Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Every Mclean and Brave family has lost confidence in this merger at this point, given the way it's been handled. I don't really care who is at fault. Show, be grown-ups, get over your ego, get a coaching slate, and get it out. The mismanagement is shocking. At this point, ECNL should just come in and take it all over.
Can I get an idea of what was mismanaged, other than not putting out their coaching slate yet? I mean the timing sucks, but don't know what all happened behind the scenes to affect that.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Every Mclean and Brave family has lost confidence in this merger at this point, given the way it's been handled. I don't really care who is at fault. Show, be grown-ups, get over your ego, get a coaching slate, and get it out. The mismanagement is shocking. At this point, ECNL should just come in and take it all over.
Can I get an idea of what was mismanaged, other than not putting out their coaching slate yet? I mean the timing sucks, but don't know what all happened behind the scenes to affect that.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is why so many players with talent and potential are doomed.
They are being guided by the folks engaged in these ridiculous arguments.
And given that this thread has over 100 pages, now we know most of the folks who populate this forum are from the McBrave area
-Sherlock Holmes
Anonymous wrote:If you have concerns you can voice them to ECNL here:
https://theecnl.com/sb_output.aspx?form=4
Anonymous wrote:This thread is why so many players with talent and potential are doomed.
They are being guided by the folks engaged in these ridiculous arguments.
Anonymous wrote:Every Mclean and Brave family has lost confidence in this merger at this point, given the way it's been handled. I don't really care who is at fault. Show, be grown-ups, get over your ego, get a coaching slate, and get it out. The mismanagement is shocking. At this point, ECNL should just come in and take it all over.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Do players who don't play on a large roster accept this because they can still say they are on an ECNL team for recruiting? They still have to make it through the college tryout process on merit but maybe just saying that you're on an ECNL team helps? Especially for a D3 school this could help right? Sincerely asking.
This is what I hear is happening. Girls join Union in their recruiting years because Union coaches will help them get into schools even if they are bench players and never play a regular season game. They get in at showcases and the Union coaches use their connections and make calls. At U16/17/18, the girls are being developed through private coaches and training, they don't need playing time. What they want is to get into a college or play in college. The players and parents are not being tricked. They know there are big rosters. What shouldn't be happening is big rosters at younger ages where kids do need to develop and aren't necessarily getting private training.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
To the comment about the Arlington 2011 ECNL, thats not exactly right. There are several former Mclean players, one from BRAVE and no one from SYC. 9 members of the team have been together at Arlington since starting together at U8.
Wow the same 9 players were selected at tryouts as 7 year olds are strill on the top team now. Maybe you should give that persons info to all the teams in the premier league because they clearly have a skill no one else does. Or could this be a reason why Arlington's older teams get worse as they get older.
Anonymous wrote:Do players who don't play on a large roster accept this because they can still say they are on an ECNL team for recruiting? They still have to make it through the college tryout process on merit but maybe just saying that you're on an ECNL team helps? Especially for a D3 school this could help right? Sincerely asking.
Anonymous wrote:An 07 boy’s parent here. We are looking to try out for an ECNL team but haven’t decided on which one yet. Could anyone please summarize the 106 pages of discussion? Thx