Let's Give credit where credit is due

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Lot's of bashing here of JK and the rays. Let's face it there never was and probably will never be a more successful premier program here in rhody like the rays were. Parents and egos are what ruined it. The guy won 285 freaking games in high school!!! Look at the TW U18 roster. bet 90 percent were originally rays girls before half the parents and snotty players up and left to join fortuna and then the next year after fortuna beat them they all left. Was a good program and if not for that year's team and the one afterwards busting them up then maybe we would still have a great premier team in RI

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Lot's of bashing here of JK and the rays. Let's face it there never was and probably will never be a more successful premier program here in rhody like the rays were. Parents and egos are what ruined it. The guy won 285 freaking games in high school!!! Look at the TW U18 roster. bet 90 percent were originally rays girls before half the parents and snotty players up and left to join fortuna and then the next year after fortuna beat them they all left. Was a good program and if not for that year's team and the one afterwards busting them up then maybe we would still have a great premier team in RI

Thanks for your thoughts Jim. You did do a good job.

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Thanks for your thoughts Jim. You did do a good job.

Cant we just let the Rays RIP why would you even start a Rays thread! Go Away!

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Why does JK get all the credit?
The real credit goes to former SRI prez LF who made sure the Rays were the only premier game in town. SRI would not allow Northern Lightning (Blackwatch), Bayside, South Coast (Bruno) or MidState have girls teams.

Now Bayside, Blackwatch, Bruno all have to play catch up with the Mass teams which should never have happened in the first place. Like the lottery it's easy to make money when you're the only legislated game in town. Good thing that mafia was broken up.

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Cant we just let the Rays RIP why would you even start a Rays thread! Go Away!

thank you.

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The real credit goes to former SRI prez LF who made sure the Rays were the only premier game in town.

Exactly!

A real successful program has a long-term strategy to ensure the sustainability of the organization. Why fault the parents for having a short-term "get what you can when you can" outlook when that was the philosophy of the club? No plan to develop permanent infrastructure or foster long-term commitment; it was what can you do for us now and shut up and be happy you are on a winning team even if your kid is not playing or we found a better rent a player for this season. The only tactic for building the program was how to use SRI to keep competition down.

Bayside, BW, Bruno have their issues, but at least they are trying to do some of the things on the girls side to build programs that won't be just a flash in the pan.

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The real credit goes to former SRI prez LF who made sure the Rays were the only premier game in town.

Exactly!

A real successful program has a long-term strategy to ensure the sustainability of the organization. Why fault the parents for having a short-term "get what you can when you can" outlook when that was the philosophy of the club? No plan to develop permanent infrastructure or foster long-term commitment; it was what can you do for us now and shut up and be happy you are on a winning team even if your kid is not playing or we found a better rent a player for this season. The only tactic for building the program was how to use SRI to keep competition down.

Bayside, BW, Bruno have their issues, but at least they are trying to do some of the things on the girls side to build programs that won't be just a flash in the pan.

I dont even think the three girls clubs--Bayside, Bruno and Blackwatch--need to do much work. They are ready to go!

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I dont even think the three girls clubs--Bayside, Bruno and Blackwatch--need to do much work. They are ready to go!

OK--I'll bite the fishhook. "But what about Tidal Wave?????"

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OK--I'll bite the fishhook. "But what about Tidal Wave?????"

Tidal Wave should forever be known for its domination of MASC and recent takeover of ODP.

But, until they develop good players and good teams, that's all we can really say.

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OK--I'll bite the fishhook. "But what about Tidal Wave?????"

Only feather in their cap was when they won SC a few years ago. The only chance of that happening is with the Ray's team, oops meant their U16 team.

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Only feather in their cap was when they won SC a few years ago. The only chance of that happening is with the Ray's team, oops meant their U16 team.

way too soon to write off the Riptide. Their showing at NEWSS was really quite spectacular.

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JKs soccer wins were with the SK high school team--none of those were with the old rays organization.

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way too soon to write off the Riptide. Their showing at NEWSS was really quite spectacular.

I had to go to the site to figure out if you were being sarcastic.

The Riptide played in sixth division at NEWSS. They lost to Berkshire, a Massachusetts team, in the final by three goals.

So I'm assuming you are saying that the Riptide aren't very good.

Bruno appears to be the team to beat.

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I had to go to the site to figure out if you were being sarcastic.

The Riptide played in sixth division at NEWSS. They lost to Berkshire, a Massachusetts team, in the final by three goals.

So I'm assuming you are saying that the Riptide aren't very good.

Bruno appears to be the team to beat.

Isn't it pretty much JUST the Bruno and TW Riptide in the state cup for girls U17, as opposed to 4 or 5 teams at the U16 level?

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Isn't it pretty much JUST the Bruno and TW Riptide in the state cup for girls U17, as opposed to 4 or 5 teams at the U16 level?

Based on last year's results maybe you are right the U17 girls bracket willl be the only competitive for Bruno and TW on the girls side.