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Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't everyone just play SFL instead of bottom division and ncsl?

Including the ECNL teams who are stuck at the bottom with no hope of moving up.

Sigh...he's back...I wonder if his friends and family are tired of hearing this too...

Boys W16 L54 D19
Girls W6 L37 D8 (W1 L35 D7 without the oldest age bracket who will be gone next year)

It is so odd to me that you have nothing better to do than worry about what these teams are doing. Pull their records. Why do you care? Seriously.

Why? Why? Because I have to sit through the damn games. Totting up the record takes about 2 minutes. Watching the games - that's the real waste of time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't everyone just play SFL instead of bottom division and ncsl?

Including the ECNL teams who are stuck at the bottom with no hope of moving up.

Sigh...he's back...I wonder if his friends and family are tired of hearing this too...

Boys W16 L54 D19
Girls W6 L37 D8 (W1 L35 D7 without the oldest age bracket who will be gone next year)

It is so odd to me that you have nothing better to do than worry about what these teams are doing. Pull their records. Why do you care? Seriously.

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't everyone just play SFL instead of bottom division and ncsl?

Because the team stays together if we stay in Bridge/NCSL, and wants to stay together. And has no desire to play in SFL. Pretty simple, right?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't everyone just play SFL instead of bottom division and ncsl?

Including the ECNL teams who are stuck at the bottom with no hope of moving up.

Sigh...he's back...I wonder if his friends and family are tired of hearing this too...

Boys W16 L54 D19
Girls W6 L37 D8 (W1 L35 D7 without the oldest age bracket who will be gone next year)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't everyone just play SFL instead of bottom division and ncsl?

Including the ECNL teams who are stuck at the bottom with no hope of moving up.

Sigh...he's back...I wonder if his friends and family are tired of hearing this too...

They have to be. Jesus. Hope the kid isn't hearing it nonstop.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't everyone just play SFL instead of bottom division and ncsl?

Including the ECNL teams who are stuck at the bottom with no hope of moving up.

Sigh...he's back...I wonder if his friends and family are tired of hearing this too...

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't everyone just play SFL instead of bottom division and ncsl?

Including the ECNL teams who are stuck at the bottom with no hope of moving up.

Why doesn't everyone just play SFL instead of bottom division and ncsl?

Anonymous wrote:Many of them don’t want to relinquish control for some of the reasons you state and some for other reasons like the price and still others because they think they have a better way.

I'm not sure I understand what the issue is here. Why would they want to relinquish control of their team? What reason would they have to hand it over to the Academy side? I would bet that most of their families aren't going to want to pay that kind of money, or have that kind of time commitment, or they'd already be over there.

I guess I'm not quite clear on what the negative is about keeping a team in the Bridge program if you have a team that's happy with it. What would they get out of relinquishing control? I mean, I don't want to give up my team, the kids (including mine) are happy there. If there are kids who want the Academy experience, I'd simply encourage them to try out there vs pushing my whole team over there. I'm guessing it never crosses most Bridge coaches' minds that they have a better way than the Academy side. I don't think it's that deep! It's cheap, we can coach our kids' team, we have our own little lane and we get to play in NCSL. What's not to love (other than not getting the pretty light blue shirt)?

Many of them don’t want to relinquish control for some of the reasons you state and some for other reasons like the price and still others because they think they have a better way.

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Anonymous wrote:Not at bryc but at another club and I can assure you that the top team coaches could care less about the 3rd or 4th team players. They have their own coaches that take care of them.

The problem is the B and C team are isolated like they aren't even part of the same club. Why should elite teams get the same uniform as the ecnl but the bridge teams get something totally different like we are in another club? We both play in NCSL, but you wouldnt guess it as we look different in uniform and we dont have the benefit of training with the a and b teams ever.

My daughter has played both elite and bridge and the uniforms are exactly the same except bridge doesn’t have the light blue one. I don’t expect to train with elite after moving to Bridge. That is what Elite pays waaaay more for!

Agree and to the prior poster that is as much in your bridge coach than anything else. Those coaches didn’t want to join the pool and full academy or adopt their training schedule and tap into those resources. I can’t say that for all but I can say that for at least one team and usually multiple teams in several age groups like U15, U14, U12, U10, U9. Ask your bridge coach why they don’t train with the academy? And let us know your answer. Many of the bridge coaches have fragile egos and some don’t but simply have a different perspective on how serious to make it.

We are paying $550 this past year (a little more next year) and the Academy folks are paying over twice as much. I would never expect my team/player to be able to train with them often without paying what they're paying. If a player wants to train with the Academy teams, they should try out for the Academy teams? Not sure what you're talking about with the Bridge coaches having fragile egos, but a whole lot of us are coaching our kids' team, started out on the ODSL/rec side so we could do that, and then moved over to Elite because it gave us the opportunity to play in NCSL. We don't get paid to coach, so our training schedule is generally lighter. But that serves a purpose... I have a lot of multi-sport/activity kids and the two days a week training makes that possible. Some of the Bridge teams do have a relationship with the Academy coaches. Just depends on the team.

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Anonymous wrote:Join them while you can because now new bridge teams will be forming at any age level.

You mean no new bridge teams will form? Yes, going forward it will be academy only- that is why they have lowered the academy price for u9 and u10 and raised fees on the grandfathered bridge teams. Honestly, it is the right thing to do to try and get the talent on the top team.

Oops yes no not now. And the Bridge price is still the best cost in town for a travel option. All the fees now are very competitive. I agree with the new business model and approach.

Anonymous wrote:Join them while you can because now new bridge teams will be forming at any age level.

You mean no new bridge teams will form? Yes, going forward it will be academy only- that is why they have lowered the academy price for u9 and u10 and raised fees on the grandfathered bridge teams. Honestly, it is the right thing to do to try and get the talent on the top team.

It’s the same Bridge parent who blames the ECNL team for when her team practices because it’s an inconvenience to her.

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Anonymous wrote:Not at bryc but at another club and I can assure you that the top team coaches could care less about the 3rd or 4th team players. They have their own coaches that take care of them.

The problem is the B and C team are isolated like they aren't even part of the same club. Why should elite teams get the same uniform as the ecnl but the bridge teams get something totally different like we are in another club? We both play in NCSL, but you wouldnt guess it as we look different in uniform and we dont have the benefit of training with the a and b teams ever.

My daughter has played both elite and bridge and the uniforms are exactly the same except bridge doesn’t have the light blue one. I don’t expect to train with elite after moving to Bridge. That is what Elite pays waaaay more for!

Same situation here. Sigh, aggrieved-by-everything Bridge parent rests their head again. I assume it’s the same one who complains about not getting invited to try out for the ECNL teams (aka doesn’t know how to use a website).