Venantsyo
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'23-'24 SoCal and National Forecast and Updates
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What's happening
is players are running from AR. Word on the fields is that he ruined the 10's and now the 09's
Like so many have said already. You either run to AR and kiss his ring or you run awayWhat's happening
I see based on the ECNL rosters that one girl is now listed on the AZ Arsenal roster. I wonder what the arrangement is there?
Like so many have said already. You either run to AR and kiss his ring or you run away
Which ring should they kiss?
rainbow_unicorn
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Ruined or attempted to develop them (help them evolve as players) but they rejected it cause it would affect their results?What's happening
Pay for privates=development
Shooting Star
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This is accurate. AR is not the issue. The club is. AR takes the fall/ ask any respectable coach or DOC at any club - as I have - and they will agree that he the finest in a losing battle called the blues …and should be coaching older girls collegiate or pro bound / not youngers …. He should be DOC - not a youth coach - pre collegiate coach - master of teaching the game / teacher / sage / if you want it. Have respect - over the small minded negativity- small minded it’s !
It's all the Blues fault
I had firsthand experience and so did a very dear friend of mind and his dd and what you're saying is not true shooting star. My pals dd was leaving his old Strikers team. AR told the dad if you leave, no ODP invite for your daughter. All this because she went to da Blues. The shit he said about Tad, crazy Larry and the Baker Bros was insane. I was shocked he went to tad after turning down a bag of cash to be the Doc for OC Surf. I read the email by the way to my pal. I will ask my pal to post it for all to read. I do agree he should be in the pros. Sage my ass!!! This guy is a liar bro. He also has the keys to colleges, YNT recommendations and Pros. Trust me, the money is very nice at the youth level, especially the private sessions that allows mom and dad private access to all the keys. Get the cash out daddy and STFU and tell your beautiful dd to obey the master teacher and do as told and all well go with you.I have a few friends that played for that 2010 team and they have all said that AR was handed a national contending team when he first started and the top players are now gone because of his lies and lack of development promises. He promised possession but all he ever made the girls back line do is boot the ball. Go watch them play today and you'll see what I'm talking about. Now he lost the 09's that were in the national team camp. Hmm don't you all see the pattern? Why are the top players leaving his teams?It's all the Blues fault
My advice for AR and the Blues. AR should have more of an administrative role. He should not be coaching young players. He should leverage his connections to benefit club and players to get them to colleges, pro etc Blues need young coaches with energy. They need to standardize the coaching across teams to develop a soccer identity. We know they are the best at the young ages at spotting talent. Many youth national team players have passed through the Blues or been discovered by Blues. They are doing it right at the young ages and having introduced a futsal program which is ideal as well for development. But come 11v11... Young coaches with passion and energy are needed to drive them to being a top contending club again.
rainbow_unicorn
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One 09 player. And every Blues team is like this...national "contender" at the younger ages but then teams fall apart as they get older as players figure out that Blues ball may not be the best path forward for their future.
I also have an issue with parents that blame a coach for lack of development for their player. That finger should ALWAYS be pointed inward to the player/family first when it comes to development.
'Every?" Look Rainbow, we know you hate da Blues but stop lying, my gosh!!!
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rainbow_unicorn
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Funny how when we were youngers we would think Blues coaches scouting our games was the coolest thing. Now that our kids our olders it's a bit ridiculous thinking of coaches scouting 8 or 9 year olds.
Shooting Star
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It's all the Blues fault
They all poach/recruit/ “train”
Maybe teaching the game of soccer is a losing proposition now because it doesn’t happen overnight.
Other issues of today -
Looking for immediate top team/trophy/ guarantee to YNT - then
Parents that blame and demean the coach way too easily without humanistic regard and with no consideration to the team
Kids that are entitled
Lack of work ethic
Could be a generational thing and could be that some coaches are not keeping up with the fomo trend.
Slow and steady doesn’t win the race - stroking egos does now.
My dd played for Tad for two years. No one left Tad's teams unless you were cut or moved. Tad is the best coache ever in SoCal regarding his treatment of the ladies on his team. A true class act, trust me. Always honest to me. He NEVER yelled at his player, or demend them and I mean never. He only had 7 teams in 42 years. Do the Math. He would recruit the top youth in Socal and then call his top potential players to come out for some Sunday Scrimmages to get the girls to battle the best of the best and get them ready to play U11 and 11v11 for the first time. Legends and Beach would throw a fit on here about how unfair it was that Tad and Rob worked harder then all of them combine in recruiting. Tad would sit in a chair with paper and pencil and take notes. He did not offer scholarships like the other top clubs do today. He never talked YNT or college. with me or my kid. ECNL was only for high schoolers back then. It all changed in 2016 with the age change and the failed GDA League. Tad got poached for the first time, but clubs were offering full rides, free travel, free everything and some got per diems for travel food and expenses. Full rides were being offered to all the top 04s, who were all let loose to find new GDA teams. Tad lost half of his State Cup Championship team. Blues has never recovered. It's hard to compete with "free soccer" when everyone else is paying $120K to get a college deal.
Connections help big time. Unless your player at the smaller club is a can't miss like a Shaw, many kids get passed over because of who makes the selection. We need 4 Regions of USYNT Teams and let them battle each other. From those four teams, you let an independent and not influenced coach make his selection for U17 World Cup. If we did that, we would win every U17 World Cup. Selection MUST be earned on the field, not from a Doc, coach or club. Recommendations is cool, but let's see what you have done for me lately on the pitch. I have so many ideas to make this all work and help make USA #1.