He can actually walk on water too. I've seen it.

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Anonymous wrote:Not all ECNL teams are created equally hence good players flock to good coaches.

That would be like taking a job for the boss you like, to then have them move elsewhere. It may work, but chasing youth soccer coaches is a short-run proposition which may backfire.

Anonymous wrote:Not all ECNL teams are created equally hence good players flock to good coaches.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know about walking on water but I have personally watched Clyde walk on a mud field and his feet not sink in the mud.

Clyde and Nadir do a great job of preparing kids who have the skills for the highest level of college soccer. No one can dispute that.

even if those kids have been developed at other clubs and recruited to play at McLean at U17. They'll still "get them into college" and claim them as their own while the homegrown kids sit on the bench.

I partially agree. Strong players coming from non-ECNL clubs would get recruited if they stayed put but not to the type of programs ECNL provides access to. Also, most players are living for McLean because they know that McLean can best prepare them and develop them for the next level. I hope no one is showing up to Mclean ECNL at U16 snd expecting to develop elite first touch or ball control skills. I think it is expected that to play at McLean you already have those skills. This is coming from a father whose DD is at another local ECNL program.

Not trying to be snarky, but shouldn't EVERYONE at U16 playing in ECNL have elite first touch and ball control skills? Isn't that kinda the point?

You would think but a few minutes of game film shows that to not be the case.

And lots of local ECNL team game film demonstrates that fact.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know about walking on water but I have personally watched Clyde walk on a mud field and his feet not sink in the mud.

Clyde and Nadir do a great job of preparing kids who have the skills for the highest level of college soccer. No one can dispute that.

even if those kids have been developed at other clubs and recruited to play at McLean at U17. They'll still "get them into college" and claim them as their own while the homegrown kids sit on the bench.

I partially agree. Strong players coming from non-ECNL clubs would get recruited if they stayed put but not to the type of programs ECNL provides access to. Also, most players are living for McLean because they know that McLean can best prepare them and develop them for the next level. I hope no one is showing up to Mclean ECNL at U16 snd expecting to develop elite first touch or ball control skills. I think it is expected that to play at McLean you already have those skills. This is coming from a father whose DD is at another local ECNL program.

Not trying to be snarky, but shouldn't EVERYONE at U16 playing in ECNL have elite first touch and ball control skills? Isn't that kinda the point?

You would think but a few minutes of game film shows that to not be the case.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know about walking on water but I have personally watched Clyde walk on a mud field and his feet not sink in the mud.

Clyde and Nadir do a great job of preparing kids who have the skills for the highest level of college soccer. No one can dispute that.

even if those kids have been developed at other clubs and recruited to play at McLean at U17. They'll still "get them into college" and claim them as their own while the homegrown kids sit on the bench.

I partially agree. Strong players coming from non-ECNL clubs would get recruited if they stayed put but not to the type of programs ECNL provides access to. Also, most players are living for McLean because they know that McLean can best prepare them and develop them for the next level. I hope no one is showing up to Mclean ECNL at U16 snd expecting to develop elite first touch or ball control skills. I think it is expected that to play at McLean you already have those skills. This is coming from a father whose DD is at another local ECNL program.

Not trying to be snarky, but shouldn't EVERYONE at U16 playing in ECNL have elite first touch and ball control skills? Isn't that kinda the point?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know about walking on water but I have personally watched Clyde walk on a mud field and his feet not sink in the mud.

Clyde and Nadir do a great job of preparing kids who have the skills for the highest level of college soccer. No one can dispute that.

even if those kids have been developed at other clubs and recruited to play at McLean at U17. They'll still "get them into college" and claim them as their own while the homegrown kids sit on the bench.

I partially agree. Strong players coming from non-ECNL clubs would get recruited if they stayed put but not to the type of programs ECNL provides access to. Also, most players are living for McLean because they know that McLean can best prepare them and develop them for the next level. I hope no one is showing up to Mclean ECNL at U16 snd expecting to develop elite first touch or ball control skills. I think it is expected that to play at McLean you already have those skills. This is coming from a father whose DD is at another local ECNL program.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know about walking on water but I have personally watched Clyde walk on a mud field and his feet not sink in the mud.

Clyde and Nadir do a great job of preparing kids who have the skills for the highest level of college soccer. No one can dispute that.

even if those kids have been developed at other clubs and recruited to play at McLean at U17. They'll still "get them into college" and claim them as their own while the homegrown kids sit on the bench.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know about walking on water but I have personally watched Clyde walk on a mud field and his feet not sink in the mud.

Clyde and Nadir do a great job of preparing kids who have the skills for the highest level of college soccer. No one can dispute that.

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Mostly love and respect. You can always find a couple knuckleheads that hate good coaches.

Clyde is a treasure and is almost uniformly loved. He does what he does because it is truly his passion, and it shows. My daughter’s (D1) college coach described him as “probably the most respected youth coach in the country” and one of the only club coaches for whom every college coach will accept his call. His relationships with college coaches truly cannot be beat, and college coaches are known to commit kids on the basis of his recommendation. Plus he’s a great human.

He can actually walk on water too. I've seen it.

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Mostly love and respect. You can always find a couple knuckleheads that hate good coaches.

Clyde is a treasure and is almost uniformly loved. He does what he does because it is truly his passion, and it shows. My daughter’s (D1) college coach described him as “probably the most respected youth coach in the country” and one of the only club coaches for whom every college coach will accept his call. His relationships with college coaches truly cannot be beat, and college coaches are known to commit kids on the basis of his recommendation. Plus he’s a great human.

Mostly love and respect. You can always find a couple knuckleheads that hate good coaches.