2010 Compuware tourney

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Yes, 16-U is huge. Even I at Div. III scout 16-U, in addition to 18-U.

If anyone wants a lesson on how to market players, just ask the So Cal teams. I've never seen anything like it. Make sure you are fully prepared with team and individual profiles, have a designated recruiting coach who does nothing but watch for college coaches at games, make sure that coach is fully briefed on recruiting rules, on the team's players and their desires, on the specifics of each school that might be coming to a tournament, etc. Make it easy on the college coaches. And then make sure each girl who a coach was there to see or potentially see is notified which colleges watched her play and then have those girls be certain to e-mail those college coaches within 48 hours after the tournament. Do all of that and then you'll be on a path to doing what the So Cal teams do.

I already have two So Cal girls and their parents paying for plane fare to come up to Washington for a visit just from scouting this past weekend. And this is Div. III, so you can imagine the efforts these teams must make for Division I.

 

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good info Joe Thanks ! MD

 

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Doom '96 received rejection letter today. Guess 3rd place finish last year wasn't good enough to get back in.

That is total insanity. It makes me have to wonder. Oh well, we have the Lasers that weekend, right, And it will be better and right in our home state.

Keep up the great work Doom 96. Let that fuel the fire.

 

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Scott:

You did pick up that the total insanity includes the Doom 95 not getting an invite, right?

 

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Yes we would have understood us not getting in if they took Doom '95, but for them not to get in is insane. I'm not going to bash the tourney because it was probably my favorite of the year, but their selection process is definitely flawed. I guess we should have took it easy on Compuware when we played them, but it was an elimination game

 

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Scott:

You did pick up that the total insanity includes the Doom 95 not getting an invite, right?

No, I did not pick up on that. I don't know what to say. I know that Michigan teams cannot be that much better than Ohio teams. I don't know what they are thinking. The Doom has been a solid organization for many years. What about Doom 93 Montana's team?

Oh well, I believe that things happen for a reason and if we just keep the faith, things will work out for the better.

 

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JEMIII:

Sure hope you didn't interpret my post as suggesting that the slight to your team was inconsequential. Just wanted to point out that the Doom organization was disrespected not once but twice.

We'll see you at the Lasers tourney and maybe we can all share a meal designed to place the Compuware fiasco behind us, instead concentrating on what we can do to support the Lasers Gold's development of an alternative that will be hard for college coaches to ignore.

 

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Scott:

I've offered to draft an email to college coaches indicating why the Ohio travel ball coaches are supporting Lasers Gold tournament as a better choice for college coaches. So far, I've only received one PM saying "count me in". I reiterate to you and other Ohio travel ball coaches that you would see the actual text of that email before your name would be added to the signing travel ball coaches. Everyone out there, let me know if you want to join in this effort. I really think coaches OTHER than the Laser coaches need to take the initiative on this so it won't simply appear that the Lasers organization is attempting to puff up its own tournament.

 

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Sound like a proactive way to get the College Coaches to the Lasers tournament. Especially, Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Indiana college Coaches.

Sounds good to me. Count me in

 

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Carol and Ted, great Idea send it to me and I will pass it onto Jeff. C.
thanks Bruce

 

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I wish we would have got rejected, sounds like Marion is the place to be on this weekend. How do you turn down Doom95?

 

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Bruce:

We'll see Jeff tomorrow for the last day of the NFCA Coaches College course (and this one has been every bit as good and maybe better than the previous four I've taken) and I'll give him a heads up about it.

 

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I wouldn't get too excited about this.

Believe me, some of the best teams in MI don't bother applying to Compuware. We have applied to Stingrays and Sparks.

Compuware org at the younger ages are not the powerhouses they used to be. Most would not even be in the MI top 10. Eventually they will not be able to limit the competition low enough to "showcase" their own team.

The acceptance criteria has always been questionable. I'm not saying its not worth going to this year, I am saying it is close to running its course and fading away.

 

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Hurricanes 14U:

Don't know if you are the same Hurricanes team we lost to at the Fastpitch Classic in Toledo last summer in the semi-finals, but if you are (and even if you aren't) it's great to see this organization recognizing that there has to be an alternative to the capricious Compuware situation. Take a look at the Lasers Gold Invitation Tournament thread and if you think that looks like something that will develop into such an alternative, put your name in as tentatively signing the email that I intend to draft letting the college coaches know that there is such an alternative. As a lawyer, I hope I know how to draft something that will catch the coaches' attention without being outlandish in its claims.

 

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Hurricanes 14U:

Don't know if you are the same Hurricanes team we lost to at the Fastpitch Classic in Toledo last summer in the semi-finals, but if you are (and even if you aren't) it's great to see this organization recognizing that there has to be an alternative to the capricious Compurware situation. Take a look at the Lasers Gold Invitation Tournament thread and if you think that looks like something that will develop into such an alternative, put your name in as tentatively signing the email that I intend to draft letting the college coaches know that there is such an alternative. As a lawyer, I hope I know how to draft something that will catch the coaches' attention without being outlandish in its claims.

CGS

Its their `09 12u team that moved up now to 14u ball. We saw them last month at the Fall Harvest in Toledo.

 

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That 14U team we played knew how to stay in the game no matter what the score. They had an amazing comeback to beat the Starz after being down big time.

 

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I hear this is one of best showcase/competitive tournaments in the midwest! Has there been any updates with teams registered and possibly pools being set?

 

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I hear this is one of best showcase/competitive tournaments in the midwest! Has there been any updates with teams registered and possibly pools being set?

Nope its not. I was 7 years or so ago, for all the reasons that have been voiced already. But not now. Sparks, Hawks, Stingrays, St. Louis, are all better.

 

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Here is the link to the pools: http://www.eteamz.com/compuware/files/COMPUWAREPOOLSandCHARTS.doc

 

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John / Doug, seeing how you both beat Compuware teams respectively last year, maybe you both can drop one to them in pool play somewhere this year and give them the impression they can win their own tournament for 2011. LOL.. Sorry we won't see you up there, as everyone wants to play the best(except Compuware) and that certainly won't e the case without you guys there this year.