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[/quote] Coaches don’t watch teams. They watch players. If a player has sent video and has caught their attention, they will watch them no matter how bad the team. [/quote]

This is spot on. College coaches do not care about how good the team is or even how well the team does at a showcase. I know a few D3 and D1 coaches and their staff walks around the big showcases, playoffs, etc. with a list of players they have connected with (emails, highlight videos, past showcases, ID camps, etc.) and watch matches that their targeted players are in. Now during that match, they may identify someone else that caught their eye and start a connection with them but their standard approach is going to see players on their list. They don't look at the teams, find the best teams and just go watch them because they are the best teams. They don't have the time to do that and normally struggle to find time to go see everyone on their target list at any given event.   [/quote]

If coaches don't care how good the team they play on is then why would they care if they play in GA or ECNL?

You can't have it both ways.

The truth is teams ability to win is one of the many aspects coaches look at when evaluating players. One of the biggest things coaches look for is good grades. This is because if players have good grades all coaches have to do is tell admissions is that they want XYZ player and it gets approved. With bad grades the coach will need to jump through all kinds of hoops to get players through admissions. Coaches might be willing to do this for 1-2 super players but there's enough talent out there with good grades that they don't need to do it very often.[/quote]

The league matters because coaches can only choose to attend a limited number of events and the ones they attend are mostly ECNL and GA national events so you need to be at those events. [/quote]

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