Field hockey clubs feedback

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not taking your top players to Disney is stupid!
Looking at the WC Eagles U19 team, they had a roster of 18. That roster included 13 D1 commits (UNC, Syracuse, Iowa, Michigan, UVA, Maryland and others) The rest were too young ('26s and '27s) to be committed but are all on the U16/U18 National Teams or the Senior Indoor National Teams.

And most of their future coaching staffs were all there to watch a game or two. Which is why teams go to Disney. There were plenty of coaches from top D1 and D3 programs walking around and watching games all day Friday and Saturday. The grass surface sucks, but competition is competition and the surface is crappy for everyone equally.

Maybe some players just didn’t want to go. Just because top players aren’t there doesn’t mean the coaches made the decision for them not to be there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not taking your top players to Disney is stupid!
Looking at the WC Eagles U19 team, they had a roster of 18. That roster included 13 D1 commits (UNC, Syracuse, Iowa, Michigan, UVA, Maryland and others) The rest were too young ('26s and '27s) to be committed but are all on the U16/U18 National Teams or the Senior Indoor National Teams.

And most of their future coaching staffs were all there to watch a game or two. Which is why teams go to Disney. There were plenty of coaches from top D1 and D3 programs walking around and watching games all day Friday and Saturday. The grass surface sucks, but competition is competition and the surface is crappy for everyone equally.

Agreed the fields sucked and it did effect the game negatively. However the college coach presence in general was very weak. Even at the WC Eagles game vs Husel there were only 2 coaches. It was definitely surprising how few were in attendance compared to Shooting Star Thanksgiving where there were coaches everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not taking your top players to Disney is stupid!
Looking at the WC Eagles U19 team, they had a roster of 18. That roster included 13 D1 commits (UNC, Syracuse, Iowa, Michigan, UVA, Maryland and others) The rest were too young ('26s and '27s) to be committed but are all on the U16/U18 National Teams or the Senior Indoor National Teams.

And most of their future coaching staffs were all there to watch a game or two. Which is why teams go to Disney. There were plenty of coaches from top D1 and D3 programs walking around and watching games all day Friday and Saturday. The grass surface sucks, but competition is competition and the surface is crappy for everyone equally.

Agreed the fields sucked and it did effect the game negatively. However the college coach presence in general was very weak. Even at the WC Eagles game vs Husel there were only 2 coaches. It was definitely surprising how few were in attendance compared to Shooting Star Thanksgiving where there were coaches everywhere.

Was also surprised how horrible the fields were. Not ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not taking your top players to Disney is stupid!
Looking at the WC Eagles U19 team, they had a roster of 18. That roster included 13 D1 commits (UNC, Syracuse, Iowa, Michigan, UVA, Maryland and others) The rest were too young ('26s and '27s) to be committed but are all on the U16/U18 National Teams or the Senior Indoor National Teams.

And most of their future coaching staffs were all there to watch a game or two. Which is why teams go to Disney. There were plenty of coaches from top D1 and D3 programs walking around and watching games all day Friday and Saturday. The grass surface sucks, but competition is competition and the surface is crappy for everyone equally.

Agreed the fields sucked and it did effect the game negatively. However the college coach presence in general was very weak. Even at the WC Eagles game vs Husel there were only 2 coaches. It was definitely surprising how few were in attendance compared to Shooting Star Thanksgiving where there were coaches everywhere.

Surprised this year by the lower number of coaches in attendance. Prior years has not been like this year on lack of coaches watching games. I hope USAFH phases out this showcase as it’s on grass and very costly to attend.

[Anonymous]

Our club coach has already told the club that we are not going back next year and will be attending Winter Escape instead. That’s how upset she was about the fields and the college coach attendance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our club coach has already told the club that we are not going back next year and will be attending Winter Escape instead. That’s how upset she was about the fields and the college coach attendance.

Good decision. I hope other clubs follow.

