BC woman’s soccer

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Exactly. BC is not even middle of ACC anymore.

"My point is that when KM played for BC they had a much tougher OOC schedule. It prepared the team better for conference play and gave the team a better final RPI for seeding purposes. When they declined AF realized she needed sure wins to achieve a .500 season to qualify for the postseason. Not very confident.
a good ACC team should have little trouble beating a 79 UConn instead of hapless 325 HC. The former will be much better for their RPI score. Same with #21 Harvard or #31 Brown. If you can’t beat an Ivy team, how can you consider yourself a top local team for recruiting purposes?"

Key part is "a good ACC team" . BC are not that.

If the new coach believes in himself, he has to figure he will attain at least the middle of the ACC and schedule accordingly. Local recruits want to see you beating the best local teams.

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If the new coach believes in himself, he has to figure he will attain at least the middle of the ACC and schedule accordingly. Local recruits want to see you beating the best local teams.

You all need to open your horizons. This club mentality of competing against the best local college teams is not the objective for BC. This is not FC Stars competing with NEFC for local talent. College is much bigger and broader. No college want just local talent because there is as much depth as you TS parents think. The top colleges in this area are BC & Harvard in D1 as well as MIT in D3. BC offers a highly respected academic university that play in the best women’s college soccer league. End of story. They welcome a broad base of students. The downside is the location in the North East and their athletic facilities. And Harvard is Harvard, D1 in the Ivy’s that sent 3 teams to the NCAA, enough said! Same with MIT who draw top D1 athletes who want to attend this prestigious university and play competitive D3 soccer. Then there is everyone else.

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You all need to open your horizons. This club mentality of competing against the best local college teams is not the objective for BC. This is not FC Stars competing with NEFC for local talent. College is much bigger and broader. No college want just local talent because there is as much depth as you TS parents think. The top colleges in this area are BC & Harvard in D1 as well as MIT in D3. BC offers a highly respected academic university that play in the best women’s college soccer league. End of story. They welcome a broad base of students. The downside is the location in the North East and their athletic facilities. And Harvard is Harvard, D1 in the Ivy’s that sent 3 teams to the NCAA, enough said! Same with MIT who draw top D1 athletes who want to attend this prestigious university and play competitive D3 soccer. Then there is everyone else.

Sent 3 last season. Even the committee knows with the Ivy overall weak schedules and lack of playing more than 15-16 games vs teams playing 4-5 more won't work anymore. The less you play the better the negative pull on your rpi. Covid season showed that.

Will be a long time before that happens again.

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Most teams play a few neighboring teams.
Puts butts in the seats for both teams.

Grandma and grandpa, siblings, cousins, etc. don't have to travel far.

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Most teams play a few neighboring teams.
Puts butts in the seats for both teams.

Grandma and grandpa, siblings, cousins, etc. don't have to travel far.

BC is the only college team in the area that have home matches vs. UNC, Duke, UVA, FLA St and Clemson. No “local” college teams comes even close to that draw to have people come to watch those ACC teams.

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BC is the only college team in the area that have home matches vs. UNC, Duke, UVA, FLA St and Clemson. No “local” college teams comes even close to that draw to have people come to watch those ACC teams.

True but not everyone wants to see a local team get beat up. BC does not belong in the ACC for soccer. Those teams mentioned don't like the small turf field or the trailer locker room. Good team like and play on grass.

Like UConn, they should go Big East or even CAA. And I like BC. They would be competitive there. And may get a sniff at post season league and ncaa's.

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I like this idea. ^^^

And if not in ACC, they don't have to adhere to the P5 guarantees and such. Could give them more flexibility with players and $$/packages.

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Gone from "good team" to don't belong in ACC. That is a D1 team, with players that have been told most of their time in the game that they are studs. Best of the best. Good education, great soccer conference. A win to be admitted there. Thats the goal right?

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Glad there's so.many TS experts that know more than the BC administration

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True but not everyone wants to see a local team get beat up. BC does not belong in the ACC for soccer. Those teams mentioned don't like the small turf field or the trailer locker room. Good team like and play on grass.

Like UConn, they should go Big East or even CAA. And I like BC. They would be competitive there. And may get a sniff at post season league and ncaa's.

