Y are we dropping the ball with Girls HS Soccer???

[calcio]

Can we all admit this has been the worst season for girls high school soccer?

At least in terms of what's gone on with laprep (score and schedule reporting), limited rankings, and very limited discussion on team, players, etc.

This is something we cannot get complacent with and are doing a disservice to our teams, players, daughters, students, etc.

I don't think 1 or 10 people are to blame, we all are. We need district reps (anyone who can rep the district not just the head district coach) to post schedules and results for ALL DIVSIONS. We need parish reps (people who post scores for different divisions in the same area, boys and girls).

We need rankings that come out more than 3 times a season!!! Are you kidding me!
We need to get coaches to turn in scores and schedules so we can even think about rankings!

We need more coaches involved.

We need more involvement period.

Please know this post is only a call to arms, we all dropped the ball this season and with the final week closing in the least we can do is try to get all scores reported.

Why would it matter?
Because its important.
Because coaches, players, families are involved. Because a team that went 3-12 deserves to have its 3 wins posted. Because a team that wins district deserves each win to be posted. Because we want to be a respected sport in a state thats high school association could care less for( coaches have you spoke to your principles about the upcoming rule changes???).

If you are with me that we all need to do a better job, then do more this week. Post scores, call friends/coaches on other teams, find out results of teams in other divisions in your area that don't get posted and post them.

We are the leaders of this sport, we are the ambassadors of the sport, we are responsible to our players and parents, we have to take responsibility.

Please join me in doing more, I know I need to do more.

[pompey]

D1, D5 doing fantastic job. Post scores and reports. Win or lose

[uhscubs1]

I agree

[soccerrouge]

Hey all, soccer rouge back here, and I have to agree. Glad to see my old district teams still staying with the past and keeping things updated.
Definitely believe it is important to update and get information out there. When I was coaching and active I tried to not only promote my district, but the entire Division I girls That's why I started what Coach Ray had on the boys side with the schedule and results on the girls side several years ago.

I can tell you it takes coaches involvement, and it would help coaches by having updated information in one spot to go to. In my time trying to build as much information as possible on this site, I discovered several coaches around the state not really wanting their information posted. They felt this left them as a team nobody would know about so they would be a surprise to others outside of their area.

My thought is this always about the players, and they like recognition, and if we are just "officially" reporting some good facts (schedules, results, polls/rankings, game summaries) then that only brings pride to these players.

That's why I tried to work things like posting the rankings to The Morning Advocate, giving the advocate scores and schedules from my district. Forming a relationship with WAFB O.T. To get coverage of area games and get scores put on TV.

The pride the girls had from having a clip showed on TV, their score reported on TV, or article reported in the paper was unreal.

I have to say Ive been a little disappointed in what i've seen on girls soccer in the paper and TV. Not too mention what I'm seeing here in laprepsoccer. It's a great tool, but its input.

Cudos for bringing this up, hopefully it will generate some action.

[miraddydad]

It's tough because not only is it soccer, it's GIRLS soccer. It's hard to get people as jazzed up about girls sports. Not saying anything bad about girls. It's just something that's been tough to overcome. We've been struggling to get attendance at games, but things are improving. We've got some exciting games coming up, so hopefully we'll get some people seeing that girls soccer IS in fact exciting and that there are some great athletes on the field. But other posters are correct in saying that we mustn't get complacent. Stay on your local media, pushing them to give coverage. And push them to not only give coverage to your program, but to other soccer games as well!

[bhssoccercoach]

Let me weigh in on this with my own opinion. For one, most of the updates, scores etc. are being posted by the coaches. Those are the same coaches that are juggling schedules around and trying to do their best to be a positive role model/coach/dad they can be. In addition to that they have jobs to which they must devote 40 hours or more a week to. Some of these guys and gals probably coach multiple sports as well. In my own case, I am a volunteer coach who works quite an unpredictable schedule as a healthcare provider who has very little support from any parent group, much less the school administration. I am not complaining because I truly LOVE getting to coach, but with three daughters of my own, there is little time left in the day to do much else. So, rather than whine about the state of this message board, I would like to thank the likes of "coolhandluke" and Coach Sean Esker who take on more than the average coaches in trying to keep this board up to date with the very limited information available. If your school's information isn't up to date, help us all out and post what you have. This board is an invaluable resource when it comes to playoff seeding, etc. I spend many hours perusing this board for as much information as I can find to try and fairly seed the other 23 teams that qualify in Div. II.
miraddydad, I'm doing my best to get a strong contingent of our fans out for Thursday's games with Calvary. Would love to see the stands full on the home side of the field.

[Patriot fan]

two thoughts.
[1.] Would it be possible at the beginning of the girls' soccer campaign to have the coaches also provide a backup contact for them, to be able to fill in the information gaps or serve as a secondary contact for those that need short term or immediate information.

[2.] why can't all the girls divisions state semi-finals and finals be played at the same venue back to back to back over the course of two weekends. for i.e. like the superdome or at LSU stadium?

[miraddydad]

BHS, we're working on it! Weve been making a big push to get the students up there. Looking forward to a night of great soccer!