I read some of the post on the forum and wonder what some people are thinking, especially those who share their personal info and are posting inflamatory things. Just a heads up. College coaches are on this forum. I would hate to see any kid lose their shot at playing in college or have their scholarship offer pulled because of what their parent posted. That's it.
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genesis
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Absolute Nonsense
Don't know if any college coaches read any of this stuff or bothers to figure out what screen name belongs to which recruit but what I do know is this. They do hire a service to do a social media checks for both the players and the parents. We've been told by multiple coaches that they've walked away from recruits because of their social media and other online presence.
To dismiss it as nonsense, I believe, is a mistake. But it is all up to you.
Just remember that EVERYTHING online is essentially there forever....the good, the bad and the ugly.
ps, large employers have been doing this for a while as they are down-selecting for potential hires.
To dismiss it as nonsense, I believe, is a mistake. But it is all up to you.
Just remember that EVERYTHING online is essentially there forever....the good, the bad and the ugly.
ps, large employers have been doing this for a while as they are down-selecting for potential hires.
Never post anything you wouldn't want your mother to read.
I'm guessing this is what got Messi banned.
Could you provide a list of those coaches?
Generally I think picking a college for soccer is a bad idea. Definitely a bad idea to go to a college with a coach that cruises the soccer forums and has so little respect for the kids that they would make a life changing choice over a overzealous parents bad behavior.
Didn't stop UCLA.
There are perhaps two dozen players every year (each, male and female) that any coach would recognize as an immediate starter likely to last 4 years. Then there are a couple hundred that are hard to tell apart, that are stars in their club or high school teams, but who the coach thinks will fall into the typical college player mold of bench or red shirt the first 2 years working onto a starting role by Senior year. The coach will look at off-field issues to sort those players out, things like grades, disciplinary issues, and parents (good or bad) to select the last few spots.
You can easily tell if your kid is in the top category - he will be getting emails and phone calls from schools you never heard of before the start of his senior HS year. If you're not - don't take a chance on poisoning the well.
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Sped
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I don't expect my kid to play in college, so I don't care.
Sheriff Joe
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Nice.
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Well I guess we do have some common ground. My daughters coach had to address this issue in a parent meeting. His concern was the undo attention a certain parent was creating on the team. His daughter fit in exactly where you said, top player on the team but the parents behavior was scaring away college coaches. Coach even had a one on one with the Dad to tell him to stop posting on the forum.
Based off of what? Mine is based on first hand knowledge. If you choose to ignore it that's fine.
genesis
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Any college coach who cares about this forum is an idiot. They will take any player so long as the player meets their needs. To think anything else is naïve. Yes First, First, First hand knowledge.
I can't think of one college coach who would currently sign Mia Hamm?
It's not the obvious stars who are at risk. It's the hundreds of maybe-stars that a coach has to select 4 or 5 from - don't give him any reason to dislike you and thus pass on your kid.
If any parents are on here posting negative comments about coaches, clubs or other players and they make their identity known and that of their kid, then yes, you are going to scare away some coaches. If you don't believe it why do most people on here keep their identity secret?
Why not use your real name? Some people know my name as I do others, but that's because they are my friends in real life. Coaches look at Social Media, just like this forum. I can tell you for a fact that there are two Mens Soccer coaches from So Cal schools, one is NAIA and the other D1 that have profiles on this forum. Why would a coach want to deal with a crazy parent for four years in a sport like Soccer?
Most of the parents posting on here don't have a kid as talented as Mia was and will not go to a major D1 school. If that's the case then their kid is lumped in with a lot of other kids, good players but not amazing. If a coach has a choice between two kids with equal abilities but knows the parents of one of the kids is a troublemaker then it makes the coaches choice that much easier.
http://www.nhregister.com/sports/20...vior-can-ruin-your-athletic-scholarship-offer
If a parent is going to be making negative post while their kid is playing club then whats to stop them from continuing their post once their kid is in college? If your going to post negative stuff its best to keep your identity and that of your kids to yourself. Personally, I try to stay away from posting negative stuff best I can. But to each his own. It would just be a shame for a kid to miss out on a school they want to go to because their parent gave away too much information.