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First you need to look at what is available

There are 5 teams in the U13 Girl brackets this season
JI, Summerville, MPSC 95 all play in the classic level
DISA, CUSC play in the challenge level
A quicklook shows that neither DISA nor CUSC seem to be up to par with the challenge teams (in fact a U12 MPSC team is the best of the low country in the challenge level U13 group)

Therefore your proposal would be to pull together the best players from these 5 clubs (we will get to Bridge and SAA in a bit)

Lets assume you are succesful...

Problem #1 - Sally who was a starter and potentially a star in her old team is no longer in the top 11. Mom and Dad cannot seem too find time to remove the rose colored glasses and now they are upset

Problem #2 - Sally lives in James Island and her parents have no desire to train 4 times a week in Summerville

Problem #3 - Sally's parents did not like the DOC (or something) at club A and that was the reason they went to club B. Now you are asking them to accept club A as they are the only ones that will take you.

We can go on and on... the common thread.... parents. The reason why CESA and CUFC as well as some others are "more succesful" is because parents are removed from the equation

This is what Bridge tried to do... You can argue all day about Clark Brisson and for that matter Andrew Hyslop when CESA Summerville almost became a reality. SAA's approach is to let all the better players from the coast from MB down to Savannah play in one team... how it is done you may want to check with Mr. Townsend

The truth is these guys are used to doing things their own way and Sally is not as big of a key as her parents seemed to think she is.

Until parents remove themselves and accept the fact that maybe their child is not the next Mia Hamm then you will have difficulty. If they are able to accept the fact that " the coach AND the club has the best interest of their child at heart" then you can begin to turn the tide.

At the end of the day it is all political and as with most politicians they will always say what you want to hear.

So be prepared to be first and foremost a great poltician because you will have to stroke many egos and those start with the parents in this case (remember you can't please everyone all of the time).

I wish you luck and hope that it works out, hopefully if it happens at one age group then others will follow.

Last edited by futbol(soccer); 03/10/09 05:57 PM.