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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWhy all the showcase hate bro?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI’ve done this with 2 daughters at different ends of the spectrum. Boys are different. The bottom line is if your kid has demonstrated that they can play there will be a “buzz” about them out there amongst the club and college coaches. It’s s matter of understanding that buzz and knowing who is really intrigued by what they’re hearing. Your club coach should be helping you with all of that and actually making the initial connection. I think you will find that once the connection is made setting up the evaluation is more a scheduling issue than anything else. If you with a club coach who won’t help you, you need to figure out why. I can’t tell you how many parents I’ve watched reject what their club coach was saying and then claim they got no help. On the other hand there a more than enough supposedly “great” club coaches around here who won’t lift a finger for their players. You have to deal with the root issue and if it really is your kid isn’t good enough to play where you see them the nothing is going to work. If on the other hand you have a lazy club coach go find someone different.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostBecause in the process of players getting to where they want to go, the value of the showcase is vastly overstated by those with a conflict of interest to perpetuate the myth. You already know that though, like everyone else.
Or is this just a variation of the ongoing theme "club soccer is a waste of time and money"?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostSomeone is very anti-showcase today. What gives dude? Were you expecting more for your kid and now have buyer's remorse?
Or is this just a variation of the ongoing theme "club soccer is a waste of time and money"?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostBut it really is for 99.9% of the kids and threads like this confirm it all of the time. Its the folks with a vested interest in promoting the need for showcases (like you no doubt) that especially need to be put under the microscope and their agenda exposed.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostOP was right - the same old garbage that rises up out of your swamp every few weeks. Please prove to us that players can get recruited without showcases. Oh yeah, you can't. Bet you started the ECNL cost thread also.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDid not start the ECNL thread. Nice to see how many others are catching on though. Just because you drank the kool-aide don't assume that everyone does. My last kid only needed to go to one showcase in order to get the offer they accepted. That's the benefit of experience and why threads like this are necessary. The only real reason we had to go to any showcases at all was it an out of state school and that just ended up to be the most convenient venue. She was on that coaches radar because of her resume (ODP etc) and drew the coaches attention during their summer camp. We did go to other showcases but the reason was related to the wants of the other families on the team and not recruiting.
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If you email a coach about an upcoming showcase that you know they will be attending will they reply back to let you know they will be there to watch? Do coaches let interested players know so you can tell the club coach ?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIf you email a coach about an upcoming showcase that you know they will be attending will they reply back to let you know they will be there to watch? Do coaches let interested players know so you can tell the club coach ?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDid not start the ECNL thread. Nice to see how many others are catching on though. Just because you drank the kool-aide don't assume that everyone does. My last kid only needed to go to one showcase in order to get the offer they accepted. That's the benefit of experience and why threads like this are necessary. The only real reason we had to go to any showcases at all was it an out of state school and that just ended up to be the most convenient venue. She was on that coaches radar because of her resume (ODP etc) and drew the coaches attention during their summer camp. We did go to other showcases but the reason was related to the wants of the other families on the team and not recruiting.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYet thousands of freshman are successful at the college level that never played up. It just isn't that easy to make it happen - it turns into a political football for clubs so they reserve it for only the most uber talented if ever. Nor does the inability to make it happen at your club mean you are incapable of doing it.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostSo what if that one showcase hadn't gotten her the deal? She'd be doing the same thing everyone else does; going to other showcases. And you didn't save any money because you still went to the showcases.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIf you email a coach about an upcoming showcase that you know they will be attending will they reply back to let you know they will be there to watch? Do coaches let interested players know so you can tell the club coach ?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDon’t you understand, the deal was basically decided before the showcase while she was at the camp. The game at the showcase was just a checkin and the offer was shared the next day.
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