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im still trying to figure out what works best.letting players that want to come play for your club as cesa does,or trying to breed it at home that you say cufc is doing.who is getting the best results.honest question.what is working best.you sure do not like the way cesa is doing it but it seems to work as state cup shows year end and year out.



I really don't think there is a "right" or "wrong" model. CUFC focuses on taking the kids it has and developing their talent. CESA does the same, but quite clearly is happy to go find good players and bring them in (as well as cheerfully accept the ones who seek them out) as a supplement to its development of the local kids. In some ways, CESA's state cup success is self-perpetuating. They win cups, kids want to play for winners so they move to CESA, so CESA wins, and so on. That's fine. I have to say though that there is something distasteful to me about putting kids on your roster for state cup who haven't played for you all season. Some would call them "ringers." What happened to the three kids whose places they took (whether on the roster or just on the field)?

In any event, I like the way CUFC does things. I never have to question whether the motivation is developing the players or, rather, winning titles. I am in the fortunate position of being associated with a team that wins, so maybe its easier for me to say that.

(Again, for the record, I don't hate CESA. It is a great club and it remains the yardstick against which the rest of us are measured. There are only a couple of things about the club that bug me.)