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@DickWedge1 @TheS_Resource Exactly. The kids enjoy saying they play on a winning team as well. Where has society gone.

@TheS_Resource Have you even considered the parent is thinking about their kid? The stronger players will soon get pissed off losing and it’ll be the less developed players getting the blame. Getting 40 minutes seen costing the team is going to do less than 20 minutes seen contributing

Nobody prepares you for the moment a parent says the quiet part out loud. Ten years ago, whilst coaching a U10 football team in America, I'd taken over a team from another coach.I knew what I was walking into, the culture was winning at all costs with the playing style being very direct, i.e. long balls, nothing else. Parents coached from the sidelines like they had the whistle. Results weren't just important, they were everything the only thing). Before the season, I handed every parent a questionnaire in an attempt to generate their thoughts on player development, expectations and what they wanted from the experience. In hindsight, I tried to change things too quickly, but I tried for equal playing time, or as close to it as I could manage. A different style of play and a different way of thinking about what development actually meant at ten years old. Initially, the results went against us, especially in the eyes of the parents, which resulted in the mood shifting, and I could feel it. After one particular game, walking back to the car park, casually and with no drama, one of the parents walked next to me: Parent: "Can I ask you something? The equal playing time thing, what's the thinking behind it?" Coach: "Every player in that squad deserves to develop. That's what I'm here for, to support all of them, not just the ones who might help us win on game day." (A pause, he nods slowly.) Parent: "I hear you, but honestly? I'd rather you didn't play my son as much. If it means we win." (The coach stops walking.) Coach: "You'd rather your son plays less." Parent: "If it means we win, yeah. When we win, the mood's different, the parents are happier. It's just better for everyone." Coach: "You're paying thousands of dollars for your child not to play?" Parent: (calmly) "If it means we win. Yeah." (A beat.) Coach: "I'm a coach, my role is to develop every player in that squad. Not to manage how happy the parents feel from one weekend to the next." (The parent smiles. Starts walking again.) Parent: "Think about it." (He walks away, casually, like he'd suggested nothing unusual at all.) I stood there for a moment, he wasn't angry, aggressive, but meant every word of it. That was the moment I understood, it wasn't about the boys. It had never really been about the boys. The results meant something to the parents that had nothing to do with football, which was a sense of belonging. Something to carry into the week and to talk about when they met. They were playing through their children, and no questionnaire, conversation, or equal playing time policy was going to change that. Some cultures are bigger than one coach with a different idea. I learned that walking back to a car park in America, ten years ago, and I've never forgotten it.

@TheS_Resource Trying new positions is what scrimmaging is for …

A 10-year-old who is tall, kicks it long, clears it and gets told every single week they're playing centre back, because it's convenient for the coach. Fast forward to 15 and they've never played in midfield, never tried up front and never been given the chance to find out what else they might be capable of. Should youth players play multiple positions throughout their development? We'd love your opinion on this one as it's genuinely splitting the coaching community, leave your vote below. 👇

@rogerstuck1977 @Aaretherealone @DataRepublican @nicksortor @GatesMcgavick @PamBondi That was a roundabout way of telling someone the justice system isn’t working.

@terabump2 @Aaretherealone @DataRepublican @nicksortor @GatesMcgavick @PamBondi Are you ok?

The people doing this think they’re the resistance; they’re really just mid-level bureaucrats who got mad that they could no longer leave the office at 4 PM or work from home daily when @PamBondi arrived. And they do not represent all DOJ career staff.

@Real_RobN @PressSec Scaramucchi model, we called this coming. Be prepared.

