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Whoa, hey everyone, Daddy Dip**** doesn't care about USSF. Thanks dummy. -
Sorry you're so angry about soccer. Hopefully you'll find peace some day.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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The only reason parents want their kids called in to NT trainings is to build their soccer resume for college.Comment
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Correct.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Now let's talk about why the DA exists...because that's not actually it. And by the measure of why it actually does exist (developing players for the NT), no reasonable person can argue it's been successful (Pssst! And because your non-NT child has had a good DA experience isn't an argument).Comment
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You seem to be the only person that cares about the why. Parents care about one thing, and DA is doing a serviceable job meeting their needs. If a couple kids make the National Team, well, good for them. Other than that, it's all about a good education with some soccer mixed in.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Except that if you look at all the NTs, they're DA kids.Originally posted by UnregisteredComment
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US Soccer didn't start DA to please parents dummy.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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DA hasn't meaningfully improved the USMNT.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
No, it's not.Comment
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Well it is pleasing parents. Mission accomplished for us.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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That's your mission, dummy.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
That's not the mission of DA, dummy.Comment
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Space blankets were for astronauts, but I sure do love them when they wrap me up at the end of a marathon. Same thing. Again, loved DA, mission accomplished.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Not same thing, dummy.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
No one ever debated that space blankets never worked as intended, dummy.
Arguing that other uses or benefits have anything to do with the intended mission of space blankets or that mission was accomplished because of those other uses or benefits amounts to a non-sequitur, dummy.
No one cares that you love DA, dummy.Comment
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Even though the DA is supposed to be a developmental league, when it really comes down to it, coaches and academy directors are just as focused on winning as in any other league in the U.S. One has to simply look at the roster sizes (U12 is the only age group that has this right) and see how many kids are getting very few playing minutes (sometimes zero) each week. The coaches will tell you that playing minutes will even out over the course of the year, so a kid getting few playing minutes a couple weeks in a row, will then get a couple of games with lots of minutes. Is this helping player development, or is this helping the team win games by giving the best players all the playing time against tough opponents and giving the bottom of the roster their "required" minutes against the weakest opponents?
Similarly, kids are played up or brought back down to age level to maximize a club's overall win record, with some clubs sacrificing an entire team to strengthen the year above or below.
Sadly, this can even trickle down to the U11 age groups. U11 coaches of the clubs that have U12 DA programs are under a lot of pressure to end up at the top of the standings after the spring season, so they can attract the best players to their U12 DA programs. In this quest for the top spot, player development is put on the back burner.
For all the talk of development, the DA is doing a pretty poor job.Comment
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Dip**** Daddy posts that he loves DA in 3, 2, 1...Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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