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Post by gallstars1lover on Feb 24, 2024 21:38:14 GMT -6
I remember the hay days of this website. Classic Gallstar projecting his insecurities on high schools boys, coaches from all teams using burner account to flirt we each other, and so on. Now that I am revisiting the site, I see a lack of activity across the board. I certainly have an opinion on why this is the case, but I would love to hear from some of the experience community members that took part in making this website active. As always, no answer is stupid unless it’s Gallstar slandering underage kids!
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Post by letemplayref on Feb 25, 2024 0:16:55 GMT -6
Gallstar has done more for Louisiana high school soccer than you could ever dream of
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Post by cornerkickdad on Feb 25, 2024 6:41:43 GMT -6
Ha. You think it’s bad on the boys side…….hop on over to the girls. Smh
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Post by soccerinthemouth on Feb 25, 2024 7:49:01 GMT -6
I remember the hay days of this website. Classic Gallstar projecting his insecurities on high schools boys, coaches from all teams using burner account to flirt we each other, and so on. Now that I am revisiting the site, I see a lack of activity across the board. I certainly have an opinion on why this is the case, but I would love to hear from some of the experience community members that took part in making this website active. As always, no answer is stupid unless it’s Gallstar slandering underage kids! I want to go on record as saying two things: 1) I have no issue whatsoever with talking bad about underage kids if they deserve it (dirty players, bad sports, that sort of stuff) and I in fact think we should do it more. 2) Simply giving your opinion on whether or not a kid is a good player is not slanderous or libel ever for any reason. It's your opinion my love. Ben Franklin died on a cherry tree and the liberty bell rung 10 times so you could have the bill of rights so use it.
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Post by theicecreamfish on Feb 25, 2024 10:07:36 GMT -6
I do think the site became more active this year as the season progressed. But, I don’t think we’ve yet gotten to the level that it used to be at three to four years ago. I wouldn’t say the website is bad, but I thought I would see more chatter about the championships that were played. Only things really said in those threads were score updates and a few thoughts on the game. I feel like live streaming has a part in this because this site used to be where to go to see all score updates and comments about the game. Nowadays for most teams you can actually watch the game live.
My favorite thread from this year was for the Menard vs. Episcopal quarterfinal game. Those two teams have had a good rivalry dating to a few years back, and it was refreshing to see the comments made about each other because it felt like there was more passion on this site. Maybe we’ll see more of that passion sooner or later on this site.
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Post by smoser on Feb 25, 2024 15:09:31 GMT -6
Ben Franklin died of pleurisy and it was Jefferson and Madison that stressed and wrote the Bill of Rights.
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Post by gallstars1lover on Feb 25, 2024 16:41:07 GMT -6
Gallstar has done more for Louisiana high school soccer than you could ever dream of Unlike you I actually played for one of the teams you feel the need to get on a website and talk about. But yeah some chirper with a good internet connection has done more for this sport by consistently slandering other teams and blindly supporting the ones that he deems supporting of his own agenda.
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Post by gallstars1lover on Feb 25, 2024 16:47:48 GMT -6
I remember the hay days of this website. Classic Gallstar projecting his insecurities on high schools boys, coaches from all teams using burner account to flirt we each other, and so on. Now that I am revisiting the site, I see a lack of activity across the board. I certainly have an opinion on why this is the case, but I would love to hear from some of the experience community members that took part in making this website active. As always, no answer is stupid unless it’s Gallstar slandering underage kids! I want to go on record as saying two things: 1) I have no issue whatsoever with talking bad about underage kids if they deserve it (dirty players, bad sports, that sort of stuff) and I in fact think we should do it more. 2) Simply giving your opinion on whether or not a kid is a good player is not slanderous or libel ever for any reason. It's your opinion my love. Ben Franklin died on a cherry tree and the liberty bell rung 10 times so you could have the bill of rights so use it. I would like to go on record saying you missed the entire point of this post. First off, your line “I think we should do it more” shows exactly the type of person you are. Obviously you don’t have a kid playing the sport and you are merely a simpleton. Also, you have not earned the right to call me your love, take me on a date or two first at least. Lastly, I’m not sure if your night cap hit a little early with the last line, but I love learning and would appreciate being educated on what exactly that last line means. Yours truly, gallstar’s lover
