Sure. The same way he not the coach of the Brave 08s now? |
This sums up MV in a nutshell. No real coaching or development. If it goes well, it’s because the team has talent and he’ll take credit. If it doesn’t, full spin cycle. He wasn’t the coach or it’s the players fault for sucking. He’ll claim victory for the 08s relative success. He’s not listed as the coach but he’s the coach in this case. 09s crash and burn, he’s not the coach. He’ll demand that he coaches the 08 at Union for a third year because good players overcome mediocre coaching. No real substance. I can confirm that they did not all end up in a much better situation. |
This seems to be true for any coach in this area. CW got a decent team with the 11’s and what has he done with them? |
Same here -- can't wait around any longer and have a strong feeling the teams are predetermined anyway. |
Be patient, although this all may be true it does not mean these players accept the offers currently on the table. Coaching matters otherwise SYC might be more attractive to some girls they will let us know. Then there would more room at FXU Fairfax Crossing United right? |
How does it look at SYC older age groups (07-09)? Most of the chatter has been about younger age goups. |
By this argument, it means the strongest Union teams exist because of the talented (SYC) players and not due to the McLean coaching or player pool. |
This is not true for any coach and definitely not CW who has a long track record of development and placement. Don’t even try to say that all of the coaches are the same and that Brave coaches are equal to McLean coaches. When was the last time MV coached a competitive u17 girls team? |
Recruiting and development are not the same thing. Not saying that there can’t be coaches that aren’t better for development but all coaches seem to take the credit and deflect the blame. For many years McLean was basically one of two clubs that all high end players went to. |
Now you are getting it! |
That amazing SYC talent pipeline that was so critical to McLean's success has resulted in the following standings: 2011 -7th place 2010- 2nd place 2009- 7th place 2008- 7th place Perhaps SYC folks believe SYC is better than it really is? |
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Non-SYC impacted Union teams:
2007- 6th 2006- 3rd |
The 06 team has always been strong, even back in the day from when they were in CCL. The 07 team is much improved. The problem with boys in NOVA is they only go to Arlington and Alexandria. There are kids on those benches that would rather sit for those teams then play at Mclean or elsewhere. |
Exactly only the 2010 team has/had a majority of their roster come from SYC, the other three years are more balanced with that rich McLean talent pool |
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