The Revolution Academy needs to make some changes.

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What does when that time comes mean. 9th grade or after college commitment

Most boys don't commit until senior year. Even then college coaches might want them to play DAP

If they are leaving DAP in 9th or 10th grade for high school soccer then they are gambling a D1 commitment. Assuming that's what they want.

Higher level D1, especially if money is involved, is mostly done by senior year because coaches have to plan their dollars out well in advance. Lower level D1 (esp if no money)and certainly D3 is not all wrapped up. However, that is the level where DA isn't a necessity like it is for top D1. Given the Revs reputation I think you could make a case to a college coach of why you're leaving as long as it's backed up with a concrete plan to play high level club/high level competition, extra training etc. College coaches know DA has the best competition but they also know not all the DA clubs are that great or feel the necessity of giving up HS soccer.

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and the Bolts do????
Most never made it to senior year.
A few played at small time New England programs.
None made the NCAA Tournament this year

Former Bolts were on a number of teams that made the 2016 D1 tournament, including Syracuse, Providence, Delaware, San Diego State, and Vermont.

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Same reason they wouldn't take Rennciks back - they let their inflated egos get in the way of good decision making

JF quit - Rennicks suspended.

If JF quit, why would he want to go back? He left for a reason or reasons.

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We left and pursued other avenues. They are there once the blinders are removed and especially if the primary objective is being the best possible player (and a happy player). From every aspect it has turned out to be a great decision.

They other viable avenue is high level prep school soccer. That's a very expensive avenue for most. Awesome experience but not for everyone

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JF quit - Rennicks suspended.

If JF quit, why would he want to go back? He left for a reason or reasons.

Just assume the 2 best players every year go for trials overseas and over 5 years one of them makes it to the big leagues. The Revs currently cut all 10 players and lose 9 really good players, (again assuming that only the best players try out overseas.) The alternative strategy would be to have an open door policy for overseas tryouts, they will still lose that one player, but they retain 9 good players who now have the benefit of overseas training. Who knows one or two of them might still go on to become a homegrown player. Tell me I am wrong in thinking the Revs need a new policy. It makes business sense.

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Just assume the 2 best players every year go for trials overseas and over 5 years one of them makes it to the big leagues. The Revs currently cut all 10 players and lose 9 really good players, (again assuming that only the best players try out overseas.) The alternative strategy would be to have an open door policy for overseas tryouts, they will still lose that one player, but they retain 9 good players who now have the benefit of overseas training. Who knows one or two of them might still go on to become a homegrown player. Tell me I am wrong in thinking the Revs need a new policy. It makes business sense.

Good business sense and good for morale at the club. A win-win.

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They other viable avenue is high level prep school soccer. That's a very expensive avenue for most. Awesome experience but not for everyone

Top players attend for well below sticker price, all but free if you're income challenged. If you're not a top player you pay more. You get a great education to boot which also improves your recruitability. But yes prep school isn't for everyone.

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Good business sense and good for morale at the club. A win-win.

Hence they'd never do it ;)

At some point -in theory- we shouldn't have international play or training as the target goal. It should be US play that's equivalent to international play. But we are so far off that target it's not even funny. Not only are 99.9% of players not at that level but the MLS isn't where the .01% want to play. In the meantime developing a player that has the chops to play overseas should be a source of pride. Instead it's viewed as a betrayal.

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Hence they'd never do it ;)

At some point -in theory- we shouldn't have international play or training as the target goal. It should be US play that's equivalent to international play. But we are so far off that target it's not even funny. Not only are 99.9% of players not at that level but the MLS isn't where the .01% want to play. In the meantime developing a player that has the chops to play overseas should be a source of pride. Instead it's viewed as a betrayal.

Yeah why don't Revs tweet that JF and others have gone to Europe because of the stellar training provided by Revs? They have no problem parading around Rev players developed elsewhere. Why don't the Revs keep in touch with JF and offer up an MLS contract to come home? I've never seen an academy want to suppress development. It's so counter productive to everyone's mission.

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Yeah why don't Revs tweet that JF and others have gone to Europe because of the stellar training provided by Revs? They have no problem parading around Rev players developed elsewhere. Why don't the Revs keep in touch with JF and offer up an MLS contract to come home? I've never seen an academy want to suppress development. It's so counter productive to everyone's mission.

Because they don't care about your fantasy Euro dreams. And nether do we. You've been panning this for a while, snake oil is not selling. That help?

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Yeah why don't Revs tweet that JF and others have gone to Europe because of the stellar training provided by Revs? They have no problem parading around Rev players developed elsewhere. Why don't the Revs keep in touch with JF and offer up an MLS contract to come home? I've never seen an academy want to suppress development. It's so counter productive to everyone's mission.

Because in their squirrel sized brains it makes the Revs look bad, hence the backlash.

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Yeah why don't Revs tweet that JF and others have gone to Europe because of the stellar training provided by Revs? They have no problem parading around Rev players developed elsewhere. Why don't the Revs keep in touch with JF and offer up an MLS contract to come home? I've never seen an academy want to suppress development. It's so counter productive to everyone's mission.

Because when he fails it looks bad for them and their program. Maybe they realize that none of the players leaving to train in Europe have any hope of making it there. I rarely agree with what the Revs do, but in this case I completely understand their thought process.

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Because when he fails it looks bad for them and their program. Maybe they realize that none of the players leaving to train in Europe have any hope of making it there. I rarely agree with what the Revs do, but in this case I completely understand their thought process.

Sure that makes some sense, however I'd be more likely to buy into that line of thinking if the Revs knew what they're doing. Their development track record speaks otherwise. In the meantime it sends the message that they don't care about development. Their very public dropping of Renick didn't do them any favors.

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Because when he fails it looks bad for them and their program. Maybe they realize that none of the players leaving to train in Europe have any hope of making it there. I rarely agree with what the Revs do, but in this case I completely understand their thought process.

You are missing the point. You have no idea what it takes to get on a junior academy in Europe. JF has already succeeded- he's still a kid. Now, what he does with the training remains to be determined. At the least, he will be recruited to play in college. The Revs tout commitments as an 'accomplishment', so why not tout that their training resulted in a player playing to Europe?

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You are missing the point. You have no idea what it takes to get on a junior academy in Europe. JF has already succeeded- he's still a kid. Now, what he does with the training remains to be determined. At the least, he will be recruited to play in college. The Revs tout commitments as an 'accomplishment', so why not tout that their training resulted in a player playing to Europe?

True- people think getting on the Revs is an accomplishment. Why not an overseas academy?