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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Congrats Union, between the two BRAVE coaches who are taking over Union teams the two coaches have a combined record of 9-36-5 across 4 teams this season.

Yeah, McLean families have every right to be worried.[/quote]
And you attribute that record all to the coaches and not the talent of the players they are working with?[/quote]

The coach picked the talent and coached the talent. [/quote]
Coaches can only pick the talent that comes to their id sessions. It’s not like there is a single talent pool for all the clubs to draft from[/quote]

If there was a single talent pool, some coaches would be better at drafting than others.  Consider 2024 the year of the single talent pool. Who do you want as your coach?[/quote]

He hasn't proven anything so I'd still not choose him. He wasn't a draw to BRAVE before and he isn't a draw now. [/quote]

There is a single talent pool.  Everyone who is moving.  You will see the same kids at Loudoun, VDA, Arlington, and sometimes SYC, Revolution, FCV.  Will you see them at FVU?  Is that their top choice?  Depends on the coach.  [/quote]

Not if BRAVE coaches are leading the teams. The BRAVE coaches will only act as player repellants [/quote]

What an insipid comment. [/quote]

Is it really? Is that why hardly anyone ever goes to BRAVE? Is that why most of their teams are in last or near last place because they attract quality players?[/quote]

Of their 6 girls teams, Brave is averaging 8.8th place out of 13. That’s the 33rd percentile.  Not where they want to be, I’m sure, but 3 of their 4 youngest age groups are decent to good, the oldest girls long ago lost their best players to ECNL clubs, and Vienna has had to source the majority of the players.

But definitely not averaging 13th (all teams in last), 12th, 11th, or 10th.

On the boys’ side they are averaging a 12.5 out of 16, or 22nd percentile.

Meanwhile Union’s boys are averaging a 10.7, or 33rd percentile, the same as Brave’s Girls.

The only piece above average here is Union girls, averaging a 5.3, or 59th percentile. But of course they have been doing it with SYC talent, and that pipeline was stopped regardless of whether they merged with Brave.

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Why is everyone feeling the threat then? I see BRAVE was the underdog here and believe it or not it was improving. Aside the BRYC coaches who didn’t want to change their style of play, the younger teams could have improved significantly if staying longer. Has Union improved over the hundred years they’ve been in ECNL? No, they have been declining and their top players are graduating. 
Here the vision is to keep the top players from both clubs rather than handing them up as a present to other clubs like VDA.[/quote]
Union has 8 high D1 commits for the class of 25, including a YNT player…they aren’t graduating. Does BRAVE have any? BRAVE has a parent coach for their U19 boys team! It’s amateur hour over there. [/quote]

No worries, MV will boost more D1 for McLean[/quote]

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