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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like MU. I know it well because my child played for them. I wish everyone still at MU well. I think they do an excellent job of development. But whether we like it or not, or think it matters for development or not, they'll need to start winning some games for long-term viability of the club. [/quote]

Yeah, it's ok to take losses, but to lose over and over across the board year after year on multiple teams does indicate something is wrong.  Soccer is a competitive sport, and winning is a sign of competing well.

Players should also not be inoculated into believing losing is normal.  A truly competitive player won't walk away ok with that.  She has a fire inside that burns and makes her want to win.  It's what gives her that edge in those 50/50 moments.  [/quote]

A) Winning is the only thing that matters
B) Winning doesn't matter at all

I think both A and B are too extreme, and the truth is somewhere in between.  One of the big problems with MU for the first two years (as Spirit) was that they were operating under philosophy "B", and a lot of their decisions/communications reflected the lack of priority they placed on winning.  That seemed to change once MU was announced, and I believe they are trying to move the club towards a more healthy understanding of the importance of winning; Not that it is the only thing, but that it should actually be the goal of each match they play.

Unfortunately I think it will take time to see a significant impact of this philosophy shift on overall W-L records.  If a typical MU team has XX number of matches each season where they face an evenly matched opponent, historically they seem to win about 20% of those matches.  A renewed emphasis on winning could push that win percentage up to a more reasonable 50% or more of their evenly-matched games, but that would still have them well below .500 overall because they are simply overmatched in some games.

The important metric will not be overall record (or individual scorelines against FCV...), instead it will be whether or not they can start winning their fair share of the evenly matched games instead of consistently settling for moral victories.

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