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    #61
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Team dynamic is also very bad with HR on the team.
    Oh. Yes, sorry forgot we were talking about Rivers and yes Wash U is D3. Nobles...

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      #62
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Please don’t bad mouth individual kids.
      Must have taken playing time away from his kid so he gets brave bashing a kid anonymously.

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        #63
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Must have taken playing time away from his kid so he gets brave bashing a kid anonymously.
        Nope. Kids a d0uche. sorry but it’s true.

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          #64
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Nope. Kids a d0uche. sorry but it’s true.
          Seriously? What good are you doing bashing a kid? We are here to talk soccer. Just go away.

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            #65
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Huge jump for Thayer to mid table. Are they that improved?
            They finished tenth last year, so not a huge jump.

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              #66
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              You are completely wrong here. You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Back to the question at hand. Who did Nobles get?
              My predictions were based not so much on who Nobles got, but on who they didn't lose. They return almost everyone from a team that finished fifth in the ISL last year, so I expect them to improve.

              Meanwhile, even though they went to the NEPSAC final, Rivers finished sixth in the ISL and lost a lot of players, so I picked them to finish in about the same place. I think that Middlesex lost even more players than Rivers did, and while they were a very good team last year, they weren't 2015 Milton, so I picked them to drop a little.

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                #67
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                They finished tenth last year, so not a huge jump.
                Odd season for Thayer last year. In dead last place for most of season, then they win their final four in a row. Maybe they found something? Players back from injury? Or maybe just a fluke?

                In truth, the growth of soccer recruiting among certain schools in the ISL has left the league deeply split between the teams that recruit and those that do not. So the bottom half of the league can be a scramble of 3-2 or 4-3 matches that can easily go either way. Any one of those teams (Thayer, StMarks, Sebs, Tabor, Govs, Lawrence, StG, RL) could finish anywhere from 8th to 16th. And the top half of the league can get decided--and certainly playoff spots can be decided--if any of the top teams drop points against any of these teams.

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                  #68
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Odd season for Thayer last year. In dead last place for most of season, then they win their final four in a row. Maybe they found something? Players back from injury? Or maybe just a fluke?

                  In truth, the growth of soccer recruiting among certain schools in the ISL has left the league deeply split between the teams that recruit and those that do not. So the bottom half of the league can be a scramble of 3-2 or 4-3 matches that can easily go either way. Any one of those teams (Thayer, StMarks, Sebs, Tabor, Govs, Lawrence, StG, RL) could finish anywhere from 8th to 16th. And the top half of the league can get decided--and certainly playoff spots can be decided--if any of the top teams drop points against any of these teams.
                  Schools need serious endowments to maintain top sports programs. Can’t be good in everything so have to choose which to excel in. The schools with the bigger endowments generally have more top programs.

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                    #69
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Schools need serious endowments to maintain top sports programs. Can’t be good in everything so have to choose which to excel in. The schools with the bigger endowments generally have more top programs.
                    not really accurate. There is not much, if any, correlation between ISL endowment size and athletic performance. Its about what each school chooses to prioritize.

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                      #70
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      not really accurate. There is not much, if any, correlation between ISL endowment size and athletic performance. Its about what each school chooses to prioritize.
                      Not really . When an endowment also funds operating costs and crucial infrastructure programs, as with some schools, hard choices have to be made. A school like Thayer may decide that the boys soccer bucket may not be prudent relative to other programs (including arts and sciences) while a school like Milton can afford to pool more money into boys soccer while pouring lots of money into their strong arts program.

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                        #71
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Not really . When an endowment also funds operating costs and crucial infrastructure programs, as with some schools, hard choices have to be made. A school like Thayer may decide that the boys soccer bucket may not be prudent relative to other programs (including arts and sciences) while a school like Milton can afford to pool more money into boys soccer while pouring lots of money into their strong arts program.
                        OK. Then explain why some of the schools with highest endowments aren't dominating the league? Groton by far the highest, RL and St Marks way up there. The answer is that its about priorities.

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                          #72
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          OK. Then explain why some of the schools with highest endowments aren't dominating the league? Groton by far the highest, RL and St Marks way up there. The answer is that its about priorities.
                          You think Groton is not trying to prop up their soccer program? I know them well. They are trying very hard to recruit top players even making some concessions grade-wise. They unfortunately recruited the wrong people to run the program and their admissions committee is not the most agile.

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                            #73
                            Agree. The head coach also has a lot to do with the success of the program...but without money head coach can pound sand.

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                              #74
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              You think Groton is not trying to prop up their soccer program? I know them well. They are trying very hard to recruit top players even making some concessions grade-wise. They unfortunately recruited the wrong people to run the program and their admissions committee is not the most agile.
                              they may be trying, but it has nothing to do with endowment.

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                                #75
                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                Agree. The head coach also has a lot to do with the success of the program...but without money head coach can pound sand.
                                Generous alumni pay my kid’s tuition.

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