The Girls 2007 Thread

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But aren’t they treated as en entirely separate club? That MAKES NO SENSE

At selection time there is a SINGLE POOL. Once you sign up for one or the other you cannot play for another ECNL team (including the other Stars team) until the following league year, unless you get a waiver. It ISN’T ROCKET SCIENCE.

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Blue was destined to be the top team. The white regional team is stronger and doing better than the blue regional team. And same goes for the ECNL teams now. Go for the better coach. For the sake of those girls, I’m hoping they get a new coach next year. And sorry for whoever ends up with JB.

Pump the breaks. White has a lot to prove still.

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How do you know? How are you privy to this information?

How did you know they applied?

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Pump the breaks. White has a lot to prove still.

*brakes

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Generally agree. One caveat or two - his involvement with the boys league came after it was arranged and the parents had other plans for coaching. In other words he swooped in at the last minute. But he he did show up for the games. Acton wasn’t a team event. It was participation in 5v5 clinics that again the team involvement was arranged by the parents and never came once - though he wasn’t expected to. If JB was solely responsible for the winter they would have done next to nothing.

Coach, time for a team meeting. God bless you on here if you go 1-2 this weekend and only beat the 08's.

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Again, full circle back to JB unable to recognize talent. On the other hand, MF has some talented players and unlikely his lazy counterpart, has worked to teach and develop those players. So those are the major differences. MF is a good teacher of the game, JB is an imposter.

It isn’t about identifying talent at all. Not at all. He’s got a talented group. Sorry, but if you had your pick of the two teams you’d change maybe 5 players, 3 of them start. The issue is what he does with the players.

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We agree White is a better situation and a very good team in their own right. I’m not looking for you to disparage players. The reality is that MF had his choice of what was left over after JB picked his team. You seem to think they are “balanced.”

FYI, there are players currently on White that got offers from both but chose not to play for JB (my kid is not one of those players, but even parents on Blue can probably tell you who some of them are). There are also players that have “left” Blue that MF has not picked up (and some that he has). The point is, different coaches have different opinions. If a new coach comes in to either of these teams next year, they may make some different selections based on what they value. I’m fine with you calling my kid and her teammates “leftovers”. Their development isn’t determined by what JB (or you) sees in them.

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What else is new? They apply every year. So does every other GA club. They aren’t getting it.

Different poster, but this isn’t a big secret. Your clubs who sell you GA are desperately trying to get out of the league. Think about that.

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It isn’t about identifying talent at all. Not at all. He’s got a talented group. Sorry, but if you had your pick of the two teams you’d change maybe 5 players, 3 of them start. The issue is what he does with the players.

Nope. Stars Blue dad said there isn’t a White player that could break the top 12 for Blue. I read it on TS, so it must be true.

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At selection time there is a SINGLE POOL. Once you sign up for one or the other you cannot play for another ECNL team (including the other Stars team) until the following league year, unless you get a waiver. It ISN’T ROCKET SCIENCE.

The argument was that white is a second team. Can’t be a second team if they are two separate clubs. I hope you’re not a rocket scientist, I sure hope you aren’t an attorney. #youaredumbasaboxofrocks

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Yes, within Stars. I’m not including the girls playing up - just the kids on the 2007 ECNL teams

Am betting you can probably include any new 2007s playing up who came because of deals with parents .... hoping the club has the sense to move them back where they belong soon.

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At selection time there is a SINGLE POOL. Once you sign up for one or the other you cannot play for another ECNL team (including the other Stars team) until the following league year, unless you get a waiver. It ISN’T ROCKET SCIENCE.

Why would two separate clubs join up to run a tryout and select from the same pool of players? And if they aren't really two separate clubs why would a league like ECNL, which is the top of the pyramid, allow one club to field two teams that are made of the exact same talent pool? It's not rocket science to know that if ECNL is the top of the pyramid then each club should only have a single team comprised of its best players. This is of course different for clubs who have geographic coverage large enough that they are building teams that can truly be considered top teams. If what is described here is the actual team selection process then the White team classifies as an ECNL-R team, not a real ECNL team

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Agree with this. I might say 3-4 players, but your point is correct. This is the case on every one of the top teams. If player 12 on Blue is significantly better than player 1 on white (which is what Stars Blue dad said), blue should be winning those games like NEFC beats Oakwood, regardless of tactics. They would win the vast majority of the 1v1s, 50/50 balls, pass around the other team easily, etc.

They do. NEFC is actually very competitive with Oakwood (including ties and losses) despite what the lying braggarts at NEFC think/say.

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Pump the breaks. White has a lot to prove still.

Agree. If they play in a month or two blue will win. Let’s be real - white BARELY beat them when Blue was an unprepared mess with what everyone seems to agree is a handicap for a coach. They’ll look different with some games under their belts. The problem is that even though they will be playing better they won’t be reaching their potential because of the coach.

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Why would two separate clubs join up to run a tryout and select from the same pool of players? And if they aren't really two separate clubs why would a league like ECNL, which is the top of the pyramid, allow one club to field two teams that are made of the exact same talent pool? It's not rocket science to know that if ECNL is the top of the pyramid then each club should only have a single team comprised of its best players. This is of course different for clubs who have geographic coverage large enough that they are building teams that can truly be considered top teams. If what is described here is the actual team selection process then the White team classifies as an ECNL-R team, not a real ECNL team

Dumbest post I’ve read in forever.