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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCU academy will get better when academy is fully tiered [/quote]

DCU academy will get better if DCU owners ever fully invest in it, pay DA coaches enough that they want to stay long term, and make it free for players.[/quote]

+1.  Tiering instiutionalizes them, but it doesn't create a quality program. [/quote]

I'm not even sure what "tiering" means,  but I agree DCU academy is not doing a good job.    I think there was maybe a narrow window of time when they were - and the 03 age group might give a glimpse of the potential that exists in this area - but not now.

Does $$ fix it though?  I'm not so sure.   The problem is their overall philosophy and quality  of coaches.  They might need to clean house and start over.   [/quote]

Tiering in principle is not terrible.  If done right, it is some version of what they are doing now where some portion of your games are within the conference and another portion are based on the quality of the team's.  The DA is dividing them into blue groups and red groups.  It's more pronounced on the boys' side where the bulk of the games are based on your group.  On the girls' side, it's a smaller portion.

On the girl's side, it is purely based on competitiveness and being an NWSL is relevant.  There is no effort to force players into an NWSL Academy.

On the boy's side, being an MLS places you in the higher tier with the bulk of your games against mostly other MLS academies, whether you deserve to be there or not.  And not being an MLS means it is much harder to get into that upper tier.  This year is the first year of this whole cup thing.

They won't, but I'd love to see a relegation/promotion within the tiers.  DCU is at the bottom of all of its cup groups.  [/quote]

Got it.  I had thought the poster who wrote,  "DCU academy will get better when the academy is fully tiered" was referring to some sort of tiering within the academy itself.

So is the argument basically that fully tiering the DA - and guaranteeing DCU a spot in the top tier at every age group regardless of whether it's deserved or not - will help with recruiting?

The problem with that argument is that they already have an huge recruiting advantage,  just by virtue of being the only pro club in the area, and it doesn't seem to be helping.
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