Here it is: U.S. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: “I’m happy to provide you all of the evidence.” Gov. Gavin Newscum is under criminal review for signing up illegal aliens to vote through his criminal conspiracy—AB 37, universal mail-in ballots. @PressSec: “I’m happy to provide you all of the evidence for it. I’d be glad to send that to you after this briefing. Fraudulent ballots are being mailed in in the names of other people, in the names of illegal aliens who shouldn’t be voting in American elections. There are countless examples, and we’d be happy to provide them…” 📝 PASS THE SAVE ACT: Gavin Newsom banned voter ID in California but issues driver’s licenses to 15 million illegal aliens the Democrats imported under Biden so they could vote illegally. Meanwhile, he can’t account for where the $24 billion he extorted from taxpayers to fight homelessness went.

@KayceSmith No Josh Heuple. GTFO

Baker Mayfield was obviously incredible. But he should absolutely NEVER be ranked ahead of Cam Newton, Joe Burrow or Tim Tebow. Ever.

@Aaretherealone @DataRepublican @nicksortor @GatesMcgavick @PamBondi Truth. With how children work - they will 50% of the time disagree if they are only taught one way. The follower children will only agree 50% of the time. So the odds sometimes agree that 100% of this shit is bullshit. 5 days a year.

@DataRepublican @nicksortor @GatesMcgavick @PamBondi Teaching students how the justice system works isn’t the same as training them to ignore it. Jurors still take oaths, hear evidence, and follow a judge’s instructions classroom theory doesn’t override that.

@Florida904Boss @bmarcello @CBSSports @JTalty @chris_hummer @mzenitz @CBSSportsCFB @CBSSportsCBB @ShehanJeyarajah @TomFornelli @RJ_cfb Schools get federal funding and one of the only ways to affect federal funding is a president’s executive order on federally funded schools because fines can be imposed. So -if Notre Dame didn’t ever get hooked on federal funds they could literally OWN college football. But no.

@bmarcello @CBSSports @JTalty @chris_hummer @mzenitz @CBSSportsCFB @CBSSportsCBB @ShehanJeyarajah @TomFornelli @RJ_cfb Yea…funny story. The President has no authority to do this. NCAA and the schools need to tell him to fuck off.

BREAKING: President Trump's executive order on college sports is expected as early as this afternoon, sources tell @CBSSports. Key directives on player eligibility and movement: 5 years to play 5 seasons and one free undergraduate transfer. Story: cbssports.com/college-footba…

@BearsPurgatory This here. Weah showed nothing in last two games - like what you did here.

This is the best lineup. If we don’t play a 3 back system we very well may get grouped. The best option for the #USMNT🇺🇸 is to play a 3-4-2-1✍️. Pochettino needs to stop tinkering and goofing around and stick to this. I’ve done the work for you, Poch👨‍💻. Use this lineup and we will make some noise. We should compete in this #WorldCup🏆. Anything less is a failure and unforgivable. Side note, I prefer this lineup orientation even though it’s opposite what lineup builder wants. Get over it🤫.

@TemarcWinter @TheBolivianYank Or … he’s nervous as fuck, bro. At least he didn’t immediately pass it away.

@TheBolivianYank There are Portuguese players all around him and no obvious pass, unless he takes it straight back toward our goal. This is actually a good decision, but he overhits the ball. It's an experienced player, knowing his limitations and not wanted to lose the ball in a bad spot.

This is WHY I hate Roldán. WTF are you doing??? Why?? What in your mind made you think this was a good idea? You could see your CF wasn’t making a run…yet….

@pord_daed @JeffPalo @ManagerTactical @ChuckMe92Soccer Obviously.

@JeffPalo @ManagerTactical @ChuckMe92Soccer Maybe Poch giving more playing time to MLS Quota clown trio of Arfsten, Roldan and Beerholder Jr to show how inept they really are and it has succeeded

The USMNT 🇺🇸 and Pochettino set the bar as low as they can for the World Cup, at this point not getting grouped will be a relief. Winning 1 knockout game will be considered a major success. What a disappointment, this generation is an embarrassment, we had high hopes… but that ship has sailed. Oh well, next stop the World Cup.

