Been holding that in for a while huh? Feel better? GOOD! Now I'm not sure why you felt the need to cuss at me, and tell me you don't give a shit. I mean we are strangers on an Internet forum, here for amusement and obsession. I obviously don't give a shit what you think either. Now on to my thoughts....
I don't take anything personally about my child lol. You don't know who she is or how she plays. I take issue with the thinly veiled hopefulness that all of the second team parents are spewing on here that DA will be their DD final rise to the top. And not because they have worked to get there, but because it will "expose" the previous top girls. Wtf does that even mean? I don't like it because it ignores the fundamental truth that other girls' success is not at the expense of your precious snowflake who can pass the ball. If the snowflake was elite, then damnit she would just be elite! There's nobody that could overshadow that. No matter if a coach did favor a certain player. Talent is undeniable.
Now I do agree with you that coaching in the US overall sucks. Perhaps us soccer should have started with that. I do disagree with the whole idea of DA. Why? Because after a decade, hey have not achieved a damn thing on the boys side. Our BNT suck, our MNT suck, and the boys DA has done nothing to improve it. Soooo now all of a sudden, they want to mess with th girls side? Why not change their coaching curriculum?
Our girls YNT definitely need a shakeup of girls. Perhaps a new scouting system. Perhaps just staking it with girls from blues and surf and PDA isn't enough anymore.our WNT is finally getting a shakeup in personnel and diversity. Perhaps if we had cut some of the relics earlier, we would have had more success last year. But @C.A.M. i tell you what, message me and tell me what team your dd is on, and let's really observe this "amazing" da curriculum you're raving about over the next year.
im happy for all the girls, no matter the patch. But for the love of god stop trying to beat us over the head with this DA superiority thing when it hasn't even launched.
See that's the problem here. Someone (me) gave an opinion on how things are going to work out you and say I'm disparaging the current kids who are successful or taking away from the hard work they put in. That is putting words in my mouth and causing issues. If you want to take that up with someone else - go for it, but I didn't say that or make an lightly veiled comment. I say what I mean.
What I said is no different than noting star high school players will fall off at the next level or a college superstar will be a pro flop.
As far as the DA superiority statement you just made to me, I have been saying that since my son was put into the system 3 years ago. I had the privilege of my son training DA style on the field next to my daughter training non DA style for 1.5 years. The coaching attitude to the kids is better, the coaching is better, the environment on the sidelines is better and the style of play is better. It is superior and the difference between our point of views comes from me living in it for a few years and it being "new" to you.
I had a wonderful conversation with a mainstay of the girls game at the field yesterday. This person was inquisitive about my girl not caring about playing high school, about her being ok with 4 day a week practices and keeping grades up and most of all, about play time with the subbing rules. The system is a whole different beast than ECNL and SCSDL.
Kids that are fantastic are going to fall off. Some people don't want to be that serious about the sport. Some aren't going to be able to grow their game more than what they have after being taught one way for 6-7 years. I saw it this weekend at the Legends College showcase where some ODP stars, and I mean stars, were struggling as their teams were transitioning to the structured passing and move, less direct play style. Does it mean they will continue to struggle? Not necessarily, but many of them will.
The game is different man. My girl has two things going for her. She has witnessed the system for the last 3 years and it fits her natural way of playing. She is one of the biggest, fastest girls on the field (5ft 6 in - 145lbs), has decent technique and way above tactical skills. She can play multiple positions and her coach likes that she is extremely coachable. He tells her to accomplish something and she usually can go do it and if not, they can discuss the reason why and how to make adjustments on the fly.
Now was that valuable in the system we all have been in? Yes and no. Coaches loved depending on her, but didnt value her enough to project her as a "star", until we moved on and there was no one to fill her spot. She isn't flashy enough or A type personality enough for that system to be labeled a star. I don't mention that to say I am bitter, just to say I don't have a tiny kid who can't hang physically or technically.
I'm saying it because I know first hand the essence of a player's value being dictated by the system and what coaches value. We didn't build her for all the love from 6-14. We built her for 15 on up. She is almost 14 so this year being her first year in the DA is fantastic.
My boy has been overlooked for other kids at the DA system. They love keepers with great feet and sometimes value that over stops because they are on the small field at 2006 and the pressure is high on keepers. He is 11 years old and 5ft 6 inches (grew 4 inches in 5 months). His foot work is above average but his competition is excellent. So after getting passed over at two academies in 3 months, we got him seen by the US Mens 19 coach, who happens have been a Premier League keeper, US Men's Team keeper at the World Cup and has a club team. He loved my son. Took him in, played him a year up and passed him on to the U19 Mens Team GK Coach who took him to a MLS Academy. Why did this happen - they told me they are building pros and that it is a long journey.
I know the meaning of a players value depending on the system. I'm not bitter. I wasn't being an ass when I cursed at you, I was just being blunt. My kids live it. I wasn't even being pompous. I was actually warning people. This is different and even if you're kid has been successful, she needs to be ready to grow exponentially. If she can't, her value will drop exponentially.