The Swamp

elflaco

Well in most leagues they get the offside call right so yeah. He was behind the ball. https://mobile.twitter.com/stuholden/status/980194246769520640/photo/1 https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/refereeing/law_11_offside_en_47383.pdf and foul should've been called on his first goal... LAG p...

elflaco

Well in most leagues they get the offside call right so yeah. He was behind the ball. https://mobile.twitter.com/stuholden/status/980194246769520640/photo/1 https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/refereeing/law_11_offside_en_47383.pdf and foul should've been called on his first goal... LAG p...

elflaco

nearly 40 text messages and counting.. all because i would not vote to cancel today's training sessions since last night(9p) i'm generally all for playing as long as its above freezing without rain. the kids are generally fine (u9 and above, so no 'little' kids) with the right gear on -- the parents...

elflaco

here we go again! we didn't lose power the last time around. only cable and internet for 5 days. both the Mrs and the boy were distraught at lack of tv and wifi (sprint sucks by us, as it does many places, but that's a rant for another thread) .. lost a lot of trees.. that saddened me.. going to mis...

elflaco

I need to fire off a bunch of emails tonight because the league insists on starting play on 3/11, but no one who plays on grass (including our club) will play that early. Every fucking spring. Mnyjsa? Yeah... New website is worse than the old one (so far). What is the new website? I can't find it a...

elflaco

website ... has caused me all sorts of pain the last month flighting got all messed up scheduling has been useless lots of teams with no contacts as much as i like our rvp.... i can't believe the answers we're getting at one point i was told that our teams were mis-flighted because many teams hadn't...

elflaco

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Who is the guy running the BH program? is it Mick?

elflaco

rass wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 3:15 pm I need to fire off a bunch of emails tonight because the league insists on starting play on 3/11, but no one who plays on grass (including our club) will play that early. Every fucking spring.

Mnyjsa?

elflaco

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 4:40 pm My daughter had her first game and I spent the entire time yelling at her that she doesn't have to stay exactly where she is and only play the ball if they come to her. It was adorable.

ah... parents coaching from their sideline... now that's adorable. '-)

elflaco

yeah.. rbs is red bull -- we've had good experiences with them -- have tried out for their 8 week sessions as well and made it twice - these are really good, all require a tryout- and all lead to their academy teams - their clinics can be hit or miss -- usually depends on kids level as they tend to ...

elflaco

my two cents.. leave her in travel another year at least. academies (red bulls, cedar stars, pda) other high level programs (NJ Elite) and clubs (copa, jersey knigths,valencia, etc.) -- are all for-profit business... so of course they want your kids as quickly as possible. reality.. if she's good en...

elflaco

i stopped playing and managing my old club a few years ago -- it was an over 30s but i was overmatched in terms of fitness.. so now... we rent an indoor facility in town ... 20 guys.. saturday mornings 730a... $15 a game if not one of the regulars... and playing over 40s and sometimes guest player o...

elflaco

your bets weren't big enough.

elflaco

Now it gets real

elflaco

back to reality.
i knew he had the king. but was committed and had to try.
oh well.

elflaco

cold spell and bunch of ice a couple of days ago..so New Orleans is pretty shut down. luckly my flight home is early in the morning (guess, Harrah's poker room awaits me). but no water in the hotel since last night.. i thought i'd spend a week down here away from the teens in nj... nope.

elflaco

yeah, got on a lucky run lately. early on not so much, wasn't getting hands and the ones i was , got crushed. this is the longest i've stuck around this tourney.

good luck!

elflaco

If I put you all in on the river, do you call?

elflaco

Yep.