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Post by letemplayref on Feb 25, 2024 20:20:31 GMT -6
Gallstar has done more for Louisiana high school soccer than you could ever dream of Unlike you I actually played for one of the teams you feel the need to get on a website and talk about. But yeah some chirper with a good internet connection has done more for this sport by consistently slandering other teams and blindly supporting the ones that he deems supporting of his own agenda. Absolutely no one aside from your mom cares about your games without people like Gallstar
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Post by gallstar on Feb 25, 2024 21:35:23 GMT -6
Unlike you I actually played for one of the teams you feel the need to get on a website and talk about. But yeah some chirper with a good internet connection has done more for this sport by consistently slandering other teams and blindly supporting the ones that he deems supporting of his own agenda. Absolutely no one aside from your mom cares about your games without people like Gallstar Gallstar might just be a bot? A bot that’s shelled out 50K over 5 years to teams that needed a hand up. Typically he’s for the guy that’s less likely to win due to a system that’s geared towards schools that draw more club players. Rest assured, he gives his opinion in the third person because that’s more interesting. His current focus is on his new hobby of farming. Maybe in the coming years he will hire more soccer players as interns. Rumor has it his company he started 5 years ago has over 2000 co-workers. Maybe some of them will be assigned to games in the coming years. St. Amant, Dutchtown and EA will all go down next year. There is this crazy thing that happens in public schools. A new school gets built and the pool gets watered down. Does this ever happen to you: Catholic, Jesuit, St. Paul?? Oh that’s right you don’t have borders.
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Post by donj on Feb 25, 2024 22:26:14 GMT -6
Absolutely no one aside from your mom cares about your games without people like Gallstar Gallstar might just be a bot? A bot that’s shelled out 50K over 5 years to teams that needed a hand up. Typically he’s for the guy that’s less likely to win due to a system that’s geared towards schools that draw more club players. Rest assured, he gives his opinion in the third person because that’s more interesting. His current focus is on his new hobby of farming. Maybe in the coming years he will hire more soccer players as interns. Rumor has it his company he started 5 years ago has over 2000 co-workers. Maybe some of them will be assigned to games in the coming years. St. Amant, Dutchtown and EA will all go down next year. There is this crazy thing that happens in public schools. A new school gets built and the pool gets watered down. Does this ever happen to you: Catholic, Jesuit, St. Paul?? Oh that’s right you don’t have borders. Do you need a hug, Gallstar?
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Post by theicecreamfish on Feb 25, 2024 22:50:45 GMT -6
I thought through it a little bit…would high school soccer be better off with select and non-select divisions like football has? I honestly don’t know. It feels like private schools dominate championships for the most part, but I don’t know what the drawbacks would be if you were to split the divisions that way…
I’m not saying I support it. I’m just trying to see it from both perspectives.
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Post by gallstar on Feb 26, 2024 7:08:12 GMT -6
Gallstar might just be a bot? A bot that’s shelled out 50K over 5 years to teams that needed a hand up. Typically he’s for the guy that’s less likely to win due to a system that’s geared towards schools that draw more club players. Rest assured, he gives his opinion in the third person because that’s more interesting. His current focus is on his new hobby of farming. Maybe in the coming years he will hire more soccer players as interns. Rumor has it his company he started 5 years ago has over 2000 co-workers. Maybe some of them will be assigned to games in the coming years. St. Amant, Dutchtown and EA will all go down next year. There is this crazy thing that happens in public schools. A new school gets built and the pool gets watered down. Does this ever happen to you: Catholic, Jesuit, St. Paul?? Oh that’s right you don’t have borders. Do you need a hug, Gallstar? Depends on who is giving the hug.
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Post by smoser on Feb 26, 2024 10:51:28 GMT -6
So the "building of the new school/ player pool" quandry is an interesting one on a few levels. Over by STA and DTHS the new Praireville High will delete both schools athletic pool by 1/3, taking a good amount of soccer players. Location, location , location as they say in Real Estate...if they did the same in most of the Northshore district you are just splitting up ftball + baseball player's and gun enthusiast's pools. We serial recruiters and filchers, as mentioned above, are not adversly affected by said school board decisions. In our silver spoon defense though, there has been a public school in the D1 finals in 5 of the last 9 years.
