Sheriff Joe
DA
Not right in the head.
ESPNANALYST
SILVER ELITE
Please shut REAL DEAL up next
Sheriff Joe
DA
What makes you all knowing, you have a kid that got some money to play in college, just like thousands of other kids. Girls DA teams aren't even formed yet and you are already making stupid statements, you may end up being right, but you are guessing just like everyone else.
NoGoal
DA
I don't need to know you. The probability is high that you're like many other posters who have come before you on the 98, 99, 00, 01 age group who think playing for a GDA team (previously ECNL) she is one of the best. A lot will change in 2 yrs, wha makes you think your DDs 04/05 age group is any different? #thereisnone
NoGoal
DA
Um? Replace ECNL with GDA...it's the same dog and pony show, different platform.
And I've seen it with the 98, 99, 00 age groups!
Style of play in college will not change. The college coaches keep their jobs baeed on results and not because they played possession soccer.
NoGoal
DA
Preaching vs training, idenifying, playing possession soccer is on a different level.
Say what you want about certain posters but MAP has done a lot correctly. You may not like the delivery of the truth but it's the truth. Parents around here do not want to hear it- they want a bow tied gift wrapped version of "Your daughter will never be elite"
Then they come back with their excuses:
- we are focused on academics anyway
- we don't like the coach at X club
- we just want her to have fun
- people are so mean around here
My daughter isn't YNT. She has always been ODP but I know that racket. If she can go to a great school and play and not have it affect grades great. My BFF daughter just had a great offer from a D3- a lot of money and a great school. After the soccer coach showed her the schedule and off season schedule she declined the offer because she was worried about school.
It does always seem like the younger parents are the really out of touch ones. I appreciate you Map and NG and Cali! I may not always like how you say what you say but it has made me wake up to some hard and fast truths.
Then they come back with their excuses:
- we are focused on academics anyway
- we don't like the coach at X club
- we just want her to have fun
- people are so mean around here
My daughter isn't YNT. She has always been ODP but I know that racket. If she can go to a great school and play and not have it affect grades great. My BFF daughter just had a great offer from a D3- a lot of money and a great school. After the soccer coach showed her the schedule and off season schedule she declined the offer because she was worried about school.
It does always seem like the younger parents are the really out of touch ones. I appreciate you Map and NG and Cali! I may not always like how you say what you say but it has made me wake up to some hard and fast truths.
MakeAPlay
DA
I do not care about what you wish or don't wish. I don't know you and probably wouldn't like you. I don't care about your kid and couldn't care less about what you wish upon my kid. She is an adult and doing fine. Can you say the same?
I agree with these as well. Some of us are totally focused on our kids and what we need to do to get things done. Sorry I am not interested in anyone else's- I am in it to win it. Lots of people are ..:
NoGoal
DA
Oh yeah and my DD isn't like the 1000s of other players who got a college soccer scholarship. She didn't settle playing for some unknown Univeristy in the middle Central Arkansas.
MakeAPlay
DA
Um nice one. If you really are such a tough guy PM me your mobile number and let's take this up in person.
MakeAPlay
DA
NG I wish that I could resurrect all of the posters that have disappeared as their players have quit soccer and moved on. Funny thing is we are still standing!
Not standing - thriving. The two most unapologetically aggressive parents in my age group for their daughters have made some very difficult and controversial choices but their daughters level of play and commitment to the game is phenomenal. I learned a lot from parents like You guys about advocating for my daughter while maintaining realistic expectations about where she's going to end up
I also want to say to new posters on this forum that the back-and-forth between the old-timers posters goes back a long way and they all know each other and they have been through many changes together so although it might look aggressive and crass if you don't know the backstory there is a lot of history with all of them
Hey now some of us can appreciate what you guys say ! We just want you to see our side of it once in a while that US soccer changed our whole game. I was very excited about EC NL it was what I was looking forward to for my daughter I didn't expect the rug to get pulled out from underneath me and now I have to figure out how to keep her doing what she wants to do. That's not easy
I know you are a ulittle parent. It's called working the system- it's called getting her in and finding money. That's what that coach did for her and it was part of her playing.
Spare me man you are a know it all
MakeAPlay
DA
@Striker17 I apologize for my delivery. At times it gets annoying hearing the same old argument by a new parent. At the end of the day it is up to all of us to help our players get on the track that best suits them. I would ask my player every year up to her U18 season if she still really wanted to play before I wrote a check (even after she had accepted a scholarship offer). That way it was up to her. Our focus for our player has always been in order: College and having fun. Anything that would distract from those two things were unacceptable. My player had a mandate that she get straight A's or I wan't going to spend a dime.
Good luck to your player. You and your spouse clearly are putting your player first and working the plan. That is the formula for success because no player gets there alone,
NoGoal
DA
And I have already told my DD. Be prepared to sit as a college freshmen.
MakeAPlay
DA
However you have her preparing to succeed! She is going to contribute for sure this season. She is skilled, works hard and most importantly is driven to succeed!!
Sheriff Joe
DA
Different strokes I guess.