2015 Boys Soccer Verbal Commits

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Why is it that when ever D1 is mentioned there is an accusation of "bragging"? If you do better or achieve more are you supposed to never mention it because if you do you are bragging? What about the D3 players that ride the bench...should they have gone to community college?

Different poster but that's a gross distortion of what the poster said. He or she was talking about that segment of D1 where D1 likely was a reach and a poor choice, and hence one could conclude that in some of those cases it was important to say D1 to make a parent happy or to cover for the poor outcome after the fact.

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Different poster but that's a gross distortion of what the poster said. He or she was talking about that segment of D1 where D1 likely was a reach and a poor choice, and hence one could conclude that in some of those cases it was important to say D1 to make a parent happy or to cover for the poor outcome after the fact.

You actually have no idea that that was what the poster was saying at all. You want to believe that is what they meant. I stand by my statement. I have heard it over and over again about the bragging and reaching that D1 players do.

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You actually have no idea that that was what the poster was saying at all. You want to believe that is what they meant. I stand by my statement. I have heard it over and over again about the bragging and reaching that D1 players do.

Did you miss this line...

"Perhaps they understand that if you're not one of the top 3-4 recruits coming in for D1..."

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Did you miss this line...

"Perhaps they understand that if you're not one of the top 3-4 recruits coming in for D1..."

No, didn't miss it. Perhaps I feel that the overuse of the word perhaps is somewhat demeaning and smug...

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Why is it that when ever D1 is mentioned there is an accusation of "bragging"? If you do better or achieve more are you supposed to never mention it because if you do you are bragging? What about the D3 players that ride the bench...should they have gone to community college?

Sitting the bench at a mediocre D1 is hardly "better" or "achieving more" than playing at a quality D3. That's the point.

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Sitting the bench at a mediocre D1 is hardly "better" or "achieving more" than playing at a quality D3. That's the point.

Of course that's the point. But it's one that some are unwilling to accept.

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But you don't ever really know do you? Some people are willing to take the leap and hope they can win some playing time. If you don't try you will never know and possibly always regret.

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But you don't ever really know do you? Some people are willing to take the leap and hope they can win some playing time. If you don't try you will never know and possibly always regret.

Or you can go to a great D3 program, start all 4 years, play on a great team and thoroughly enjoy your college experience while getting a leg up on your ultimate job/career because you know that soccer ends after college and the real world begins.....and never ever having regrets.

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Or you can go to a great D3 program, start all 4 years, play on a great team and thoroughly enjoy your college experience while getting a leg up on your ultimate job/career because you know that soccer ends after college and the real world begins.....and never ever having regrets.

That does not equal no regrets. If you believe you can play D1 and don't try...you will regret it.

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There will always be someone on the D1 bench and they are only and injury away from playing......

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There will always be someone on the D1 bench and they are only and injury away from playing......

Sure if you're player #14. If you're number 22 it's much less likely you'll ever be on the field other than at practice

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That does not equal no regrets. If you believe you can play D1 and don't try...you will regret it.

Take it from someone who knows....most players won't regret it...if you are not getting any sizeable athletic aid (or likely none) and are not one of the D1 college's top recruits you are likely just a depth practice player and highly likely never to see the field or only very limited access in a couple of games a year if that. The list is sizeable of those tremendous Massachusetts players who go the D1 route and never see the D1 field. Unless you absolutely love this particular D1 college for the school itself why go? If you love the college, then go for it. If you know you will be playing and starting all 4 years at a D3 college which you would prefer to attend and are not giving up some serious financial athletic or merit aid it seems a very No Regrets and Easy Decision. Remember we are not taking about Top D1 recruits who are getting a substantial scholarship who are being recruited by a Number of Top D1 colleges. We are talking about very good players who are being recruited by Non-Top 30 D1 colleges who are not getting much if any scholarship and are likely not one of the colleges Top 4 or 5 recruits....yes still D1 players, but with a very uphill battle and very little chance if any to see the field. These same players would be major players and starters at D3. I've seen many Mass players take this route and none have any regrets about their decision because they chose the college they wanted to attend for the right reason....the college itself, not just because it was D1 soccer, and they have No Regrets.

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It is a con game the kids play with the DAP club. They always intended to go to the best academic school they could get into but they know the club doesn't want to hear it. So they keep it down low. When the kid gets into Bowdoin and declines UMass the club goes ballistic but the family has just won the game. If you were involved at this level you would understand this dynamic.

This has to be the single most unintelligent, and bs post that I have ever read. The club goes ballistic if a player chooses a D3 over a D1? What fantasy land are you living in? How about it goes this way...YOU had it in your head that your kid was always a D1 prospect, but truth is he was not, and ended up exactly where he should be. A very good D3 school. That's the real dynamic that you probably refused to comprehend in that brain of yours.

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Serious question to the OP, are you happy the way this thread turned out? Are you proud that you enabled the boo birds here on TS the opportunity to vent their pathetic spleens about the inadequacies of each family's personal decisions? Most important though, did you actually accomplish your stated goal of being able to figure out which clubs were doing the best job producing college bound players or might you recognize that all your efforts actually did was let the clubs posture themselves at the expense of the individual players?

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Serious question to the OP, are you happy the way this thread turned out? Are you proud that you enabled the boo birds here on TS the opportunity to vent their pathetic spleens about the inadequacies of each family's personal decisions? Most important though, did you actually accomplish your stated goal of being able to figure out which clubs were doing the best job producing college bound players or might you recognize that all your efforts actually did was let the clubs posture themselves at the expense of the individual players?

OP here. I have stated my objective in doing this a number of times and it is not what you say. I would prefer not to see some of the posts here but cannot control all of that. I would state what my personal limit is but then some of you would deliberately cross it since some of you don't want this thread to occur.