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But since the 15-2 argument is important to your premise, lets take a look at the starting lineup for the 15-2s at nationals.

Here's where the starting lineup played last year: Paramount, BRYC, VA Elite, VA Juniors, Paramount, New Player, Paramount

Paramount added six new players to the 15-2s team. 4 of them were starting at Nationals.  Of the 8 returning players, only three were starting. Double checking this at an earlier tournament in the season as well, the numbers stay basically the same.

Again, if Paramount training of their 14-2s was so good that they could improve the team from not winning a bid in 2024 to getting a bid at U15, why did they need to replace 60% of their starting lineup with new players to do so? 
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What about the 6 players who left? Did they move to first teams somewhere? Maybe they prefer to be starters on first teams? Were there players who played down at 14 and decided to move up to 16? That's pretty common. Did any of them move out of the area? Did any find the commute too long? Did any want to focus more on academics? Maybe they don't like the coaches... There are many, many possible reasons why they left. If some of the starters left for various reasons, the team has to replace them with others.

The team was ranked 11th in the region in 24. There were quite a few teams ranked above them, and recruiting better players from other teams to improve their team is expected. Replacing 6 players (including starters) in one year is not unusual for a second team ranked 11th. Yes, Metro has a core group that stays with the club from 14. But Metro is number one. There aren't many players better than their core group.

You can't be so extreme to say: you can't actively recruit new players because that proves your training is not good enough. Recruiting and training are both needed to build a better team.[/quote]

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