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Not the intent. If you want to get all the top girls together as some posters suggested and play out of state for competition you don’t have to go through all sorts of machinations - they can just join ECNL. -
There are 3 ECNL teams in MA so that kind of shoots the "one team" concept.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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3 teams is fine. Having two of those teams in one location is not the best by far. A little more geographic separation would help.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Not really. You split those kids between a couple of teams vs. the five or six they are currently on and now you're talking. If they all decided to go to one you'd really have something but that's unlikely for a variety of reasons. Put half on Scorps & half on Blue and you have a great in-state rivalry and two teams that would compete to win NE ECNL. They wouldn't be national powerhouses at showcases but they'd certainly be respectable. Truth is, this might happen naturally anyway over the next couple of years.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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And White benefits from some of the reshuffling and is competitive in the league as well.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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What's preventing that from happening now? The kids can all go try out for those two teams this spring.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Location and seems like the reputation of the coaches.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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It’s happening naturally. The five teams are pretty even right now but through high school talent will further consolidate on the 3 ECNL teams. This isn’t a mystery.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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The coaches are fine. The locations may or may not work for individual families but work for most. ECNL consolidation will certainly happen to some degree. It always does. Frankly, what keeps people at their clubs initially is often simply that's what they're used to and until it becomes very clear it's better for the kid to leave for whatever reason most don't. We've changed clubs. I've seen many who have changed clubs. Except for the club hoppers and those who are very upset with their current individual situation most find it somewhat difficult to leave (we certainly did) and as a result stay a year or sometimes two too long.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Good post. Pretty much sums up what clubs, parents and kids are going thru. It must be very hard for kids at Select and NEFC to leave their team after most have been there for 5+ years but at some point it becomes what is best for the individual kid and for those who stay at a club too long it can turn out to be a big mistake.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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...and what is best is to go (run) to the ECNL.... yea yea we know.Comment
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Not at all. Depends on the kid, family, their goals, their commute etc. etc. etc. This mini thread was just talking about getting the top girls from various teams together. For that, yes, ECNL makes the most sense. For other considerations - maybe not. No need to turn everything into ECNL vs GA vs NPL vs whatever.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Select dad. Question for you. You got to cover the NPL sticker on your car with a DA sticker, and then covered that with a GA sticker. Going back to NPL, do you put a forth sticker over the other three or do you carefully peel off the GA & DA stickers to reveal the old NPL sticker on the bottom?Comment
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You should learn how to spell. The word fourth is spelled "fourth", not forth. LMAO. Dummy!Comment
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