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so I'll ask again. Did Smith actually train the team? Not making any sort of judgement, I just know of at least one HOF coach that doesn't actually do what I would classify as coach his team. My understanding is he, the one I know of, does not have a teaching job any more but will still be coach(in name only) while someone else trains the team. To me, this doesn't make sense if there is someome at the school that wants the coaching job.
Do any of the Greenville area teams get "coached"? Most are just CESA by-products aren't they? Sure a little motivation and day-to-day stuff goes on during the spring, but none are really hands-on all year with these players. Kind of self-trained - courtesy of CESA - it seems with the abundance of good soccer players in this area. The Greenville area has always been a transient club-to-high school soccer area. Very similar to AAU basketball and other youth sports in the area. All that being said, I think that Hall of Fame coach deserves the chance to walk away from that program when he/she decides to - proof is in the pudding. Plus, the other coach on hand went belly up at previous schools.
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