Not a news flash here, but this is a truly awful baseball team @StevenACohen2 - so hard to watch this group. Incredibly bad roster construction. Can't hit, can't defend. But can sort of pitch, sometimes. It's May 10 - how depressing. #LGM
@SaraciKevin@hudsonm_21@KevinGArmstrong@StevePoliti And then, as the odds nearly always go this way, he doesn't get a d1 offer. He possibly plays d3, sometimes not even more than a year. And has sacrificed all of the experiences he COULD have had if he (and his family) remembered the lessons sports should be providing. (3/3)
@SaraciKevin@hudsonm_21@KevinGArmstrong@StevePoliti Never with friends or in front of his friends and classmates. Never gets the chance to sacrifice together for the team and compete for county or state title. Misses out on bus rides, pasta parties, camaraderie. Misses the chance to win together with kids he grew up with (2/3)
@SaraciKevin@hudsonm_21@KevinGArmstrong@StevePoliti Here is what I think is happening: kid at 14 or 15 is told he has potential to play D1 soccer, and the club is the "only" path to maximize this chance. Then the kid pays his way for the next 2-3 years, leaves HS soccer, only plays club. Plays mostly in front of his parents, (1/2)
@SaraciKevin@KevinGArmstrong@StevePoliti Sadly, I don't think we are. The article mentions "thousands" - and I fear that many are being misled, and not truly "top tier" - families are duped into believing something that years later proves not to be true, and the kids miss out on potentially life-changing experiences.
@NJHoopsHaven@AsburyParkPress He's not wrong. I'm a Rutgers fan, so not a pro-seton hall mindset, but several calls in the second half, particularly the last 5 minutes, were troubling. Got some rumeal robinson vibes, especially on the final no-call.