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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VDA is going to have who knows how many ‘27 P4 commits. Penn State, Rice and Tennessee already. Perhaps two to Florida State…and many more to come. The 08 team has many ‘27s as well. I’ll predict at least 10 commits to P4 schools.

Richmond ‘27 already has 5 P4 commits and an Ivy.[/quote]

Congrats.  Let me ask you this, how does a team with 2 National team players and 5+ many more P4 commits not make it out of their bracket in San Diego?  [/quote]
[b]Because having those national team players and P4 commits is often at odds with winning playoff games.[/b] Getting commits is more a function of promotion, both by the club/coaches and self promotion. The things you do on the field to stand out as a player being recruited are different than if your primary goal is for the team to win. Players will be more selfish, trying to get highlight worthy plays. They will do whatever is necessary to get more playing time even if it comes at the detriment to the team or teammates. Coaches who have invested in promoting certain players to recruiters need to play those players even if it's a bad matchup or the player is not performing, because to not play them would harm their P4 commit paths. To be sure there are teams with loads of P4 commits and they win playoffs, but those teams have collected so much talent compared to our local teams who have some top level talent but not across the entire roster so they need to make different decisions. [/quote]

Agree with this comment - in many cases, at this age, it's less about the team and more about the individual players and less about the overall team experience.  It's a tough balance for sure for both the players and the coaches/clubs to balance.  And, as this moves forward, I can see where teams at the later stages of U17 and especially at the U18/19 start to loose steam.  Playing to stay fit, working on individual goals and not getting hurt become the focus rather than team accolades.  [/quote]

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