What do you mean by even out the brackets??My DD is already playing ECNL... Was just wonder if they will even out the brackets.
There is an uneven number of teams in the SW.What do you mean by even out the brackets??
They may need to put up some better results. Only team at or near the top of RL is their 18/19’s.Pats thinks they are getting in. This year or next.
I don't think they believe results this year will be a criteria. They are the only SW RCNL team without ECNL and it evens out the number of teams in ECNL. They didn't hire Dodge to build an ECRL program...they hired him because of is ties to ECNL leadership from his time with Blues.They may need to put up some better results. Only team at or near the top of RL is their 18/19’s.
So you think they (ECNL) changed their standards? Beach and Legends just didn’t have to play a year and they were in, they had to perform.I don't think they believe results this year will be a criteria. They are the only SW RCNL team without ECNL and it evens out the number of teams in ECNL. They didn't hire Dodge to build an ECRL program...they hired him because of is ties to ECNL leadership from his time with Blues.
Pats getting in does not make sense since you already have two Slammers teams, Blues and Strikers all on top of each other in that area. ECNL should look at LA Surf or somebody in the SGV/east SFV area where there is a void.
I am not sure that Beach and Legends performing last year was a determining factor. They certainly did perform, but who is to say they wouldn't have gotten in after that first year regardless of performance? And I never said the ties to ECNL would help the competitive nature of the league, but let's not be so naive to think that is what will determine the decision here. If improving the competitive nature of the league was leadership's primary concern, then relegation would be on the table.So you think they (ECNL) changed their standards? Beach and Legends just didn’t have to play a year and they were in, they had to perform.
I’m not rooting against Pat’s, just curious as to ECNL’s motivation to let in another OC club (Slammers, Koge, Blues, Strikers) that isn’t able to compete with many of these Clubs 2nd Teams.
As we’ve seen with DMSC a DOC with “ties” to ECNL doesn’t always help the competitive nature of the League.
The really good teams need a couple of "bad" teams to play against to look good. ;-)I am not sure that Beach and Legends performing last year was a determining factor. They certainly did perform, but who is to say they wouldn't have gotten in after that first year regardless of performance? And I never said the ties to ECNL would help the competitive nature of the league, but let's not be so naive to think that is what will determine the decision here. If improving the competitive nature of the league was leadership's primary concern, then relegation would be on the table.
The really good teams need a couple of "bad" teams to play against to look good. ;-)
I’m just going based on what I was told was going to be the parameters in 2020 when decisions on what direction the club was going in after DA shuttered.I am not sure that Beach and Legends performing last year was a determining factor. They certainly did perform, but who is to say they wouldn't have gotten in after that first year regardless of performance? And I never said the ties to ECNL would help the competitive nature of the league, but let's not be so naive to think that is what will determine the decision here. If improving the competitive nature of the league was leadership's primary concern, then relegation would be on the table.
I’m just going based on what I was told was going to be the parameters in 2020 when decisions on what direction the club was going in after DA shuttered.
I just don’t see a valid argument for Pat’s to gain entry when there are other geographic areas that are underserved.
I agree that a different geo would be better for the league overall, but isn't Pats the only current ECRL team in the SW without ECNL? I would bet that was part of the conversation that Pats had ("we are all in with ECRL, so we should be first in line when a new club from SoCal is admitted").I’m just going based on what I was told was going to be the parameters in 2020 when decisions on what direction the club was going in after DA shuttered.
I just don’t see a valid argument for Pat’s to gain entry when there are other geographic areas that are underserved.