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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda does not have a unified philosophy. It is basically "find/recruit the best players possible" and then get them playing as a team

Someone told me they recruit talent rather than develop it. Seems about right.

College and Professional teams do this. So does companies when they hire people. While we might not like it, it seems to work for Bethesda. They get lots and lots of kids trying out each and every year.

If you were running/managing Bethesda and responsible for it’s corporate brand, you would select the best of the best kids too. On the contrary, if your club has a hard time recruiting, you have no choice other than developing your existing players. (I’m not a current or past Bethesda parent, but just want to point out the obvious.)

BSC(girls) does this because they do not field many teams in the younger ages. It’s like 2 to 3 teams per age group(lots of competition from other clubs in the area). That is just not a big enough pool to develop a consistent competitive team in older age groups. So you hope your program gets a big influx of girls at or around u13. You demote girls who have been with your program who are not as good as the new girls coming in. If an age group is weak, you poach coaches from clubs close by and hope they bring in their players with them. In a year, no one remembers where the girls came from just they that are a good team.
It always strikes me as strange that the boys side is so big while the girls side is small. I wonder if it is a field limitations or just the clubs bias towards boys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda does not have a unified philosophy. It is basically "find/recruit the best players possible" and then get them playing as a team

Someone told me they recruit talent rather than develop it. Seems about right.

College and Professional teams do this. So does companies when they hire people. While we might not like it, it seems to work for Bethesda. They get lots and lots of kids trying out each and every year.

If you were running/managing Bethesda and responsible for it’s corporate brand, you would select the best of the best kids too. On the contrary, if your club has a hard time recruiting, you have no choice other than developing your existing players. (I’m not a current or past Bethesda parent, but just want to point out the obvious.)

BSC(girls) does this because they do not field many teams in the younger ages. It’s like 2 to 3 teams per age group(lots of competition from other clubs in the area). That is just not a big enough pool to develop a consistent competitive team in older age groups. So you hope your program gets a big influx of girls at or around u13. You demote girls who have been with your program who are not as good as the new girls coming in. If an age group is weak, you poach coaches from clubs close by and hope they bring in their players with them. In a year, no one remembers where the girls came from just they that are a good team.
It always strikes me as strange that the boys side is so big while the girls side is small. I wonder if it is a field limitations or just the clubs bias towards boys.

Simply the amount of boys/girls trying out. Don't read too much into it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda does not have a unified philosophy. It is basically "find/recruit the best players possible" and then get them playing as a team

Someone told me they recruit talent rather than develop it. Seems about right.

I was at Bethesda’s senior night a couple of weeks ago. They had slides with all the graduating kids’ bios. A significant number of boys and girls had been at Bethesda for 9 or 10 years. A few had been there 12 years and one 13. I don’t remember anyone being there less than 6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda does not have a unified philosophy. It is basically "find/recruit the best players possible" and then get them playing as a team

Someone told me they recruit talent rather than develop it. Seems about right.

I was at Bethesda’s senior night a couple of weeks ago. They had slides with all the graduating kids’ bios. A significant number of boys and girls had been at Bethesda for 9 or 10 years. A few had been there 12 years and one 13. I don’t remember anyone being there less than 6.

Shh! Stop posting real details so we can maintain our narrative instead!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda does not have a unified philosophy. It is basically "find/recruit the best players possible" and then get them playing as a team

Someone told me they recruit talent rather than develop it. Seems about right.

I was at Bethesda’s senior night a couple of weeks ago. They had slides with all the graduating kids’ bios. A significant number of boys and girls had been at Bethesda for 9 or 10 years. A few had been there 12 years and one 13. I don’t remember anyone being there less than 6.

Shh! Stop posting real details so we can maintain our narrative instead!

Sorry—carry on!

[Anonymous]

I heard some existing kids have yet to get offers. Anyone had that happen to them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda does not have a unified philosophy. It is basically "find/recruit the best players possible" and then get them playing as a team

Someone told me they recruit talent rather than develop it. Seems about right.

I was at Bethesda’s senior night a couple of weeks ago. They had slides with all the graduating kids’ bios. A significant number of boys and girls had been at Bethesda for 9 or 10 years. A few had been there 12 years and one 13. I don’t remember anyone being there less than 6.

So what are these kids doing? Are they playing in college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard some existing kids have yet to get offers. Anyone had that happen to them?

I believe they are still sending out invitations. Our team's roster is only half full.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda does not have a unified philosophy. It is basically "find/recruit the best players possible" and then get them playing as a team

Someone told me they recruit talent rather than develop it. Seems about right.

I was at Bethesda’s senior night a couple of weeks ago. They had slides with all the graduating kids’ bios. A significant number of boys and girls had been at Bethesda for 9 or 10 years. A few had been there 12 years and one 13. I don’t remember anyone being there less than 6.

So what are these kids doing? Are they playing in college?

Lots of them are: https://www.bethesdasoccer.org/?page_id=1712 Others just came to hang out with their team and friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard some existing kids have yet to get offers. Anyone had that happen to them?

Yes, we have 2 kids on BSC teams now. One has spot for next season, the other has not heard.

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Are we talking about the B and C teams? I imagine that the rosters of the top teams are about complete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are we talking about the B and C teams? I imagine that the rosters of the top teams are about complete.

The DA rosters are basically set, but I think there are kids "in the bubble" between say team 2 and 3 (Blue and Green) that might not have heard as they are waiting to see how many accept.

[Anonymous]

Lots of kids are leaving Bethesda this spring/summer for other clubs due to dissatisfaction with subpar coaching and the power of pushy parents to get undeserved advantages for their kids, including playing time and team placements. Top teams in many age groups, including DA, are slipping in quality. Bethesda’s reputation is way out of step with its actual quality. The administration of the club is a mess and the club badly needs its own practice and game facilities. Muldoons, in particular, is a disgrace. Send your kid to this club at your peril!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of kids are leaving Bethesda this spring/summer for other clubs due to dissatisfaction with subpar coaching and the power of pushy parents to get undeserved advantages for their kids, including playing time and team placements. Top teams in many age groups, including DA, are slipping in quality. Bethesda’s reputation is way out of step with its actual quality. The administration of the club is a mess and the club badly needs its own practice and game facilities. Muldoons, in particular, is a disgrace. Send your kid to this club at your peril!

Unfortunately, this describes most medium to large clubs so there must be a lot of flux and kids that won't find the greener pastures they are looking for!