I'll probably start another thread to discuss gamecock44's post in a bit more detail; however, what's interesting to me is that many of the participants in this type of discussion seem blind to their own club's behavior while hyper-sensitive to other club's behavior. (Note: Coach P, I'm not referring to you on this -- you simply pointed out some facts.)
When a player moves from a club to CESA, then CESA is guilty of "illegal recruiting" or something. When a player moves to CUFC, then the player made a choice.
When CUFC talks on its web site about its victories and the number of teams winning state cups and the like, that's okay; but when CESA does it then that's a crime against humanity.
Regarding A and B licenses, if CUFC coaches have more than CESA then I think that CUFC should be congratulated. Licensing is an important factor in trying to raise the baseline qualifications associated with coaching.
To be consistent, however, I thought that Governor Hodges and the Inez Tennenbaum were missing the boat when they built a compensation scheme around licensing teachers. I'm all for merit-based pay, but I'd rather see us test students at the beginning of a school year, test them at the end of the school year, and award merit to teachers who raise the scores the most. To put it back into the context of soccer, I care more about the results than I do licensing.
Again, however, let me make this clear -- if CUFC has more A and B licensed coaches than CESA (or Bridge, or anyone else) then they are to be congratulated.
