DAP Winter Showcase

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I am a local coach who has seen MS play for many years. He has some really bad habits that I would find very difficult to coach but he is a huge target with some really exceptional skills. I do not know the new coach at Prov but he has coached the Bolts in the past and know what he is getting as a player. If they play to MS strengths, he will do very well in the Big East.

Question for you. So here is a great player with bad habits. My theory is he learned these habits as the star of his U10 rec team. No need to pass when you can just take it in solo for the score. You have seen him far more. What is your comment?

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Question for you. So here is a great player with bad habits. My theory is he learned these habits as the star of his U10 rec team. No need to pass when you can just take it in solo for the score. You have seen him far more. What is your comment?

I do not like to call out other coaches or systems, especially when it is a teenager involved. But since you asked, I think bad habits develop when the player is 4-14. MS is not a bad passer, he plays a great ball. I think both NHS and the Bolts have played to his strong points while neglecting to have him improve on the aspects of the game that he needs to keep improving and get to the next level.
But then again, what do I know? He is an all-american after all

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It is one thing to have a talented team on paper and another to have it on the field. The latter is where a good coach comes in. The question here in is whether or not the Bolts have a good coach to put the team together. They had a chance at having that when Durkin was going to be the coach, however, he is gone.

He may have been gone, it seems he is back, he was working with the 97 Pre DAP group last week.

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It is one thing to have a talented team on paper and another to have it on the field. The latter is where a good coach comes in. The question here in is whether or not the Bolts have a good coach to put the team together. They had a chance at having that when Durkin was going to be the coach, however, he is gone.

Yeah - this is correct. The thing is, and the way the bolts operate is, it will be good enough and nobody is going to worry about it beyond that, nobody is going to figure out how to put them together into a great team. They're going to throw them together, see who's productive, dole out the playtime accordingly and win some/lose some. That's the bolts - haven't you noticed?

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ok - that's not what it says on the USSDA webpage, but I suppose you know and they screwed it up in the game report. What's with these other DPs - I understand how a few high school stars can be overlooked and allowed in this first year of 10 month, but it seems the bolts are letting almost anyone who skipped out this Fall slime their way back in. Anyway, the kids who made the sacrifice (a pretty big one for the pair from Needham) need to have a thick skin to stick with DAP, so nobody should complain (I guess)....

I know those 2 Needham guys who chose to play DAP. They are not looking back. They supported their HS pals and went to the HS games to watch. They are key parts of the U16 DAP team that is now doing well since their injured starters are all back. MS had some other things to draw him to play HS this fall - he was about to break a major scoring record, he was a senior (the other Needham guys are juniors), he had a clear chance to be an All -american, and his father is one of the NHS coaches.

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Such class here....yes the bad habit of scoring in a pressure situation for the state championship...needs to back pass more in those situations. Dream your dreams of greatness some actually achieve it.

there is an enormous difference in being able to score at a high school game and a DAP game. and for the record, MS is one of the laziest players I've ever laid eyes on. He will need to learn more than a new kind of game to do well at the collegiate level - he'll need to learn how to work hard. i think his ability to do that is questionable.

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It will be interesting to watch the coaches philosophy,
does he stay small and quick, or will he have the big
target man up top only time will tell!!

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there is an enormous difference in being able to score at a high school game and a DAP game. and for the record, MS is one of the laziest players I've ever laid eyes on. He will need to learn more than a new kind of game to do well at the collegiate level - he'll need to learn how to work hard. i think his ability to do that is questionable.

Envy is so unbecoming....HS championship games are probably the highest pressure situations players ever play in....We will see in the next few years if you are correct...

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who the heck is this MS kid really if he does not play for the revs then he is a b team player. my god stiop it already.

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who the heck is this MS kid really if he does not play for the revs then he is a b team player. my god stiop it already.

The Revs would welcome him with open arms. MS has been a Bolt player since U10 and there he has stayed. Although he might, at times, seem a little arrogant, if anyone has seen the postseason this fall, all would agree that he made the games happen and the goal against Amherst was as energetic as any this season.

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who the heck is this MS kid really if he does not play for the revs then he is a b team player. my god stiop it already.

Good luck with that comment. Rev's tried to recruit half of the current U16 DAP team and got no one to bite. Don't let that uniform fool you, you are no better than bolts, just more arrogant.

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Good luck with that comment. Rev's tried to recruit half of the current U16 DAP team and got no one to bite. Don't let that uniform fool you, you are no better than bolts, just more arrogant.

Well, they are free (true, Foxboro may be too far for many players/ parents). How generous are Bolts with $ aid?

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Good luck with that comment. Rev's tried to recruit half of the current U16 DAP team and got no one to bite. Don't let that uniform fool you, you are no better than bolts, just more arrogant.

Yeah, at this point there are 6 Bolts with college verbals for 2013 and 1 Rev, and it's Dec. By this point the Div1's are just collecting depth players with likely no $$$.

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Yeah, at this point there are 6 Bolts with college verbals for 2013 and 1 Rev, and it's Dec. By this point the Div1's are just collecting depth players with likely no $$$.

Revs have more players who are not 'college material' than the bolts. the DA environment is overall at odds with staying focused on school, but the Revs, with their focus on being a pro, take the problem a step further.

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Good luck with that comment. ....you are no better than bolts, just more arrogant.

haha the pot calling the kettle black

love it