>> [Chapindad] What about playera that play for a club all the way up to U-17 or U-18? They switch clubs get recruited. Who gets the credit for the player development? Does CRSA get any credit? They probably bring in more players that would have never even played soccer if not for CRSA. What about the REC programs through out the state? I know my daughter's love for the game started there with a parent coach in the 1st grade.<<
If the midstate had a bunch of clubs that only had challenge/premier teams up to U16 and when a player turned 16 she was "Logan's Run'ed" to upstate or lower state clubs then the results might make sense.
This isn't an evaluation of recreation or classic-specific developmental clubs (which is why recreation and classic teams weren't counted). This is an evaluation of clubs with challenge and premier teams. Now...maybe all of the "elite" midstate clubs are telling ambitious women players that if they want to get signed by an SC D1 school then they need to leave to go to an upper or lower state club. But the reason I don't think so is I keep hearing about terms such as "premier" and "elite" in the self-advertising of many of these clubs.
>> [Chapindad] As much as I like to be better than the next guy. I do not think it does players or clubs justice by grouping players solely by one club or the last club they played. I think the focus needs to be on SC players as a whole and getting all the clubs to work together for the betterment of the player. The more competitive the clubs as a whole become in SC the better the training for the players and the better exposure.<<
I can't tell if you're intentionally or unintentionally blurring the situation here...do you recognize that self-proclaimed "elite" midstate clubs have a tremendous problem on the women's side in terms of not just winning but in terms of D1 recruitment throughout the state of SC and you're asking for help? If so, the first step is to "stop digging."
In one of my past lives, I had to go into sick organizations and make them healthy quickly. What I found was that people in these organizations really didn't want to change; they wanted to keep doing what they were doing before that got them into trouble but they wanted someone to bail them out so that they could keep doing it.
It appears to me that the midstate clubs, at least the ones with aspirations of being premier or elite on the women's side, need to change what they've been doing to get to the state that they are in. I asked you this question on another thread...let me try again...do you agree that there's a problem with the women's side of the midstate clubs or is it still someone else's fault?
My opinion: if you're in a hole, and you want to get out, the first step is to stop digging and do something else. But of course, first you have to recognize that digging is what got you into your situation.
>> [Chapindad] One thing that would be more feasible would be for the SC clubs to get together and develope a gold level tournament. Maybe something that rotates between the member clubs. Then the member clubs can use their influence to bring in the local college coaches to give some exposure to the local talent.<<
The root cause of the issue here appears to be that I believe that there's a problem in the midstate involving the quality of service that the "elite" clubs provide -- and you still seem to think that the problem is one of "exposure."