@JeffPalo @ManagerTactical @ChuckMe92Soccer He doesn’t ruin his coaching career by bowing down to those that make claims - he shows those that make claims that their claims are fucking laughable by putting their heroes in the limelight to fail. He’s always done this. Where were you in 2016?

@JeffPalo @ManagerTactical @ChuckMe92Soccer Get to know pocchetino better- ain’t no fucking way Berhalter or roldan makes the team. My issue is with the Coventry circle kid - is he hurt?

@KAssigbe Trust me - when you get a hard-ass coach - he makes a hard-ass team. You just need to put talent under that hard-ass coach.

⚽️ culture in 🇺🇸 is about what makes parents happy. We create new leagues, tournaments, & whatever is necessary to appease parents. It’s not about the kids & what they need, so we can’t expect a better national team when the system is not about developing players.

@ArteHater @MCameron008 Hey guy, guess what, the highest paid athletes in the world are soccer players. Pretty bad take on that. You could say, “soccer isn’t popular enough in the US!!” That sounds semi-intelligent.

@MCameron008 I disagree. The difference is that our best athletes choose to play sports that pay better. If our soccer teams started paying players 40 million per year like the top sports due, you’d see a shift.

The gap between the US men and the top teams in the world has zero to do with athleticism. The best teams have comparable athletes to ours; the MASSIVE difference is in game understanding. And that comes down to culture.

@MCameron008 Gen X grew up watching the NASL - this new generation has apparently been watching MLS while they could’ve viewed any league of their choice on their TV’s. Fucking ridiculous. You’re so right.

@Jluisvaldez9 @MCameron008 Germany never had technical ability and they won several world cups. It’s simply about control, confidence and a desire to win. (Technique makes it fun, though)

@MCameron008 The biggest difference is not game understanding, it’s simple - Technical Ability. The US is outclassed in quality. Until the US starts producing players with elite technical ability, the gap between the US and Spain, Brazil, England, France, etc will remain massive.

@tomsan106 You are exactly right. Our best male athletes peak at 20. There is no hidden juice to this. It’s simply true. There are dudes with the deftest touch that can’t do 200 juggles. Nor would they care to. The only thing that takes time is developing a blistering shot. That’s it.

Perhaps the single biggest problem in youth development is that the very people at the top, those who are supposed to understand it best, actually don’t. I can’t be any clearer than that. The idea that the golden age of skill acquisition is between 7 and 14 is simply not true. Yet that is exactly what the world governing body still believes.

@who_deythink @MCameron008 Dude - if they got our best college kids together in a team, they’d strike gold. That’s when the best athletes turn best athletes. There is no secret science to “touch” at a young age. Touch is like, “can you finger roll?” Yes! Then you got “touch”, kid. It’s fairly simple.

@MCameron008 Soccer will never be popular enough in the US to develop world class players. We partly rely on dual nationals who aren’t good enough to play for their native countries and make the US their 2nd choice; doubt if they have true patriotism or consider themselves American.

@cris_chu_ @ArteHater @MCameron008 You pick your kids at 4 or 5 is why you don’t have the best players playing. Athleticism rules. Juggles and dribbles mean shit when you have natural touch my friend.

Oh here we go with the "Best athletes choose..." This is by far the worst argument by Americans. They have this vision where they treat athletes as interchangeable "raw talent" who can just switch to any sports late and dominate. In real football countries kids start making first contact at 4 or 5 and all thanks to the culture in those countries. Culture is far more than "kids pick based on pay." The success globally relies on deep, early cultural immersion that the US lacks.

@ArteHater @TheMtgDoctor @MCameron008 He just gave you the pay better you were looking for … the answer is we don’t do that here - which proves you wrong. So that kinda sucked.

@TheMtgDoctor @MCameron008 You’re listing the top of the top, compared to the 100’s who get paid millions of dollars to play basketball, football, baseball, and hockey. Do you think these young kids give two shits about Benzema? They don’t even know who he is.