That all sounds impressive. Seriously. But why such a weak showing in State Cup compared to the clubs you feel are inferior in your area? There are at least two small clubs with more teams that advanced even though they entered less teams. With so much more training and according tonyou, superior training, why so weak in the State Cup? Why so weak in the great out of town or state tounaments? I could enter a team into every major tournament in the country and brag about the quality of the tournament. But if I don't show well, does it mean anything?
I'm not saying that the training is bad at Strictly. But if it were so superior, how do "weak USA" teams out perform you at the State Cup level? Why only 4 teams entered? Aybe you entered more, correct me if I'm wrong)? But if only four teams from your entire club was deemed good enough to go to State Cup, then how can the training be much better than a club that puts 3 or 4 teams into the second round? Because you only play out of the back? Because you don't think SC is worth your skill level?
Strictly has some cool advantages such as being allowed to come and train any night. They start earlier as well. All good for players kids that won't get burnt out by too much training for sure. But with so much more training, and according to Strictly, superior training, shouldn't they be dominating at least the local level at state? Should small clubs be outperforming them against state competition? Strictly can't dominate local tournaments in the top brackets so why travel a thousand miles to be dominated in out of state tournaments rather than compete in and support local tournaments?
Why Colorado? Are there not any equally competitive tournaments they could lose at this side of the Mississippi? Seems that the travel would exclude kids who parents struggle with just club fees, let alone cross country travel, hotels, etc. great for the better off parents, but doesn't it exclude kids (that's what it's really about, right?)?
But many parents think that traveling across the country to play in a tournament means that it's a higher level of soccer I guess. Be damned the parents and kids that can't afford it. Right? No money out of HB's pocket though, so who cares.
Why go hundreds or thousands of miles to play tougher competition when you can't win the local league you play in? Can't dominate local tournaments in the highest brackets? Makes no sense what so ever other than parents being able to say that their kid went Colorado for a tournament. No doubt the kids loved it. But I bet they would have loved to win their own state's cup even more. But the majority of teams at Strictly weren't given the chance to do that due to their own club's lack of faith in their training. Despite the above bragging about how great the club's training is.
Messi could have come here as a teenager and played for any club in the area and still been a superstar. He could have played for Seminole and they would have drawn hundreds of top players once they started touting that Messi played for them. So you can talk about 8 kids over the course of having the same DOC having played college soccer. How many of them would have played college no matter what club they played for? I don't know and neither do you. How many of the kids that got scholorships lasted past the first year in college? How many kids that got academic scholorships from smaller clubs became stars at their college? Stats are great but they at numbers without a story behind them. Strictly touts the number of scholorships but doesn't say what years those kids played. We'd they from the last four years or from the many years that the same DOC has been in charge? 8 kids out of 10,000 isn't a ratio a parent should make a decision on is it?
Face it. You are way too serious about a club that isn't even the best in the county. By now, if the training was superior than the club would be superior team for team than anyone else around. You are a soccer club. You take good players and bad ones like everyone else. Your training is decent. Better than some and worse than some depending on the age group. Like most clubs.
If you are happy and thrilled with your kid's training at SS then more power to you. That more than a parent can ask. But get off the high horse until you can field top teams in every age group because until them you are like every other club that has good teams and bad ones. Welcome to Pinellas soccer. Lol
I'm not saying that the training is bad at Strictly. But if it were so superior, how do "weak USA" teams out perform you at the State Cup level? Why only 4 teams entered? Aybe you entered more, correct me if I'm wrong)? But if only four teams from your entire club was deemed good enough to go to State Cup, then how can the training be much better than a club that puts 3 or 4 teams into the second round? Because you only play out of the back? Because you don't think SC is worth your skill level?
Strictly has some cool advantages such as being allowed to come and train any night. They start earlier as well. All good for players kids that won't get burnt out by too much training for sure. But with so much more training, and according to Strictly, superior training, shouldn't they be dominating at least the local level at state? Should small clubs be outperforming them against state competition? Strictly can't dominate local tournaments in the top brackets so why travel a thousand miles to be dominated in out of state tournaments rather than compete in and support local tournaments?
Why Colorado? Are there not any equally competitive tournaments they could lose at this side of the Mississippi? Seems that the travel would exclude kids who parents struggle with just club fees, let alone cross country travel, hotels, etc. great for the better off parents, but doesn't it exclude kids (that's what it's really about, right?)?
But many parents think that traveling across the country to play in a tournament means that it's a higher level of soccer I guess. Be damned the parents and kids that can't afford it. Right? No money out of HB's pocket though, so who cares.
Why go hundreds or thousands of miles to play tougher competition when you can't win the local league you play in? Can't dominate local tournaments in the highest brackets? Makes no sense what so ever other than parents being able to say that their kid went Colorado for a tournament. No doubt the kids loved it. But I bet they would have loved to win their own state's cup even more. But the majority of teams at Strictly weren't given the chance to do that due to their own club's lack of faith in their training. Despite the above bragging about how great the club's training is.
Messi could have come here as a teenager and played for any club in the area and still been a superstar. He could have played for Seminole and they would have drawn hundreds of top players once they started touting that Messi played for them. So you can talk about 8 kids over the course of having the same DOC having played college soccer. How many of them would have played college no matter what club they played for? I don't know and neither do you. How many of the kids that got scholorships lasted past the first year in college? How many kids that got academic scholorships from smaller clubs became stars at their college? Stats are great but they at numbers without a story behind them. Strictly touts the number of scholorships but doesn't say what years those kids played. We'd they from the last four years or from the many years that the same DOC has been in charge? 8 kids out of 10,000 isn't a ratio a parent should make a decision on is it?
Face it. You are way too serious about a club that isn't even the best in the county. By now, if the training was superior than the club would be superior team for team than anyone else around. You are a soccer club. You take good players and bad ones like everyone else. Your training is decent. Better than some and worse than some depending on the age group. Like most clubs.
If you are happy and thrilled with your kid's training at SS then more power to you. That more than a parent can ask. But get off the high horse until you can field top teams in every age group because until them you are like every other club that has good teams and bad ones. Welcome to Pinellas soccer. Lol
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