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Style of play means everything at the dap level and if he picked the kids that are big and fast over technically strong his problems will be numerous.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostCoaches want to win. They are competitive by nature and their jobs depend on their records. They will fill their squads with the players they think will get them there. Club politics might muddy the waters on spots 16-20, but players 1-15 will be top talent. No process is 100% fair and no coach is 100% perfect in spotting talent. Sometimes life isn't fair. Jilted parents need to help their kids learn to accept that fact or their kids will turn into bitter adults just like them. Learn from it. Work on your skills if you really want it and try again next year. Or move on and make the best of the situation you are in.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis may be true for teams as Revs, where some players are still there based on connections etc, but just a few. Bolts has teams that are on average at the far end of the group. Several players who are the "top 10" are not always selected based on talent (sons of coaches, BODs, connected parents), so you cannot say coaches really want to win, and this shows in the performance of most of their teams. Perhaps this time BA decided he wanted to try a different thing with this new U16, who knows.
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what amazes me is how irritated parents get when their kids aren't chosen to be those 4-5 benchwarmers. If that's where your kid was going to be, then you, your kid and the team are all better off. The other option is that your kid sits, you spend your year bad mouthing the coach for not recognizing your son's remarkable talent, your kid can't help but feed off your attitude and has an equally miserable year and you leave the club next year just as, or likely even more, irritated than you currently are. You aren't serving your kid well by telling him the reason he wasn't picked was just political. The truth of it is that politics or no, if your son was THAT good they wouldn't have let him go. If a coach has to choose between two roughly equivalent players, one he knows and one he doesn't, choosing the one he knows isn't politics, it's common sense.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostJust because they don't have a strong record doesn't mean they don't WANT to win. Sorry but no team at that level is going to fill their rosters with connected kids. As another said they might take a few to fill the bench but that's it.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postwhat amazes me is how irritated parents get when their kids aren't chosen to be those 4-5 benchwarmers. If that's where your kid was going to be, then you, your kid and the team are all better off. The other option is that your kid sits, you spend your year bad mouthing the coach for not recognizing your son's remarkable talent, your kid can't help but feed off your attitude and has an equally miserable year and you leave the club next year just as, or likely even more, irritated than you currently are. You aren't serving your kid well by telling him the reason he wasn't picked was just political. The truth of it is that politics or no, if your son was THAT good they wouldn't have let him go. If a coach has to choose between two roughly equivalent players, one he knows and one he doesn't, choosing the one he knows isn't politics, it's common sense.
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I wasn't aware that DC had a kid on this or any team. Sounds to me like you have a lot of pent up frustration about this club. Probably better for your health you left.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostTwo players on last years Bolts u14 dap team would have trouble making any of the weaker GPS or NEFC teams but the made the starting lineup because of their parents- very wealthy and connected. Many scoring and defensive opportunities missed by these players . Coach didn't care. Money and perks trump winning for the bolts.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostTwo players on last years Bolts u14 dap team would have trouble making any of the weaker GPS or NEFC teams but the made the starting lineup because of their parents- very wealthy and connected. Many scoring and defensive opportunities missed by these players . Coach didn't care. Money and perks trump winning for the bolts.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI know which players you are referring to. Almost always on the starting lineup. Very inconsistent average players. But parents had the connections...
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostSo you're saying 2 of those with 70% should have been on the bench. Meaning that two of the 4 with 50% should have had more in your view but lacked "connections".
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe u15 preacademy playoffs are not the same level as U16 DAP, case in point the 98 preacademy team made playoffs a couple years back and they were 7-14-8 last year, 8th place in the Northeast only above Albertson and Seacoast. Every parent always wants the best players on a team until it means their kid gets cut or sees reduced playing time. If the players or parents were loyal to the club they would have stuck around for the NPL or NEP teams and try to earn back a spot.
Why people think that club history should trump current level of play is remarkable. Also there weren't even that many long-time bolts players on the 99 preacademy team. Many long-time bolts were cut between the 99's first preacademy and academy years as well.
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