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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If my son is on a B team at one of the Black Ops clubs, does he have shot at making the team? He should have made the A team last summer but in a crazy year was placed on B team after tryouts, He's hoping to move after this year but Black ops sounds like a good option to develop as a player if they have good coaching![/quote]

Often when a talented player who belongs on an A team is not picked, there is a reason.   The reason could be hustle, coachability, commitment, relationships with teammates, sportsmanship, and believe it or not, how much respect  the players’s parents show toward the coaches and the team.   So if your son was not put on an A team where be belongs talent-wise, instead of chalking it up to a crazy year, you should talk honestly to your son, and maybe the coaches, to find out why.  The coaches at both BLC and NextLevel are the kind of guys who would be happy to give honest feedback why your son was not picked.   That discussion might help him if he does try out for Black Ops or whatever new club.  Good luck![/quote]

No, Next Level will not give honest feedback. They are on a quest to have nationally-ranked 25 and 24 teams and beat Madlax. All decisions were made based on that....but they won't say it. It's their business, so of course they can run it as they want, but let's not pretend NL is any different from any other youth sports organization.[/quote]

Can you elaborate on what you mean?    The objective of all competitive programs is to select the best team they can.   If a team measures its goals in terms of national rankings and surpassing its top competitor that sounds reasonable and normal to me.  But obviously you are trying to say something more about NextLevel, so please share what it is.  [/quote]

Not the previous poster, but a long term NL parent and I think what drives this kinds of comments is somewhat of a shift in the way the NL teams are run.  If you go back a few years, NL teams grew up together more and there was maybe more focus on internal improvement of the teams.  Now as NL has gotten more successful, there is much more roster turnover especially in the middle school years as the teams add new talent.  From a competitiveness stand-point, this has been extremely successful.  Same from a business perspective if you look at roster sizes.  But it has shifted the feel of the program some.  This is especially pronounced in the 23 to 25 teams where there was a lot of overhaul to build teams that can compete and win against the top HoCO and national teams.  For these teams, there is sense among some that the programs highlights the very top stars to the exclusion of some very good, but not top end players a little down the roster.  I imagine the feeling of a “fair” tryout for outside players has also changed as NL looks more for athletes than finished products which often leads to a less skilled but better athlete making a top team over a more skilled but more limited athlete.

NL runs a good program.  Logistics side is really good in my opinion and they are a top team in a lot of age groups now.  Dave/Boh/Heeter are all good people.  But NL can’t be all things to all people and some kids get lost in the churn of building strong teams.  But that’s what the market wants.  Teams that don’t win lose players and customers.  My guess is DCE and to a lesser extent VLC (which has a different model) would voice similar issues.  [/quote]

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