I guess I don’t spend nearly enough time reading the Girls High School Soccer threads – this has been most entertaining! And, to see harry back on his heels, it’s almost too much for me to handle. But, alas, I feel for the lad. While he has gone off on many tangents that have little to do with any of it, I believe his main point has merit. Harry is one of the best at stirring up crap (as he attempted to do just last week on another one of the boards) but many of his comments have been taken way out of context – even I can tell that he’s really not saying some of the moronic things a few of you are suggesting.

These players made a commitment to one team (club) and played with them, then joined another team (high school) when time came for that season to begin. As long as the second team’s coach and players (parents not required) are aware of the commitments made to the first team, and accept the players onto their team, there should not be any issues.

The players did not cause any of this. They just want to play soccer. I’m sure if they had their preference, there would be no conflicts. The ECNL was created to provide another level of competition for girls. I’m sure if they also had their preference, there would be no conflicts. But this is life and sometimes things just don’t work out perfectly.

When conflict does occur, though, there are numerous people who can either help the situation or hurt it. Some of the coaches have decided to make it more difficult than need be. Obviously, there are also some parents on this board who choose to view it in a negative light (sadly, many of them are vocal in front of their children, which probably does not help on the field, either).

I think the most appropriate comment made here by harry was “I have no problem with the coach setting rules and sticking by them. But the rules have to make sense. ” Why is it that some of the high school coaches were fine with all this, but others had major heartburn?

As usual, Coach Chass seems to make the most sense of it all – perspective...and practicality (I like to call it reality)

But, I would like to know which colleges offer fishing scholarships…