Isl boys

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So, by that, you mean that while most prep school teacher coaches are doing their job in the classroom, he is watching video. OK. Just checking.

His job is to be a coach not both. Have you ever seen a pro coach teaching chem in the morning and winning nepsac class a in the afternoon? Nah this is what good coaches do they study their teams, make players betters analyzing footage

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So, by that, you mean that while most prep school teacher coaches are doing their job in the classroom, he is watching video. OK. Just checking.

All coaches watch film and that's part of coaching!

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All coaches watch film and that's part of coaching!

Of course, but coaching is not a part time job. And i'm not hating on those who do both, but having a coach that is passionate on game analisis and sport data is the coach i wish i had. One thing is to watch film and other is collect and monitor the statistics for an athlete. Only few coaches do this Owen from woodstock does this too and look at the success both of the programs have over the years.

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Lots of grenades being tossed at coaches that are well respected by a lot of people and that have had very successful careers.

Agreed. JP, CK, and SS have done more for these kids than most others here. Anyone who says otherwise has no clue what they are talking about and/or have never met them. All of these coaches not only have had fantastic coaching careers, but they are all stand up guys that truly put the kids first (and always have). Also, there's only been 1 ISL matchday...it's a bit early to be saying the ISL is down this year, no?

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Class A top 8

1, Worcester
2, Berkshire
3, Milton
4, NMH
5, Taft
6, Choate
7, Loomis
8, Avon

Class B
1, Suffield
2, Williston
3, Nobles
4, KUA
5, RL
6, Middlesex
7, Proctor
8, Kingswood

Why is everyone so high on Worcester? Looks like they’ve barely snuck past some teams that are not so high.

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Why is everyone so high on Worcester? Looks like they’ve barely snuck past some teams that are not so high.

Probably because they always do well and are up there. I think it's "safe" to have them at the top. With that said, people should not be taking these early rankings so seriously.

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Why is everyone so high on Worcester? Looks like they’ve barely snuck past some teams that are not so high.

I agree WA is squeaking in for wins and ties. They lost their strong GK. Not sure if they brought in any GKs either pg or otherwise but prev back up had little playing time. It will be interesting to see what they do this year. It seems like other than Milton some of the perennial favorites in the ISL are weaker than normal. It will be interesting to see what comes out of Connecticut teams. I thought I heard that Taft was in pretty good shape with returnees and additions,

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Worcester Academy care about Football, Baseball & Basketball & Soccer has showed them up the last several years and they are pushing Proctor out! community knows it as they wanted him as Athletic Director

Definite favoritism to basketball. Other teams and players winning awards even when soccer had better seasons. Esp with Duke bb commit now at UVA. Nice kid but definitely got special treatment. All that said I could not see JP as AD.

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I agree WA is squeaking in for wins and ties. They lost their strong GK. Not sure if they brought in any GKs either pg or otherwise but prev back up had little playing time. It will be interesting to see what they do this year. It seems like other than Milton some of the perennial favorites in the ISL are weaker than normal. It will be interesting to see what comes out of Connecticut teams. I thought I heard that Taft was in pretty good shape with returnees and additions,

Worcester only beat sebs 2-1 and sebs lost to Williston.

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Worcester only beat sebs 2-1 and sebs lost to Williston.

Sebs coach bus did not show up and they had to change travel plans arriving 10 minutes before kick off. Not ideal for any team

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Sebs coach bus did not show up and they had to change travel plans arriving 10 minutes before kick off. Not ideal for any team

So the reason they lost 6-1 to Williston is because they didn’t get enough warm up time?

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All coaches watch film and that's part of coaching!

Haha, not all coaches!

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So the reason they lost 6-1 to Williston is because they didn’t get enough warm up time?

It's a long haul out there. There's a reason why teams warm up, no?

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It's a long haul out there. There's a reason why teams warm up, no?

I suppose. But it just seems hard to imagine that only having ten minutes to warm up would in itself cause a team to lose 6-1. I mean, ten minutes into the game, you’re warmed up. What was the score ten minutes in? I’m just saying that Williston must be quite good.

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I suppose. But it just seems hard to imagine that only having ten minutes to warm up would in itself cause a team to lose 6-1. I mean, ten minutes into the game, you’re warmed up. What was the score ten minutes in? I’m just saying that Williston must be quite good.

It's strange because Williston lost 5-1 to Berkshire the week before that and they didnt look so good. Being late to a game could have played part but still lots of time to see how teams end up