Steve
I can tell from your words that you do not value the licensure held by coaches when determing the level of a coach. I will grant you that you may have some great coaches out there that do not have a USSF license. However in this day and age those numbers are dropping dramatically. To even by talked about any young upcoming coach must partake in the Education system aimed at improving the instruction our youth receive. That is probaly why the SCYSA has now implemented minimum license requirements for each different level of play. So yes licenses are important.
However when dealing with youth soccer many more variables are at play. Like what caliber of Kids do you coach. I.e if you only coach elite players then of course your records will be better then taking rec or classic teams and then improving those players. Also in play is how the players on a team have been assembled. If by the u16/17 age of an elite team the majority of the players have been together since 11 or 12 and the team is achieving great results then credit may go to the coach. Alternatively if by u16/17 you have a team made up from players recruited away from "smaller" clubs from all over the state or even region maybe the coach is not such a great coach more a great recruiter. i could go on and on but you get the point.
Last edited by gamecock44; 05/18/07 05:06 PM.