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Post by theicecreamfish on Feb 26, 2024 11:52:56 GMT -6
In our silver spoon defense though, there has been a public school in the D1 finals in 5 of the last 9 years. This is why I feel like there has been no reason to change the divisions. Why change what "isn't broken?" If public schools have made the D1 finals 5 times in the last 9 years, that means that public schools are just as successful as private ones in the playoffs........right? Against, I am not for nor against either argument. I've just put more thought into it than I have in the past because I feel like the D1 finals always includes schools like Jesuit, Catholic High, St. Pauls, etc. because they have the best of the best talent in the state.
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Post by retired_thibodaux_coach on Feb 26, 2024 12:15:48 GMT -6
In our silver spoon defense though, there has been a public school in the D1 finals in 5 of the last 9 years. This is why I feel like there has been no reason to change the divisions. Why change what "isn't broken?" If public schools have made the D1 finals 5 times in the last 9 years, that means that public schools are just as successful as private ones in the playoffs........right? Against, I am not for nor against either argument. I've just put more thought into it than I have in the past because I feel like the D1 finals always includes schools like Jesuit, Catholic High, St. Pauls, etc. because they have the best of the best talent in the state. Fact check: The statement "public schools have made the D1 finals in 5 of the last 9 years" is incorrect. The correct number according to LHSAA championship archives is 3: Dutchtown in 2022 & 2023 and Acadiana in 2016. Grace King made it in 2014 but not in the mentioned time frame. So in 11 years, 3 different public schools have played for the D1 championship but zero have won it. Fun Fact: From 2015- 2024, St. Paul's has played in 8 championships, Catholic-BR 5, and Jesuit 4.
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Post by theicecreamfish on Feb 26, 2024 12:18:48 GMT -6
This is why I feel like there has been no reason to change the divisions. Why change what "isn't broken?" If public schools have made the D1 finals 5 times in the last 9 years, that means that public schools are just as successful as private ones in the playoffs........right? Against, I am not for nor against either argument. I've just put more thought into it than I have in the past because I feel like the D1 finals always includes schools like Jesuit, Catholic High, St. Pauls, etc. because they have the best of the best talent in the state. Fact check: The statement "public schools have made the D1 finals in 5 of the last 9 years" is incorrect. The correct number according to LHSAA championship archives is 3: Dutchtown in 2022 & 2023 and Acadiana in 2016. Grace King made it in 2014 but not in the mentioned time frame. So in 11 years, 3 different public schools have played for the D1 championship but zero have won it. Fun Fact: From 2015- 2024, St. Paul's has played in 8 championships, Catholic-BR 5, and Jesuit 4. If that's the case, then there's probably a better argument for splitting the divisions.
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Post by kingmonkas on Feb 26, 2024 12:31:38 GMT -6
If the divisions are split up between public and non-public, would the divisions need to be combined (DI+D2 and D3+D4) since there would be so many teams taken out of each division? If they are combined like that, there would only be two divisions, both with a select and non-select. This is the only "problem" I see with dividing the divisions, although it is less of a problem and more of a challenge to change what we've been doing for so long.
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Post by theicecreamfish on Feb 26, 2024 12:35:48 GMT -6
If the divisions are split up between public and non-public, would the divisions need to be combined (DI+D2 and D3+D4) since there would be so many teams taken out of each division? If they are combined like that, there would only be two divisions, both with a select and non-select. This is the only "problem" I see with dividing the divisions, although it is less of a problem and more of a challenge to change what we've been doing for so long. I think football is able to do select and non-select divisions like they do because there are so many more football programs than soccer programs. It would be tough to split the divisions that way.
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Post by dualdellortos on Feb 26, 2024 12:48:59 GMT -6
If the divisions are split up between public and non-public, would the divisions need to be combined (DI+D2 and D3+D4) since there would be so many teams taken out of each division? If they are combined like that, there would only be two divisions, both with a select and non-select. This is the only "problem" I see with dividing the divisions, although it is less of a problem and more of a challenge to change what we've been doing for so long. I think football is able to do select and non-select divisions like they do because there are so many more football programs than soccer programs. It would be tough to split the divisions that way. We either need to go back to 24 teams make the play-offs OR go back to three divisions. Right now over 75% of teams make the playoffs and a huge chunk of first round games (especially on the girls side) are 8-0 mercies. Instead of thinking "let's get more kids a play-off experience", we should be thinking "let's make sure fewer kids end their season getting humiliated on the field".
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