My son received an email today from a Division 2 Coach. I found the following rather interesting given the "blog" perspective, " I enjoyed watching your game. Your team moves the ball very well and plays an organized system, I can see why you went so far this season. I could also see that your technical skills and understanding of the game are at a very high level". The Coach made no negative comments about the game or Scott's style of play. I think I will take his opinion over most of yours.

 

Maybe this coach did not see any issues with the way your son played, seems like his comments were directed solely at your son and they were positive ones.

 

Just because he did not make any negative comments about Scott's style of play, I am not sure that you can infer that he did not have an issue with how others on the Scott team played.

Don't want to offend anyone, but that's a pretty standard email/letter from most D2 or D3 coaches.

 

You aren't offending me. This isn't my first go around with college coaches and I can assure you nothing about this email was "standard". Nice try though.

I think someone else brought this up earlier but I do find it funny that the same people that continue to whine, complain, and argue about Scott are the ones that say Scott whines, complains, and argues too much.

 

Congrats on the win BG.

 

Congrats to Scott on a record breaking season.

My son received an email today from a Division 2 Coach. I found the following rather interesting given the "blog" perspective, " I enjoyed watching your game. Your team moves the ball very well and plays an organized system, I can see why you went so far this season. I could also see that your technical skills and understanding of the game are at a very high level". The Coach made no negative comments about the game or Scott's style of play. I think I will take his opinion over most of yours.

Congratulations to your son for being recognized for his soccer talent! Good luck to him.

For life....congrats on the letter and hopefully it is just one in a long line you receive.......

 

One a side note.....would you define Scott's style this year as "moving the ball very well?"

 

Not meaning the question as a shot at the program because the style they played is year was uber successful........but I would define the style as attack, and not movement..........I wish our program had a little more attack and a little less movement this year.....

You aren't offending me. This isn't my first go around with college coaches and I can assure you nothing about this email was "standard". Nice try though.

What do you mean, "nice try"? You need to get that massive chip off your shoulder.

As for your comment about people whining and complaining... Last Saturdays champ match is still online for all to see, so people who haven't already seen it can watch it and form their own opinion. I'm out of the high school soccer system, but take an interest in it for other reasons. My sons got several college recruiting letters back in the day, all in a similar vein to what you described. They didn't play for college because there's no money in athletic scholarships, they just walked-on or played college club. Concentrate on grades and go for merit scholarships.

For life....congrats on the letter and hopefully it is just one in a long line you receive.......

 

One a side note.....would you define Scott's style this year as "moving the ball very well?"

 

Not meaning the question as a shot at the program because the style they played is year was uber successful........but I would define the style as attack, and not movement..........I wish our program had a little more attack and a little less movement this year.....

 

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I would agree with your comment. Yes I loved the attack however there were times I would have like to have seen a little more movement. Because sometimes a team’s best defense is strong offense. For example a little more movemnet in the CCH match or the Bowling Green match could have made a difference.

For life....congrats on the letter and hopefully it is just one in a long line you receive.......

 

One a side note.....would you define Scott's style this year as "moving the ball very well?"

 

Not meaning the question as a shot at the program because the style they played is year was uber successful........but I would define the style as attack, and not movement..........I wish our program had a little more attack and a little less movement this year.....

 

The coach did also talk about our strong attack style of play and my son's involvement in it, most of the letter was very personal and not something I would post, as it should be when a school is trying to recruit your kid for their program. My point is that it was nice to get some perspective from a qualified person outside of this state.

 

I will take it for what I feel it is worth and everyone else can do the same.

What do you mean, "nice try"? You need to get that massive chip off your shoulder.

As for your comment about people whining and complaining... Last Saturdays champ match is still online for all to see, so people who haven't already seen it can watch it and form their own opinion. I'm out of the high school soccer system, but take an interest in it for other reasons. My sons got several college recruiting letters back in the day, all in a similar vein to what you described. They didn't play for college because there's no money in athletic scholarships, they just walked-on or played college club. Concentrate on grades and go for merit scholarships.

 

Funny that when someone from Scott offers a rebuttal they get labeled as having a chip on their shoulder. "Nice try" as in your attempt to discredit anything positive someone has to say about Scott. I only posted two sentences from the full page email we received. Also kind of funny that those two sentences are indicative of the ones your "sons received several years ago". As for the rest of your comment, I am well aware that it is available to watch and I am extremely happy that it is. My son's have never played to game for the purpose of gaining an athletic based scholarship they play for the love of the game and I made no mention scholarships at all. In fact my oldest is in the process of completing his senior year playing for Thomas More, he actually turned down athletic money from a D2. Six time PAC champions and the NCAA first round game is set for this Saturday. Go Saints!

Funny that when someone from Scott offers a rebuttal they get labeled as having a chip on their shoulder. "Nice try" as in your attempt to discredit anything positive someone has to say about Scott. I only posted two sentences from the full page email we received. Also kind of funny that those two sentences are indicative of the ones your "sons received several years ago". As for the rest of your comment, I am well aware that it is available to watch and I am extremely happy that it is. My son's have never played to game for the purpose of gaining an athletic based scholarship they play for the love of the game and I made no mention scholarships at all. In fact my oldest is in the process of completing his senior year playing for Thomas More, he actually turned down athletic money from a D2. Six time PAC champions and the NCAA first round game is set for this Saturday. Go Saints!

Your "kind of funny" remark is a bit odd... I was referring to the general "team moves the ball well, good technical skills, plays at high level" type comments that most players get from recruiters , college coaches. Anyway, congrats to your son, Thomas More has a great program, one of the best D3 schools in the area. Good luck to the Saints on Saturday.

Also, Scott's record speaks for itself, in every respect.

My son received an email today from a Division 2 Coach. I found the following rather interesting given the "blog" perspective, " I enjoyed watching your game. Your team moves the ball very well and plays an organized system, I can see why you went so far this season. I could also see that your technical skills and understanding of the game are at a very high level". The Coach made no negative comments about the game or Scott's style of play. I think I will take his opinion over most of yours.

 

In all honesty, why on Earth would a college coach say something negative about a recruit's team or an area high school team? By putting down a team, you run the risk of ruining the relationship with the coach. By putting down a team/performance you run the risk of losing the kid. I don't know a smart college coach that would say anything bad about a team that got to the state final, it's recruiting suicide.

Going back and reading this thread I cannot believe some of the things you so called "adults" said about these 15, 16, 17, and 18 year old boys. I'm just in shock at the nasty things you said about these kids, you do realize they can read this too, and if you call the way they played "dirty" then I urge you to watch some professional soccer matches and see if those men aren't getting hit twice as hard as Scott "hits" other teams.

 

Another thing, do you not think that those boys were fightin for something they wanted? Both teams deserved to be there, as their records show. Heck both teams deserved to win that game. And honestly remembering that game if the teams played 100 times I'd say BG wins 53 and Scott wins 47.

 

But this season is over and we're moving on to the next one. Both teams lost a fair amount of talent. But best of luck to all.