue. That isn't really an official league and often times teams aren't that good. If my younger player were offered ECNL vs little else? Of course that would be seriously considered.

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      #32
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Why would the former academy player stay with a bolts ecnl b team? Must have been one hell of a sales pitch. Let me guess you might get a da callup this year or perhaps go back to academy next year? Even the favorites who are made DP players almost never play in games. Why not go to a top npl team like nefc or GPS, or were you brainwashed into think those clubs won't get your kid into college. If you still wanted the regional showcase exposure Stars ecnl is an A team 15 minutes west of Action. But then again you would have taken little Johnny outside his self bubble.
      Wow. This is so true.so they took 5or 6 kids to the academy and the rest were put on the b team ecln for bolts. This must have been tuff to swallow. The poster said nothing about a b academy team not sure what the other poster is smoking.

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        #33
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Wow. This is so true.so they took 5or 6 kids to the academy and the rest were put on the b team ecln for bolts. This must have been tuff to swallow. The poster said nothing about a b academy team not sure what the other poster is smoking.
        ECNL has a potential upside. NPL has a potential downside. The choice wasn't hard.

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          #34
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          ECNL has a potential upside. NPL has a potential downside. The choice wasn't hard.
          And as someone said it's not like you can just waltz onto another team's roster, DA player or not. My kid probably would have done the same unless there was some other amazing offer out there. Plus the younger/smaller players still have to possibility of making DA the following year. Of course they have to earn it but being inside the club will give them a better shot than if they left.

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            #35
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Wow. This is so true.so they took 5or 6 kids to the academy and the rest were put on the b team ecln for bolts. This must have been tuff to swallow. The poster said nothing about a b academy team not sure what the other poster is smoking.
            This really isn't any different than this past year. There were only 5 or 6 '01s on the U15/16 Bolts team, the rest were '00s. Obviously, if the team next year is mostly '01s and only a handful of '02s, they are picking up players who weren't on the DA team last year. The same will go for the year after next, so there is actually a pretty good chance that some of those '02 kids who play ECNL in the fall could make the DA team the following year. ECNL is just their new pre-academy team.

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              #36
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              This really isn't any different than this past year. There were only 5 or 6 '01s on the U15/16 Bolts team, the rest were '00s. Obviously, if the team next year is mostly '01s and only a handful of '02s, they are picking up players who weren't on the DA team last year. The same will go for the year after next, so there is actually a pretty good chance that some of those '02 kids who play ECNL in the fall could make the DA team the following year. ECNL is just their new pre-academy team.
              Yes, pretty simple. Cut Revs apparently did not understand this or let overblown egos get in the way of obvious choice. So their kids will play NPL (div 3) for the next few years. BTW, heard BA is taking 02s to England this summer so seems Bolts are taking this group seriously.

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                #37
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                This really isn't any different than this past year. There were only 5 or 6 '01s on the U15/16 Bolts team, the rest were '00s. Obviously, if the team next year is mostly '01s and only a handful of '02s, they are picking up players who weren't on the DA team last year. The same will go for the year after next, so there is actually a pretty good chance that some of those '02 kids who play ECNL in the fall could make the DA team the following year. ECNL is just their new pre-academy team.
                Yes, and it gives the club a better way to retain players and give them a better place to play at a high level for another year, see how they develop. For the combined teams you really have to be stud to play as a younger player, like you said maybe 5-6 players. But that doesn't mean you won't make it the following year and should just hang it up.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Yes, and it gives the club a better way to retain players and give them a better place to play at a high level for another year, see how they develop. For the combined teams you really have to be stud to play as a younger player, like you said maybe 5-6 players. But that doesn't mean you won't make it the following year and should just hang it up.
                  If you are a Revs '02 player, and didn't make the cut this year, then, yes, you are done there. They will not give you another look and will look outside (or to the younger group) to fill out their '02/'03 roster at the end of next year.

                  Bolts organization clearly cares more about development, and realizes that not all '02s will be able to compete with '01s for roster spots this year, but that doesn't mean these kids won't develop into great players, perhaps even their best players, by the time they reach the U18/19 age group. It would be ridiculous to discard them now. Great that they have a way to keep these players developing, and, hopefully, ECNL will offer decent competition. If they were smart, they'd have some of the more promising ECNL '02s train with the DA team, or have them play a couple games as DPs.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Yes, pretty simple. Cut Revs apparently did not understand this or let overblown egos get in the way of obvious choice. So their kids will play NPL (div 3) for the next few years. BTW, heard BA is taking 02s to England this summer so seems Bolts are taking this group seriously.
                    BA may be taking a group to England but also paying $3500.00/ player. Don't you know what his other job is?

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      Yes, and it gives the club a better way to retain players and give them a better place to play at a high level for another year, see how they develop. For the combined teams you really have to be stud to play as a younger player, like you said maybe 5-6 players. But that doesn't mean you won't make it the following year and should just hang it up.
                      Don't you realize if he's not one of those 6 or so 02's who made the U17 DAP team ; the kid is a cut loser who has to play crap soccer for the ECNL team ? How horrible! seriously-- Its a great option and even better than DAP for many---The arguments against make no sense-

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                        #41
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Don't you realize if he's not one of those 6 or so 02's who made the U17 DAP team ; the kid is a cut loser who has to play crap soccer for the ECNL team ? How horrible! seriously-- Its a great option and even better than DAP for many---The arguments against make no sense-
                        Several people have already tried to explain this to you already: pre-academy = ECNL.
                        You must be one of those brilliant Revs dads who took his kid back to NPL. Enjoy it.

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                          #42
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Several people have already tried to explain this to you already: pre-academy = ECNL.
                          You must be one of those brilliant Revs dads who took his kid back to NPL. Enjoy it.
                          I know, I can miss sarcasm when it's typed sometimes, too.

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                            #43
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Several people have already tried to explain this to you already: pre-academy = ECNL.
                            You must be one of those brilliant Revs dads who took his kid back to NPL. Enjoy it.
                            I feel really badly for any kid that went from the Revs to NPL.

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                              #44
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              This really isn't any different than this past year. There were only 5 or 6 '01s on the U15/16 Bolts team, the rest were '00s. Obviously, if the team next year is mostly '01s and only a handful of '02s, they are picking up players who weren't on the DA team last year. The same will go for the year after next, so there is actually a pretty good chance that some of those '02 kids who play ECNL in the fall could make the DA team the following year. ECNL is just their new pre-academy team.
                              I know that is the line given about getting moved back to DA, but once you are on the b ecnl team your kid will die there. This past years u16's rostered 01's including 01's that DP hardly played. Even through these boys were just as good if not better than the 00's. MC has his favorites and for some reason god knows it's not skill or talent brings in revs players that were cut or quit. He then gives these players more opportunities than he does bolts kids. We will stay next year but our patience is wearing thin.

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                                #45
                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                I feel really badly for any kid that went from the Revs to NPL.
                                Plenty of kids can't cut it. Revs and other DA clubs cut kids all the time. Until ECNL came along NPL would be where you'd go back to. Now they could to ECNL or NPL.

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