SC Soccer Forums SCSoccer.com Forums Girls Varsity Soccer Three words of advice for Fort Mill

I have long struggled with this self destructive impulse, but finally feel I must provide a minimum of three words of advice for the coaches, parents, friends, etc. of Fort Mill regarding the nature of West Ashley, a team no one knows better than I. Tonight I am unable to complete this self assigned task but I will try and make posts at 10am, 11am, and noon tomorrow, before leaving for Stone Stadium in the early afternoon. Thank you in advance for your forebearance. May the better team win.

lpaf

I had no problem pulling into parking space #13 this morning.

A direct spit into the eye of good fortune...

Both lpaf and I have held true to this karma thing for too long. From the looks of his above post, things just may explode later this morning.

1) West Ashley uses a parent signal caller at times to help co-ordinate the actions of the team on the field. I will not name him, but he has an unusually loud and sometimes annoying voice. The signals to the team are somewhat complex and, of course, coded, a bit like a third base coach's signals to runners in baseball. Key words to indicate instructions are being given are "LAY DEES" and "Get your wheels on". There it is. Do what you can with it.

lpaf

Solution: Find him, watch nothing but his abdomen/diaphragm. When you see a rather large intake of air, outside what would be considered a normal breath, shout loud and incomprehensive strands of words to counter and confuse.

Ex.

"ARRRRRRRRGH, Two shillings for a cornish hen!!!"

"Wuuuuuuuhhhhhhooooo I got your Fort Dorchester right here!!!"

I would alternate between using a pirate's voice and a ripoff of Ray Ramano. Mixing the two would provide even better results.

I only give you the solution because I want to see a fair fight. Lapf's need to sabatoge his own team is obvious mental repercussions from the hardened playoff road.

The Fort Mill faithful are generally too preoccupied with screaming at the officials to notice any covert coaching going on in the opposing stands.

2) McNeely and company might try some variation of their famous "Good Karma from 8th Graders on the Bench" trick. As many will remember, West Ashley exploited underage bench warmers in the 2003 to seize an unfair advantage over Mauldin. The legal wrangling went on for months afterwards before WA's actions were finally vindicated. A coaching staff capable of that in '03 might stoop to even more bizarely underhanded means in '05. Check the roster and the players closely to make sure all are actually 1) high school students 2) female 3) of the human species.

lpaf

I have previously scoured the SCHSL bylaws (I am not saying why), and can find no reference to "human species".

i dont know hurst66.the fm fans were pretty good against mauldin untill the 2nd half.in the 2nd half i would have to side with the fm fans.the refs did try to make it an even game.that is something mauldin didnt need because they were to good.some of the fastest defense i have seen.good luck tonight.im trying to go but you know who has soccer practice at queens college.the final four is next week in greensboro.