[Anonymous]

Many of the u19 players on DDs team call Disney a ‘fake’ tourney due to the terrible grass fields.

[Anonymous]

Did anyone see that Husel U19 won a tournament last night in Pennsylvania at United Sports and their last game finished at 11 pm? They played 3 no name teams, giving up zero goals, then replayed a team they had already beaten in the finals. Sounds like they just went to get an easy win and show off some hardware on Instagram. Is that a good enough reason to have to drive home 3 hours in the middle of the night? Absolutely not!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see that Husel U19 won a tournament last night in Pennsylvania at United Sports and their last game finished at 11 pm? They played 3 no name teams, giving up zero goals, then replayed a team they had already beaten in the finals. Sounds like they just went to get an easy win and show off some hardware on Instagram. Is that a good enough reason to have to drive home 3 hours in the middle of the night? Absolutely not!

Yea - they did the same thing back in December - traveled to Philly to play some weak teams. Some times clubs aren’t looking to get better but to get some Instagram worthy posts. If they cared about being challenged or preparing correctly for NITS, they would go play at the WC Eagles training facility (also in PA - haha.) But they don’t because those weekend tournaments don’t come with medals but with very tough competition.

[Anonymous]

Uh…what? Why does this matter even a tiny bit? I’m not a Husel parent but I literally cannot think of one reason why it would bother me if a team played a game out of town at 11 at night and then said nice things about the girls that play for them on social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uh…what? Why does this matter even a tiny bit? I’m not a Husel parent but I literally cannot think of one reason why it would bother me if a team played a game out of town at 11 at night and then said nice things about the girls that play for them on social media.

It bothers me because that coach inflates her players' abilities and this kind of stuff can affect other non-Husel players in the recruiting process. They had a massively overhyped 2023 who took recognition away from a high school teammate because of the complete overinflation of her stats and now in college the truth comes out. It's just very frustrating to see this stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uh…what? Why does this matter even a tiny bit? I’m not a Husel parent but I literally cannot think of one reason why it would bother me if a team played a game out of town at 11 at night and then said nice things about the girls that play for them on social media.

I think the poster is saying Husel is playing teams they know they can beat for easy wins so they can post about winning. And pointing out that they drove to PA and played late at night against lower level teams as if that makes it not worth the drive at 11pm. Its about creating the illusion you are better than you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uh…what? Why does this matter even a tiny bit? I’m not a Husel parent but I literally cannot think of one reason why it would bother me if a team played a game out of town at 11 at night and then said nice things about the girls that play for them on social media.

I think the poster is saying Husel is playing teams they know they can beat for easy wins so they can post about winning. And pointing out that they drove to PA and played late at night against lower level teams as if that makes it not worth the drive at 11pm. Its about creating the illusion you are better than you are.

You don’t see Metro or Next Level going to rinky dink tournaments to “win” useless medals. That’s definitely a Husel thing - been doing it for years. I agree it’s creating an illusion that their club teams are better than they actually are at every age level. Instagram can be a great recruitment tool for those that don’t see through the facade!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uh…what? Why does this matter even a tiny bit? I’m not a Husel parent but I literally cannot think of one reason why it would bother me if a team played a game out of town at 11 at night and then said nice things about the girls that play for them on social media.

I think the poster is saying Husel is playing teams they know they can beat for easy wins so they can post about winning. And pointing out that they drove to PA and played late at night against lower level teams as if that makes it not worth the drive at 11pm. Its about creating the illusion you are better than you are.

You don’t see Metro or Next Level going to rinky dink tournaments to “win” useless medals. That’s definitely a Husel thing - been doing it for years. I agree it’s creating an illusion that their club teams are better than they actually are at every age level. Instagram can be a great recruitment tool for those that don’t see through the facade!

Wouldn’t good recruiting coaches know better? You’re an anonymous parent on the internet and you were able to easily look up this info. Who cares!

[Anonymous]

Our interactions with Husel have never been positive. The coach is unbearable.