Anonymous wrote:Hasn’t it generally been the case, especially in more recent years, where Pride players make up about half of the freshman Capital Blue teams. At the MS level Pride is developing the better players. What is surprising about this is these players leave for Capital. KM had a golden opportunity when almost the entire 2023 class opted to stay with Pride rather than half leave for Capital Blue. The problem is she provided little to no recruiting support. Feel terrible for the 2023 class and it clearly spooked others.
The reality is Capital needs Pride to produce competitive teams. Pride should be able to retain its own talent for its HS teams. This won’t happen until KM can prove she can consistently get girls recruited to good programs. If this happens Capital is in trouble, but this is a big if. KM is a smart business women, but why she hasn’t moved quickly to fix the recruiting hole brings up an interesting thought. Maybe it’s part of her business strategy. She makes a good living playing to the younger families and offering a home for HS players. Capital makes its living off of getting the better talent and getting them recruited early and to good programs. Both club directors are filling a need. Maybe, as strange as it sounds, the two clubs are in a way working together to keep the status quo. Both clubs get what they want in the end.
Next tryouts will be very interesting. With the talent at BLC, fewer Pride (and Stars) girls will likely make Cap Blue than in any recent years. The result should be a very strong Pride Black team, assuming most of the girls choose that over Cap Orange.