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Anonymous wrote:Some clubs try to make themselves appear stronger than they are by boasting about wins, club ranking etc. New families don’t know this, so while it is good marketing, it is deceptive marketing. People who have been around know what is happening.

A great example of this is Husel’s description on their Insta “6x USA FH National Indoor Tournament Champions (u10, u12,u14, u16, u19). USA National Club of the Year Finalists”. What a joke, most of those wins and club nomination is from like 2019. Some unknown parent might actually think those are good results.

Wrong- National club of the year was for this yr

A lot of people seem to forget that Husel Coach took the majority of Rampage’s club to start Husel, leaving behind single digit number of goalies and field players. That was the same winter season Husel won NITs in 3 different age groups primarily with Rampage trained players and because of those big indoor nabbed the finalist nomination for club of the year. Fact - Rampage got robbed by Husel.

Rampage was a sinking ship anyways. Owner moved out of VA and was going to leave it to some rando. Was also bias and only really took Westfield players and players from other surrounding high schools that did not threaten Westfield's ability to win regionals and go to states.

The Husel coach also has no high school ties. Rampage director was also the head coach at Westfield. Conflict of interest.

Uh the Husel coach’s second in command (also a long-time Rampage coach) is the HC at Fairfax High School. Big conflict of interest and club roster filled with many Fairfax players for years.

That is not accurate. This person is not “second in command” or close to it. Husel has a bunch of coaches. The commissioner, who I would say is second in command, has no high school ties.

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Anonymous wrote:Some clubs try to make themselves appear stronger than they are by boasting about wins, club ranking etc. New families don’t know this, so while it is good marketing, it is deceptive marketing. People who have been around know what is happening.

A great example of this is Husel’s description on their Insta “6x USA FH National Indoor Tournament Champions (u10, u12,u14, u16, u19). USA National Club of the Year Finalists”. What a joke, most of those wins and club nomination is from like 2019. Some unknown parent might actually think those are good results.

Wrong- National club of the year was for this yr

A lot of people seem to forget that Husel Coach took the majority of Rampage’s club to start Husel, leaving behind single digit number of goalies and field players. That was the same winter season Husel won NITs in 3 different age groups primarily with Rampage trained players and because of those big indoor nabbed the finalist nomination for club of the year. Fact - Rampage got robbed by Husel.

Rampage was a sinking ship anyways. Owner moved out of VA and was going to leave it to some rando. Was also bias and only really took Westfield players and players from other surrounding high schools that did not threaten Westfield's ability to win regionals and go to states.

The “rando” was the Husel Coach - negotiations fell through for her to buy Rampage. So she just started her own club and took almost all of the Rampage players.

I mean yeah I would start my own club too if negotiations fell through. Thats business!

That’s not what happened

That is literally what someone just posted “negotiations fell through” so…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some clubs try to make themselves appear stronger than they are by boasting about wins, club ranking etc. New families don’t know this, so while it is good marketing, it is deceptive marketing. People who have been around know what is happening.

A great example of this is Husel’s description on their Insta “6x USA FH National Indoor Tournament Champions (u10, u12,u14, u16, u19). USA National Club of the Year Finalists”. What a joke, most of those wins and club nomination is from like 2019. Some unknown parent might actually think those are good results.

Wrong- National club of the year was for this yr

A lot of people seem to forget that Husel Coach took the majority of Rampage’s club to start Husel, leaving behind single digit number of goalies and field players. That was the same winter season Husel won NITs in 3 different age groups primarily with Rampage trained players and because of those big indoor nabbed the finalist nomination for club of the year. Fact - Rampage got robbed by Husel.

Rampage was a sinking ship anyways. Owner moved out of VA and was going to leave it to some rando. Was also bias and only really took Westfield players and players from other surrounding high schools that did not threaten Westfield's ability to win regionals and go to states.

The Husel coach also has no high school ties. Rampage director was also the head coach at Westfield. Conflict of interest.

Haha, Husel is all about Fairfax with a Coach conflict. Don’t expect your kid to take a corner if you’re not from fairfax, that’s how they get good at it, only playing balls on corners to their kids

Probably because they are good players. Husel also has kids coming from Fredericksburg, private schools in the area, and prince william county. Multiple kids on second teams who have never played before as well.

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Boy you sure can tell a delusional retort from a Husel Mom/Dad because of the quick defense of coach and corners. Drank the kool-aid now stuck in the Husel swamp and can’t get out.

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This thread is so entertaining. Bring on the popcorn.

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Anonymous wrote:Just looked up the pools for u14 NITs this weekend. NL blue is playing in the advanced level (pool A, I assume these are the top teams?), while Husel is in the intermediate pool along with Hammers, Wolves, Metro, etc... Those playing in the intermediate pools have a better chance of bringing home a metal especially if they are in one of the lower pools.

