No matter what "team" someone is voted on, picked for, selection...there will be some subjection. I remember in my second year in coaching soccer.. We had two players make the All Region Team. The Region Champ had five elected...understood, but two teams we had beated and knocked of the play-offs (this is back when only eight lower state and 8 upperstate teams make the play-offs) had four each...as a Young Smart @$$ I said I should have gotten Coach of the Year..after all I made the play-offs with just two all region players..I raised a lot of eyebrows, but I think the point was made...
in 1989, in the other football team we had one of the best defensive units in the state...one all region
I guess what I am trying to say is that at all levels (yes also professional sports) there is someone good left off,
As far as All region each region has their process of how it is selected, in ours it is weighted on how you finish, maybe not the fairest at times for a very good team, but takes the politics out, and throws it back on the coach. All State Teams...no matter who selectes, what publication etc. There is always going to be discussed who made it why etc.
Years ago the Greenville News use to run an excellent All State Team...They Picked 11, They sent ballots to every coach in the State..(Way before e-mail) and they got a good responce, talking to one of the editators at the end, they were only getting abou35 ballots back. Sure there are the excuses...My AD didn't give it to (and this may be true in some cases) I didn't know I didn't________fill in the blank.
Kyle and scsoccer.com does a great job, but again many coachs do not get the nominations or what ever they need to do done. As far as the HSSR, they do a good job honoring players...but it is a for profit publication, they try to get as much as they can of an unbasis picks...but it is what it is.
Let's Honor the Players who made what ever team...and if is really about the kids..we will all remember this point
If you made it this far in my rambling, boy were you bored
Well I start my vacation soon, fly to Calif. and Drive back cross country...so to ANY PLAYER who MADE ANY TEAM CONGRATS
I am officially
