Justin Sorenson

@PaulSpacey @IHateSoccerPod It’s an interesting discussion because a closed system helps leagues like ECNL in some ways but also hurts them too.

@Jusorenson @IHateSoccerPod Are you saying national team players can only become so if they play for an official MLS Academy?

Can someone break this down in terms of how many played ECNL, MLSNext and the former Development Academy. Haha

@PaulSpacey @IHateSoccerPod Not at all. I’m just saying, for example, Zavier Gozo played for La Roca an ECNL club, but then gets scooped up by RSL. So RSL gets credit for “developing” a European prospect. National team players could come from anywhere, just typically at some point they taken by an academy

@PaulSpacey @IHateSoccerPod Maybe not for clubs and teams but players aren’t trapped anywhere. We need more academies per capita for sure. But very few if any ECNL teams have the quality of a MLS academy. Expecting those teams to produce national team players is unrealistic.

@Jusorenson @IHateSoccerPod There is no youth ‘pyramid’, that’s the point. We have a conglomerate of closed leagues.

@PaulSpacey @IHateSoccerPod I mean I don’t think it’s realistic to expect a league that isn’t the top of the youth pyramid to develop pros.

@IHateSoccerPod ECNL has never been a legitimate pathway to the pro game. Do you know what is a good funnel for pro players? An actual meritocracy.

@colby_colonel Jazz twitter only assumes you can have 5 players at a given time.

Just had someone ask “Why would the Jazz take AJ if they just drafted Ace?” 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

@HoboJ_ @TuskedUp It’s not about settling. You can’t “build” a championship team or everyone would do it. You have to hope to get a stroke of luck along the way and land a Jokic, Giannis, Shai, etc.

I don't have a problem with not having a chance to win a championship next year. I have a problem with building a team that doesn't have a chance to win one at all. And if you're okay with a fun or playoff competitive team that's fine. I'm not. I'm tired of the Jazz settling for okay. I want to win it all.

They are going to have to trade a key piece by next offseason.

@TuskedUp @HoboJ_ Was mostly replying to the doom and gloom of the other account. Sorry for the stray. I get the Jazz might have a high floor and low ceiling. But I just get tired of the title or bust mentality. This Mammoth season was awesome. So many incredible moments.

@Jusorenson @HoboJ_ lol that’s not at all what I said

@HoboJ_ @TuskedUp Why didn’t the Jazz just trade for Shai or Wemby?? Guh, they should be smarter than that. Seriously, on a given year 26 teams have to find a way to play exciting competitive basketball with less than a few percentage chance to win the finals. Calm down.

@HoboJ_ @TuskedUp Well 28 teams don’t have a chance to win a championship this year so they should all just already know that and trade away their players.

@BensHoops @andyblarsen What you’re both missing is that you need to have multiple options. Jamal Murray is pretty easy to take out cause he is the only guard creator on that team. Minnesota won’t be able to do that to Fox on SAS cause they have Castle and Harper alongside.

@andyblarsen He’s going up again Derrick White and Jaylen Brown!

How do you look at what the Wolves are doing to Jamal Murray of all people and draft a short guard in the top 10 of this draft

@Tbyrnes2 @alex_russell5 @stuholden It’s not on goal kicks. It’s when the keeper is in possession with their hands.

@alex_russell5 @stuholden It’s a goal kick. Kick the damn ball. They need to speed up and use instincts, not over think every little thing. Play with flow naturally, once you start thinking….you’re a goner.

Youth soccer question, looking for any referees out there. The new 8 second keeper rule with corner kick enforcement — at what age is it being officially implemented in Youth Soccer? We had a ref start counting down our keeper this weekend, but I feel like it’s not consistent. At U10, doesn’t feel necessary to go crazy over it…

@andyblarsen @sweatypuffins I wanted RSL to win, but I didn't mind anyone wearing a Messi shirt or buying one.

@andyblarsen @sweatypuffins I think the difference is Jazz v Bulls was the pinnacle of the sport. If Liverpool was playing Barca in the champions league and selling Messi jerseys that is absurd. This is 4-5 levels down from that and its hard to argue that RSL is a totally serious club.

Maybe it’s just how I was raised… I watched Michael Jordan in the NBA Finals… and I wanted the Jazz to win. I don’t think I’ll ever lose that competitiveness tbh

@DarrylSchmidt11 @TaylorTwellman Seems like serious foul play to me.

@TaylorTwellman Based on the laws of the game, this isn’t a red card offence.

You don’t need to suspend….you have VAR. 1 red card and it stops universally. This isn’t hard but the powers at be won’t do anything about it.

@Callystarr Championship or bust mentality ruins pro sports. Only one team wins it all, you have to enjoy the moments along the way. If you get a title it’s the ultimate bonus but it can’t be the only focus.

As I reflect on the last few years as a Utah Jazz fan, I honestly can’t put into words how happy I am that this tanking nonsense is finally over. I don’t care what anybody says… I’d rather root for a team that wins 35 games and actually tries to win than sit through what we’ve watched the last two seasons… even if a championship was supposedly part of that equation. I know some people will strongly disagree with me… that’s fine… it is what it is. But I’ll be real… in my 45 years of life, watching this team since I was 11, I’ve never come closer to walking away as a fan than I did during this stretch. It made me appreciate past Jazz ownership even more… because no matter the circumstances, they never fully pulled the plug like this. And for that, I’m grateful… because what we just witnessed was flat-out disgusting. I get it… small market, all the usual arguments… I’ve heard them all. I still don’t want to see this ever again. I sincerely hope the NBA finds a way to truly reduce tanking in this league… because I genuinely love this sport… but competing to lose should never be part of it.

@CJRealHoops2 @ArtTakesNote Hendricks was a great athlete in testing but it doesn’t show up frequently in his UCF film. Wilson is a monster.

@ArtTakesNote Of course not. It’s a different stratosphere simply because Wilson was a 7-figure NIL guy who had the gameplan drawn up around him, Hendricks was a diamond in the rough who was a late bloomer. Both draw Siakim comparisons, and have nearly identical bodies

I don’t see it with Caleb Wilson as a draft option for the Jazz. He seems to be Taylor Hendricks, if Taylor had happened to be a 5-star recruit and had the game plan drawn up around him in college. Taylor/Caleb will be a fine NBA player, and is a great pick at around 10ish, but I would pass on him if the Jazz are picking at 4 or higher

@DanWetzel @BlatantHomerism 3 second rule should be abolished. It’s a nice way to incentivize 2 point shots in the 3 point era.

@BlatantHomerism Indeed, about five seconds. I feel like the 3-second rule has gone the way of palming and traveling - needs to be egregious. Saw it in other games as well. Still …

Isn’t 13 in the lane for a long time?

@WasatchSentinel It’s so terrible in person

Yeah… after experiencing this in person yesterday during the march, I can now even more confidently say how much I hate it

@andrew_wiebe Maybe if they double the size of the goal. Finishing was roooooough.

Morgan Guilavogui is gonna be a problem. Dude is a baller, and fits perfectly in the kinda-a-10, kinda-a-9 role in this RSL 3-4-3 (or 3-2-5 at times). Imagine him with Luna and Olatunji in the team, too. Gozo. Sanabria.

@stevemagness If that 14 minute kid can’t run a sub 10 second 100m then he isn’t fast and should find a new activity. If you don’t agree you don’t understand running.

Most people don't understand running. It's why a non-runner will be more impressed by someone who jogged a 4 hour marathon than a kid who ran a 14 minute 5k In the sport, we obsess over what "fast" is, grading and judging ourselves Outside of it...no one has any freaking clue