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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Go to 12:30s mark of this Podcast. It is an interview with Santino Q. of Pipeline from the Coach's convention a couple weeks ago. Gives you an idea of what is going through his head.

https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVzb2NjZXJ3aXJlcG9kY2FzdC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw&episode=MjI1MDM0NTEtZDA0YS00YTg4LWJiZTEtYmM0Y2I4MTU3NGUy&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjciNrR-KjnAhVehXIEHeyoC7sQjrkEegQIBxAG&ep=6[/quote]

It kind of reinforces what "Coach Doe" says. [/quote]

He clearly believes in HS, it would help pipeline out financially and their teams wouldn't lose players...i'd be shocked if this didn't happen[/quote]

Not a single coach believes in High School. ECNL folks simply found that allowing HS is a way to distinguish their league from DA. It is nothing more than marketing and the 99% are gullible enough to believe that compressed seasons, multiple games a week, unlimited subs (HS) allowing overly aggressive and less technical soccer is good for all because "school spirit".

Did anyone watch the USWNT against Haiti in the Olympic qualifier last night? Did you notice the crowd? The stadium had perhaps 500 people in it for the Women's National team. This fantasy that the HS stadium is packed full like a football game is just not reality. [/quote]

Your myopia is epic. Club coaches probably don't "believe" in HS soccer as a good development platform. It isn't, and for the most part, does not pretend to be so. But these coaches do believe that there is an entire class of elite players that love to play HS, and they acknowledge that as a club, they don't have to be so rigid with our training mantra that they exclude this whole class of player. The reality is these clubs are businesses and they need these girls. For the majority of elite players, ECNL's high school concession, costs little in terms of skill development, and gains alot in social and psychological development.

That's just the way it is today. Horses for courses.[/quote]

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