1. I was asking Hurst, but do not mind the dialog.
We do not need rec players, those we have had for years and have been killed because of it.
It needs to be such, you have to practice year round or you do not make varsity... club level practice, not rec.
The teams that are very successful, are that way. We could not generate enough numbers for the kids to feel that pressure. They could make the team without that.
Now over the last couple of years, we have made an effort to get more kids in clubs, on the teams, More kids in the program etc. One year we funded a U14, and U12 team at Cesa, to get more girls in. It worked several jumped to full time club players. We still raise money, and probably could pay for the C team, to do JV or the CESA program.
Our Region does not have middle school soccer, so it is kind of not going to happen. We could run a C team as a second JV team, let them play a normal JV schedule. Best players on Varsity, next best on JV and next best on C, others cut. We had enough to do that this year with no cuts. Next year with only losing 2 seniors. We will have enough to do that with a cut off the bottom.
Just trying to make it very competitive to get to the top of the ladder. If that happens, only club players will make it, or the great athlete. Then we are cooking with gas.
There is no reason for us not to have three layers in the High School system... The Football team has 6 layers, and next year it will be 6 layers and a redundant middle school set.
As far as soccer goes, normally I do not think they will get better there, but that is who they are, where they live etc. Get the hook in them, so we get them year round, and build the program, build the pressure, build a traditon.
Now I am trying to get a trainer who can make them better there as well.