A couple of nice posts swimmer. I think you're right in saying that the organization at the top has to be in place for a club to be successful. I said that earlier when I said that soccer guys need to be making the soccer decisions, but I was called an East German for making that idiotic comment so I'll tread, but tread lightly. The clubs in Greenville are also in fairly small markets, so a priority is on keeping a professional staff and attracting the best players from all over the state. The problem of fragmentation occurs throughout the state. In Spartanburg alone there are three clubs. In Greenville you have GFC, St.Giles and smaller clubs such as Foothills, Clemson, Team Mutiny,Greer etc .. There is also little margain of error in Greenville because the environment is very competitive, so each club has to always be on top of its game.
That's good stuff Mark.