First time I see a swamper at the table...

elflaco

YEAH.. not big on the iAnything. i do have an old ipod.. but that's it.

elflaco

yeah.. don't really 'need it'... but somehow feel like i really want to improve. curently using a Nook Samsung Tab E -- that will go to the boy who is still playing with my old samsun tab A.. looking at the microsoft surface pro (just came back from costco) -- at $999 including keyboard/cover (curre...

elflaco

seems with an antenna+netflix+ hulu(sling) i should be ok for all channels we watch. BEIN has their own thing. definitely less than what we pay cablevision...

elflaco

greetings and salutations from the jersey frozen tundra. the missus has finally come to see the light... fuck cablevision (but not for the internet, although likely putting in my own modem) what's the better option? i claim no real knowledge here. she thinks the firestick the way to go. i know with ...

elflaco

weekend is a bust.
family from out of town -- cancelled
missus just left back sunday
just me and the boy -- so as far as meeting up for pints.. kind of hard unless you guys come to town.

elflaco

i'm in. still suck.

elflaco

I'm flying into Philly on the 3rd. I'll be doing pre deployment training at McGuire AFB through the 21st. I'll have a rental. Now, I probably won't be able to get off base much during the week if at all, but the two weekends I'm there should be fine. Who's free? Are we talking December? I think I'm...

elflaco

This week's travel soccer club quandary.. brought to you by... anyway. questions flying around this week are when to cancel training and/or games due to weather. had a parent coach tell me we should cancel all training tomorrow night because it will be in the 30s, and hey, COPA holds no activiites w...

elflaco

last year i coached a u12 boys team. we had 16. that meant 7 on the bench. the league has a requirement that kids play certain amount of time over the season (so does our club, but that's a whole 'nother rant). i had two assistants -- one of them held a tablet each game - used a time keeping app fo...

elflaco

a couple of thoughts... last year i coached a u12 boys team. we had 16. that meant 7 on the bench. the league has a requirement that kids play certain amount of time over the season (so does our club, but that's a whole 'nother rant). i had two assistants -- one of them held a tablet each game - use...

elflaco

Giff wrote:How is it even a thing that needs explaining in 2017? "I know that guy off a sports message board." "Ah, gotcha."

wait.

this is supposed to be a sports message board?

elflaco

Been wanting to ask some advice on the recent complaints we got from 2 parents, but I don't have time right now. My wife took a couple short videos of a game 3 weeks ago, and I was shocked at all of the screaming from our parents. I said, "no wonder the kids don't listen, they are being told t...

elflaco

, but I think we need to lay down the law, and limit parents from coaching. yep. nail.on.head. we intend to pass a resolution at our next meeting in November -- beginning in 2018, all new teams will be fully coached by trainers. All other teams will be given the option --as the cost will be higher,...

elflaco

why do you hate Colombians?

elflaco

so the coach will speak to the parent tonight... and compare stories... more to come i'm sure. the SAGE email the league sent in sept and most ignored.. i've now resent it to all of our members... and posted about the importance of SAGE on the fb page (only to have one of our coaches ask why bother ...

elflaco

we have no power but the power of shame... and the fact that we can kick his kid out of the club. hell, i'll even give those people a refund as long as they gtfo. it's a small town.... the couple of issues we've had in the 5+ yrs i've been involved.. those parents left the club pretty quick. with li...

elflaco

so first board meeting scheduled for tonight. packed agenda. mostly getting everyone to understand their roles (3 new people on the board, 3 others changed roles)... and understand that we're going to run these as if we're getting paid... so agendas, minutes, action items, etc... but as we're all vo...

elflaco

HaulCitgo wrote:You might invest some of those fees on D&O insurance

already have that.

elflaco

so at last nights board meeting i was elected club president.. let the fun begin... we have no bylaws (at least not a complete set) -- so the process of adding volunteers to the board (13 positions, only 6 on the board) is murky at best... we have a quit a tidy sum of cash in the bank.. but no one ...

elflaco

decisions, decisions... to renew or not... 2 year season ticket holder to NYRedbull... NJ swampers -- i know it came up before? any interest in coming in with me on these? i have three seats.. if i go by results on the pitch.. no.. but i do like going to futbol.. plus i've made up some money by gett...

elflaco

so at last nights board meeting i was elected club president.. let the fun begin... we have no bylaws (at least not a complete set) -- so the process of adding volunteers to the board (13 positions, only 6 on the board) is murky at best... we have a quit a tidy sum of cash in the bank.. but no one h...

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