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#1
Great interview!  Serpone is a bright and engaging.  It's obvious why his players love him and love being a part of the team.

Kuiper, 100% agree on Hopkins. He blew it on that one.

Also, people don't like Amherst soccer because the team is "diverse"  What???  Or maybe its the sideline antics?  I'm "curious and not judgemental" why this otherwise impressive and winsome guy can't act like a gentleman on the sideline.

He seems to be very intentional about Amherst v. the World so maybe this is part of his method.  He outright said keep the negativity coming  :)

Again, well done SC.  For those of us in the D3 soccer community this stuff is gold!
#3
Thanks SC.  The audio becomes choppy right around the 33rd minute.  Noticed it on the smart TV and on my laptop.
#4
SC - Great interview!  Unfortunately the audio is not working properly for the second half.   Fingers crossed you can get a second interview with McCarty? The first McCarty interview was a factor in my son choosing Messiah.  Thanks for all you do.
#5
Men's soccer / Re: Schools that Should Be Better
October 27, 2022, 06:47:23 PM
Quote from: paclassic89 on October 27, 2022, 06:38:10 PM
It's crazy how this thread got so derailed.  Look, there is an academic and personal growth advantage to going to a prep school obviously.  The soccer instruction is also good enough and re: the recruiting aspect, there is probably a higher chance of playing with other decent players as opposed to a public high school.  My point was the youth soccer pipeline is at a point in this country where the most impactful development is coming from the MLS Academies and other top tier clubs.  I didn't think there was much to debate on that point but I guess I was wrong.  This will be my last post on the topic.

Another addendum, this thread has become nauseatingly elitist at points.

All in good fun  :)   My kid is a public school kid who played MLS NEXT who is NOT going to a NESCACish institution.  So I have no skin in this game!
#6
Men's soccer / Re: Schools that Should Be Better
October 27, 2022, 06:26:09 PM
Now your just being silly.....I'll see your Conn College and raise with Williams, Amherst, and Tufts  :)

https://ephsports.williams.edu/sports/mens-soccer/roster?path=msoc

https://athletics.amherst.edu/sports/mens-soccer/roster

https://gotuftsjumbos.com/sports/msoc/roster

I can now officially say I forget what we are arguing about.....
#7
Men's soccer / Re: Schools that Should Be Better
October 27, 2022, 06:12:24 PM
"I can tell you for a fact that the academy teams are where the soccer development comes from. "
#8
Men's soccer / Re: Schools that Should Be Better
October 27, 2022, 06:10:00 PM
Quote from: paclassic89 on October 27, 2022, 05:54:43 PM
Is the coaching and training better than MLS NEXT training?  No

Probably in most cases...so ergo little or no development happens at prep schools.  Got it.
#9
Men's soccer / Re: Schools that Should Be Better
October 27, 2022, 05:53:32 PM
ME Soccer fan is 100% correct.  The New England prep schools are a tremendous feeder for exclusive colleges and D1s for that matter.  My son played in the MLS NEXT system and many of his teammates played for preps in the fall and then joined his squad for the winter and spring.  His coaches would have preferred they had not, but they freely admitted that the training and competition at the Prep level was high quality.
#10
Men's soccer / Re: Schools that Should Be Better
October 27, 2022, 04:33:17 PM
Quote from: Another Mom on October 27, 2022, 04:08:38 PM
Quote from: 4231CenterBack on October 27, 2022, 03:36:29 PM
Quote from: Ejay on October 27, 2022, 03:20:51 PM
Quote from: Another Mom on October 27, 2022, 03:06:31 PM
Re schools that are academic,  and therefore can attract students because of their stellar reputations-- yes, but the pool of top soccer players that also are at the top academically is not huge. Therefore while they can draw students towards them, they cannot recruit most soccer players. Swarthmore would be a great example:-)

I disagree. I think the consensus says that NESCSC and UAA are the two strongest conferences and they're certainly at the top of the academic heap.

And the NESCACs openly relax their admissions requirements to populate their sports teams.

Of course they do. But they cannot relax them beyond a certain point. High academic recruiting is something I know about, having gone through that journey for several years with my son.

Having worked in Higher Ed in New England I can tell you being a great athlete is a tremendous asset when trying to get into a high academic.  No dummies make it in but you'd be surprised.  I guess ultimately results on the field matter....and based on that it would appear that the NESCACs, UAAs and some others have something going for them  :)
#11
Men's soccer / Re: Schools that Should Be Better
October 27, 2022, 03:36:29 PM
Quote from: Ejay on October 27, 2022, 03:20:51 PM
Quote from: Another Mom on October 27, 2022, 03:06:31 PM
Re schools that are academic,  and therefore can attract students because of their stellar reputations-- yes, but the pool of top soccer players that also are at the top academically is not huge. Therefore while they can draw students towards them, they cannot recruit most soccer players. Swarthmore would be a great example:-)

I disagree. I think the consensus says that NESCSC and UAA are the two strongest conferences and they're certainly at the top of the academic heap.

And the NESCACs openly relax their admissions requirements to populate their sports teams. 
#12
Men's soccer / Re: Final Four - day off between games
October 17, 2022, 02:12:05 PM
Section 10•4 Religious Conflicts
[Reference: Bylaws 31.1.4.1 and 31.1.4.2 in the NCAA Division III Manual.]

Institutional Policy. If a participating institution has a written policy against competition on a particular day for
religious reasons, it shall inform the NCAA national office before May 1 of the preceding academic year to be excused
from competing on that day. The notification shall be valid for a period of two years. The championship schedule
shall be adjusted to accommodate that institution, and such adjustment shall not require its team or an individual
competitor to compete before the time originally scheduled.

Individual Championships. In individual championships, a student-athlete must compete according to the institution's
policy regarding Sunday competition (i.e., if the institution has no policy against Sunday competition, the student-
athlete shall compete Sunday if required by the schedule)
#13
Men's soccer / Re: The D3 soccer vs D1 soccer debate
October 13, 2022, 10:11:59 AM
Endicott is traveling to Newton to play BC on 10/24.  I thought it was a typo but it appears on both schedules.  Joe Calabrese, to his credit, has always been willing to schedule aggressively but this takes it to a whole new level!
#14
Men's soccer / Re: NESCAC
October 12, 2022, 08:45:23 AM
Sorry E-Cat.  I probably should have gone without the  :( emoji.  I actually think D3 is a more interesting place because Amherst and Justin Serpone exist. They are fun to root against and hope your favorite team never has to play them.

I first saw Amherst play in 2012ish against Williams @ Amherst.  It was unlike anything I had ever seen.  The naked utility of Serpone's system was alternately impressive and shocking.  The 70 yard balls to 6-5 attackers was really something!  The non-stop sprinting of a particular CM was also notable. The 50/50 challenges were cringe inducing. Williams somehow won the match but emerged bloody and broken. 

Really the only part of the show that I don't enjoy, and seems unnecessary, is the endless chirping at the officials and the other team.  It seems to whip the players up to the point that the play does cross the line into dangerous.  By all accounts Serpone is a gentlemen and a scholar so this never added up for me.  That said, I've only seen Amherst play in NCAA matches and at Tufts so maybe emotions ran higher than normal!
#15
Men's soccer / Re: NESCAC
October 11, 2022, 03:31:22 PM
So you are predicting just 4 at-large bids this year?  A little lighter than normal?  Or is the NESCAC typically a 5 bid league?  I guess your semi-finalists + 1 prediction makes sense this year since there are no true powerhouses to be upset this year in the conference.

The fatalist in me figures Amherst will bludgeon their way to the NCAA tournament somehow  :(.