It’s been mentioned here that Select sends out offers to returning players mid April. Smart. Any other clubs already locking down teams before “tryout” season?
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NEFC this week. Surprised select still goes early now that they are ECNL -
If clubs don’t make early offers to the ECNL/ECRL and GA players this year especially they are taking a risk with all the league changes. Adding more teams to GA and ECNL/ECRL has given players more options to play closer to home. Players entering high school and deciding how to manage time between studies and sports will be looking for less time in the car.Comment
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Stars haven't done a thing. Typical wait till the end so their players have no choice. I’ll never understand why these parents don’t go out and get another offer in hand.
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I think NEFC has accepted the fact that their top players will leave if they get an ECNL offer, and there’s nothing they can do short of bribing them with ID slots.
The bottom half, or 2/3, or 3/4, of the roster won’t get an ECNL slot and they really have nowhere else to go.
so they are prioritizing external players right now. Or trying to because people are saying that none are showing up?Comment
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It’s April. Relax. ECNL rules discourage offers for future years being sent out before the official tryout date. SSS isn’t technically in ECNL yet so they could get away with one more year of early admissions. Early offers at NEFC are going to blow up in their face this year. Probably better for everyone to pretend the team isn’t going to dissolve then to force people to state their decision to leave.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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What is the difference between official tryouts and ECNL/GA ID clinics?Comment
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When is tryout date? Stars offers usually second week of May in the past.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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The official tryout date is usually about that same time. In-official and actual tryouts are happening at practices now.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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The ECNL doesn't have any designated tryout dates, except for ECNL players trying out for a different ECNL team. ECNL teams can have tryouts that non-ECNL players attend whenever they want. If they want to tryout other ECNL players, they have to wait until May 1 (some conferences have other specified dates but not NE).Comment
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This feels like a year where clubs are going to try to hold on to their players. Too many options. Except of course Stars Blue national, rumors of sweeping cuts and switch with white top players, but that’s only the 2010 birth year and maybe 2011s will have movement at the very top. Rumors of Scorpions ECRL players moving to Bayside as well. Not sure if that’s just gossip or fact based.Comment
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This time of year sucks. Parents and players filled with anxiety yet players have to perform at their top. Random players showing up at practices. But players need to stay focused. Rumors of players quitting, leaving for other clubs, or receiving verbal offers… but our players must keep up the intensity. Every practice feels like a tryout. Coaches are moody, are they distancing themselves, are they making cuts, are they leaving the team?.. the players start to worry. Players are reading into everything and parents are speculating and some are separating themselves.Comment
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Aptly described. This is supposed to be fun too. So much politics skewing talent decisions. It’s funny how the players know who’s good and who is threatening their role on the team but yet adults cannot make obvious decisions or keep the competition between teammates fair. This leads to more churn. We all want a competitive environment based on merit. I’ve rarely seen it.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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I feel like there’s something more hidden between theOriginally posted by Guest View Post
lines in this comment. Each team is different. Our team for example is dealing with cliques and the parents are aware, coach is not. A few starters have created a bit of a them vs us which is not based on merit or talent it’s based on private chat groups, who is cool, older, go to the same school, and OG vs new kids. I could see the older girls with big egos pushing out the quieter younger girls even though the younger girls are very good. We don’t have parent politics but we have cliques and I do think sadly our coach has a few favorites not knowing those favorites are the toxic ones dividing the team.Comment
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Some enjoy the pressure, it's what they signed up for.Originally posted by Guest View Post
Have you considered taking a step back if it's too much?Comment
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