Loc Dog,

You are making many assumptions, none of which are necessarily as simple as you might make them out to be.

1. You say "Having full-time staff dedicating their time to a profession will result in a better product and results."

-- Having full-time staff dedicating their time to a profession SHOULD result in a better product and results, but you have ignored so many factors here, I don't even know where to start. So I won't.

2. You say "i also didn't perceive anything about cufc coaches being pe coaches - the reality is that a cufc doc is a pe teacher."

-- I can only guess that you either meant to say "i also didn't infer anything" or "i also didn't suggest anything," but who knows. Whichever it is, you made the statement. You must have been trying to make a point. So, what IS your point?

3. You say "results - can’t believe this is even a debate…"

-- You are trying to compare CESA, which may have only been in existence for a fairly short time, but was previously made up of two of the largest and most successful clubs in the state. Those two clubs were already successful – it would only make sense that combining them would make them at least as successful, if not more so. I won't even try to compare that scenario with the Columbia area, but I believe it is still somewhat akin to comparing apples and oranges. If all you want to do is look at the numbers, fine. But the numbers do not tell the whole story, and as such, cannot be used by any reasonable person to claim a superior product of one over the other.

4(a?). You say "Why do they choose to come to cesa?"

-- Again, you seem to be very narrow-minded in your reasoning for why players go to CESA. Of course CESA develops players, but there are SO many other reasons why people travel to play there.

4(b?). You say "many folks act as if cesa is the old timer. The margin in results is far greater than that of years in existence."

-- As I mentioned above, you seem to be ignoring the fact that CESA is made up of two large soccer programs that were very successful BEFORE they merged. They ARE the old timers. Consider that, and your margins grow vastly smaller.