Does anyone know how the levels/pools are determined for NITs? Is it the coaches or past performance?

Each club submits their own evaluation on placement level. Then USAFH snakes the pools

For some weaker clubs playing in less competitive tournaments like Baltimore Bash and being placed in a lower pool at NITs is not a bad thing. If they can win it builds up confidence in the players and coaches and brings some good, well-needed publicity to the club. For well established and stronger clubs, the competitive play in the higher pools is welcome. Each club’s priorities are different

You can tell that this post is from a Freedom parent because they downplayed the Baltimore Bash tournament which was the same weekend Freedom hosted a tournament also. Lots of good competition at Baltimore Bash - Warhawks, Washington Wolves, Alpha, Next Level, Xtreme, H2O. At Freedom’s tourney - many many Freedom teams, Maryland Legacy, So. MD eliminators, Shore Byrds - essentially much weaker competition than at Baltimore Bash. Gotcha!

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Freedom has a tourney every weekend not just the weekend of B Bash

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Anonymous wrote:Some clubs try to make themselves appear stronger than they are by boasting about wins, club ranking etc. New families don’t know this, so while it is good marketing, it is deceptive marketing. People who have been around know what is happening.

A great example of this is Husel’s description on their Insta “6x USA FH National Indoor Tournament Champions (u10, u12,u14, u16, u19). USA National Club of the Year Finalists”. What a joke, most of those wins and club nomination is from like 2019. Some unknown parent might actually think those are good results.

Wrong- National club of the year was for this yr

A lot of people seem to forget that Husel Coach took the majority of Rampage’s club to start Husel, leaving behind single digit number of goalies and field players. That was the same winter season Husel won NITs in 3 different age groups primarily with Rampage trained players and because of those big indoor nabbed the finalist nomination for club of the year. Fact - Rampage got robbed by Husel.

Rampage was a sinking ship anyways. Owner moved out of VA and was going to leave it to some rando. Was also bias and only really took Westfield players and players from other surrounding high schools that did not threaten Westfield's ability to win regionals and go to states.

The Husel coach also has no high school ties. Rampage director was also the head coach at Westfield. Conflict of interest.

Uh the Husel coach’s second in command (also a long-time Rampage coach) is the HC at Fairfax High School. Big conflict of interest and club roster filled with many Fairfax players for years.

That is not accurate. This person is not “second in command” or close to it. Husel has a bunch of coaches. The commissioner, who I would say is second in command, has no high school ties.

Oh come on, Fairfax's HC and Asst. Coach BOTH play big roles with Husel.

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Anonymous wrote:Freedom has a tourney every weekend not just the weekend of B Bash

Yeesh. Yes, we know Freedom poster, but you missed the whole point of the retort which was to point out the Freedom poster putting down another tournament that many good clubs went to instead of Freedom’s tourney. So righteous yet thin-skinned….

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so entertaining. Bring on the popcorn.

+1. A lot of hate out there for Husel!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so entertaining. Bring on the popcorn.

+1. A lot of hate out there for Husel!

Honestly, it starts out great. Outdoor is pretty good - more players needed. Then when you go indoors for the winter season, things head south quickly. The favoritism based on high school, Mom coaches, etc. is crazy. You just have to hope for the best and stay on the good side of the Husel coach otherwise it can get ugly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so entertaining. Bring on the popcorn.

+1. A lot of hate out there for Husel!

Honestly, it starts out great. Outdoor is pretty good - more players needed. Then when you go indoors for the winter season, things head south quickly. The favoritism based on high school, Mom coaches, etc. is crazy. You just have to hope for the best and stay on the good side of the Husel coach otherwise it can get ugly.

This is true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so entertaining. Bring on the popcorn.

+1. A lot of hate out there for Husel!

Honestly, it starts out great. Outdoor is pretty good - more players needed. Then when you go indoors for the winter season, things head south quickly. The favoritism based on high school, Mom coaches, etc. is crazy. You just have to hope for the best and stay on the good side of the Husel coach otherwise it can get ugly.

This is true.

I think this is true for a lot of clubs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so entertaining. Bring on the popcorn.

+1. A lot of hate out there for Husel!

Honestly, it starts out great. Outdoor is pretty good - more players needed. Then when you go indoors for the winter season, things head south quickly. The favoritism based on high school, Mom coaches, etc. is crazy. You just have to hope for the best and stay on the good side of the Husel coach otherwise it can get ugly.

Parent coaches at a club are never a good idea.

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Schedule for NITS is out and it is a hot mess. Even the WC Eagles teams (13 of them) aren’t in the top brackets.