Just another example of amateur chatter among TS parents. Glad to read you like BC and therefore they should move down leagues to suit your desire that they may “sniff” the post season. Do you have any understanding of the economic implications of what league a college is aligned especially in this new era with Media rights, NLI and league networks. BC gets to share revenues with the other ACC members including the ACC Network. Yet, you think they should move down in leagues. College sports is a lot bigger than you can even imagine beyond “sniffing” a NCAA bid. There is no chance BC will ever leave the ACC. When Syracuse was given the opportunity to move to the ACC there was never a thought that maybe they should stay in the Big East where they dominated sports. Do you think Rutgers regret moving to the Big Ten? According to your logic both of the schools should never have left the Big East.

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True but not everyone wants to see a local team get beat up. BC does not belong in the ACC for soccer. Those teams mentioned don't like the small turf field or the trailer locker room. Good team like and play on grass.

Like UConn, they should go Big East or even CAA. And I like BC. They would be competitive there. And may get a sniff at post season league and ncaa's.

That's not how it works. That's not how any of this works.

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Just another example of amateur chatter among TS parents. Glad to read you like BC and therefore they should move down leagues to suit your desire that they may “sniff” the post season. Do you have any understanding of the economic implications of what league a college is aligned especially in this new era with Media rights, NLI and league networks. BC gets to share revenues with the other ACC members including the ACC Network. Yet, you think they should move down in leagues. College sports is a lot bigger than you can even imagine beyond “sniffing” a NCAA bid. There is no chance BC will ever leave the ACC. When Syracuse was given the opportunity to move to the ACC there was never a thought that maybe they should stay in the Big East where they dominated sports. Do you think Rutgers regret moving to the Big Ten? According to your logic both of the schools should never have left the Big East.

You and this guy

Glad there's so.many TS experts that know more than the BC administration

These decisions aren't made in a vacuum and aren't just about a few sports.

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Just another example of amateur chatter among TS parents. Glad to read you like BC and therefore they should move down leagues to suit your desire that they may “sniff” the post season. Do you have any understanding of the economic implications of what league a college is aligned especially in this new era with Media rights, NLI and league networks. BC gets to share revenues with the other ACC members including the ACC Network. Yet, you think they should move down in leagues. College sports is a lot bigger than you can even imagine beyond “sniffing” a NCAA bid. There is no chance BC will ever leave the ACC. When Syracuse was given the opportunity to move to the ACC there was never a thought that maybe they should stay in the Big East where they dominated sports. Do you think Rutgers regret moving to the Big Ten? According to your logic both of the schools should never have left the Big East.

I believe you meant NIL - Name Image Likeness, since that is new. NLI - National Letter or Intent, not so new

As for Rutgers moving to the Big Ten, AD glad, CFO not so much.
Rutgers athletics has $265M in debt as Big Ten costs pile up (sportsbusinessjournal.com)

Furthermore, no one suggested BC leave the ACC overall. Statement was specifically "for soccer". ACC teams from the south hate coming to Chestnut Hill, which is why they try to bundle in a Harvard game to make the trip worth it.
No one in the ACC would object if BC pulled their women's soccer team and led a movement to extend Hockey East to non-revenue sports, limit travel, and improve success rate
Soccer East HockeyEastOnline.com - Official Website of the Hockey East Association

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I believe you meant NIL - Name Image Likeness, since that is new. NLI - National Letter or Intent, not so new

As for Rutgers moving to the Big Ten, AD glad, CFO not so much.
Rutgers athletics has $265M in debt as Big Ten costs pile up (sportsbusinessjournal.com)

Furthermore, no one suggested BC leave the ACC overall. Statement was specifically "for soccer". ACC teams from the south hate coming to Chestnut Hill, which is why they try to bundle in a Harvard game to make the trip worth it.
No one in the ACC would object if BC pulled their women's soccer team and led a movement to extend Hockey East to non-revenue sports, limit travel, and improve success rate
Soccer East HockeyEastOnline.com - Official Website of the Hockey East Association

Why should BC Women’s soccer leave the ACC which is the top conference in women’s soccer? They want to compete against the most competitive womens soccer conference. And this guy wants to replace it with hockey? You can’t make this nonsense up.

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Why should BC Women’s soccer leave the ACC which is the top conference in women’s soccer? They want to compete against the most competitive womens soccer conference. And this guy wants to replace it with hockey? You can’t make this nonsense up.

Because lose. Win better