Playmaker38
BRONZE
I took it to mean wearing GPS/heart rate outside of training or game times.. for me I would consider that a little extreme
Cal... What happened?
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I took it to mean wearing GPS/heart rate outside of training or game times.. for me I would consider that a little extreme
Useful for keeping track of outside activities, I suppose.
MacDre
PREMIER
Exactly. Players are monitored around the clock and it was presented as a way to evaluate whether the players were getting enough rest and recovery time. I walked away feeling like if a kid goes out to a party, coach will definitely know! However MK was unapologetic and stated he was recruiting type A personalities and if you don’t like it, then you should look elsewhere.
Playmaker38
BRONZE
God forbid a college athlete have a social life or even something so crazy as a dating life. I’m one hundred percent behind coaches who limit drinking and partying during season.
But could you imagine being a 20 year old kid in college with a constant monitor on you?
Type A is all well and good, but a STUDENT athlete deserves the opportunity to be a regular college student every once in a while
We heard something similar from the Santa Clara coach last year while on a school visit. They track how much sleep their players are getting. I think it’s via a Fitbit or similar device. They mentioned that the lack of sleep was one the biggest factors that leave athletes more susceptible to injury, so they want to make sure their players are getting enough sleep.
Playmaker38
BRONZE
This I can get on board with...
But imagine getting called into coaches office asking why your heart rate spiked at 11pm Tuesday night...
I can see the benefits, and I can see the lines that might be crossed.
Hey roommate - before you go to bed could you put this on for me?
Especially if the men's soccer coach is coordinating data with the women's soccer coach.
The Outlaw *BANNED*
PREMIER
With this team? You wouldn't need to worry about what the boys are doing.
dk_b
GOLD
Hard to win in the PAC12 without an elite gk and/or an elite scorer unless the rest of the team is loaded. Losing Emily Boyd and 3 seniors on the backline hurt Cal this past year. A strong Jr class + Kim + an elite gk and I think 2019 will look different. Does not explain the NCAA issues in recent years though losing an all American senior defender in the first 2 mins to a red card, Santa Clara scoring on a brilliant free kick and playing down a player for 88 mins might explain the last game.
MakeAPlay
DA
No excuses for Cal’s performance in the tournament. They get top talent every year. They are a top academic institution that can recruit players from anywhere on Earth. I can make excuses as to why my 10 year old son doesn’t clean his room without me making him. However, at the end of the day if his room isn’t clean it was his fault. Cal could easily get a top coach and could easily afford to pay him/her. This year is a big year for the Bears. Anything less than top 4 in the conference is a failure and unfortunately for them the rest of the conference has them circled on their schedule as the soft spot among their 4 games against the California schools in the conference and a must win.
Honestly I don’t feel bad for anyone that gets a Berkeley degree. Soccer is temporary but a world class education is forever.
dk_b
GOLD
I offered an explanation and not an excuse but I see how that could be interpreted differently than my intent. My comment re GKs/scorers was more general re the Pac and why schools like, say, Oregon have struggled.
I live in Berkeley so get to watch a lot of Cal games and I usually get to a few Stanford games each year (oddly enough, and full disclosure, the two schools where I have the largest personal rooting interest (no family members among the players on the teams)). I guess that means I’ve watched your daughter, @MakeAPlay , in addition to those of others on this board (I’ve even watched a HS game with my friend, @SpeedK1llz , back in his player’s senior year). I do remember a 7-0 win by Cal over UCLA in 2015, only 2 years before UCLA returned to the national finals. My point is not that Cal will play for the national title in 2020 or that UCLA’s down year in 2015 was comparable to Cal’s 2018 (UCLA was down but Cal’s was worse). My point is that the margin is thin and there’s a reason why the consistently elite teams are few in number.
I live in Berkeley so get to watch a lot of Cal games and I usually get to a few Stanford games each year (oddly enough, and full disclosure, the two schools where I have the largest personal rooting interest (no family members among the players on the teams)). I guess that means I’ve watched your daughter, @MakeAPlay , in addition to those of others on this board (I’ve even watched a HS game with my friend, @SpeedK1llz , back in his player’s senior year). I do remember a 7-0 win by Cal over UCLA in 2015, only 2 years before UCLA returned to the national finals. My point is not that Cal will play for the national title in 2020 or that UCLA’s down year in 2015 was comparable to Cal’s 2018 (UCLA was down but Cal’s was worse). My point is that the margin is thin and there’s a reason why the consistently elite teams are few in number.
eastbaysoccer
GOLD
eastbaysoccer
GOLD
It’s very difficult to build a program. For one, the top recruits have been already spoken for, 2-3 years out. You are left with the leftovers and a few diamonds here and there that everyone else is looking for.
2) it takes about 5 years before all the players on the team are the new coach’s. You can just clean house like NFL teams do.
3) it’s just really hard to do at a mid level academic school and below. And there aren’t many coaches up to the task.
2) it takes about 5 years before all the players on the team are the new coach’s. You can just clean house like NFL teams do.
3) it’s just really hard to do at a mid level academic school and below. And there aren’t many coaches up to the task.
Maybe not this year, but as 2020's 2021's roll in.. they will contend.
yeah we will see. in the past few years they've had the number 5, 8 and 3 classes in the country sooooooooo
Zerodenero
GOLD
With the facilities/athletic support they have, I’d think they be 2nd to none.
There's literally so many coaches on the west coast who have won quicker than she has. Arizona guy took over the same year as Kat and not only has a record that is light years better than Kat's (he's had a winning record every year while she has had zero) but has been to the NCAA's multiple times as well as a sweet 16.
SDSU guy was in the NCAA Tournament 3 years after he got the job.
it took Long Beach 4 years to make the NCAA after MI took over.
It took Tim Ward 4 years and he had winning records after the first year.
Lauren Hanson at SJSU took 2 years.
And I'd guess Oregon is an easier sell than any of those places.
Danny Sanchez at Colorado had them in the NCAA's in his second year.
Good coaches can win. Then they start getting good players to bolster the program. Kat hasn't won and hasn't won and hasn't won...how many good players does she need in order to succeed? And when she gets all these good players, will she know what to do with them?