TSWA All State teams

[Playerscoach]

http://www.tswaonline.com/news/2017/12/29/tswa-announces-2017-girls-soccer-all-state-honorees

[Elmer]

5 hours ago, Playerscoach said:

http://www.tswaonline.com/news/2017/12/29/tswa-announces-2017-girls-soccer-all-state-honorees

So....

Even though Division 1 has A, AA, and AAA the TSWA just lumped all of Division 2 into one team.

Poor.  Very poor.

So Alcoa gets FOUR players to the all state team, yet Baylor (which won state) and St. Georges (who also won state) get ONE a piece.

 

 

 

 

[BigG]

I know there is no easy way to do this all state team, HOWEVER to lump all of Division 2 into ONE team isn't right.

Some of the most talented teams across the state were in Division 2 A, and several girls from Division 2 AA were left off because of being pooled into one squad.  

Honeye Hedari isn't even in high school (she plays for Union).  I am assuming they mean her sister.

USN had the regional player of the year (and WELL deserved) and not a single spot for USN.

Emily Patti (CAK Lipscomb signee) was outstanding this year.

BGA had a very talented forward (though she was young).

When I am working on the All State teams with the THSSCA, if I don't know a lot about a region, I contact coaches in that region to find out.  Knoxville used to do this when they were making their teams.  Reporters would call coaches and get input.

Now, the newspapers don't even cover our games (even our scores).

 

[Playerscoach]

1 hour ago, BigG said:

I know there is no easy way to do this all state team, HOWEVER to lump all of Division 2 into ONE team isn't right.

Some of the most talented teams across the state were in Division 2 A, and several girls from Division 2 AA were left off because of being pooled into one squad.  

Honeye Hedari isn't even in high school (she plays for Union).  I am assuming they mean her sister.

USN had the regional player of the year (and WELL deserved) and not a single spot for USN.

Emily Patti (CAK Lipscomb signee) was outstanding this year.

BGA had a very talented forward (though she was young).

When I am working on the All State teams with the THSSCA, if I don't know a lot about a region, I contact coaches in that region to find out.  Knoxville used to do this when they were making their teams.  Reporters would call coaches and get input.

Now, the newspapers don't even cover our games (even our scores).

 

USNs Courtney Rabb is a great player and will continue her career at Harvard if the rumors I heard are correct. Super impressive player and family.

I too thought Patti at CAK was good. Feisty and talented player. 

BGA got their GK on the team and I'm not familiar with their forward? 

I also wish they'd do Div 2A and Div 2AA teams. Getting kids recognition is great for them and their programs. 

So Coach G are these teams full of kids that coaches wouldn't have recommended? How do the sports writers compile them? It seems like all four areas got players on the team. 

[BigG]

2 hours ago, Playerscoach said:

USNs Courtney Rabb is a great player and will continue her career at Harvard if the rumors I heard are correct. Super impressive player and family.

I too thought Patti at CAK was good. Feisty and talented player. 

BGA got their GK on the team and I'm not familiar with their forward? 

I also wish they'd do Div 2A and Div 2AA teams. Getting kids recognition is great for them and their programs. 

So Coach G are these teams full of kids that coaches wouldn't have recommended? How do the sports writers compile them? It seems like all four areas got players on the team. 

 

BGA had an outstanding and creative 8th grader, who I was really impressed with.

I wouldn't say that these girls wouldn't have been recommended (also, hard to say about some as I didn't see them).  The girls from Briarcrest were excellent.

I just feel that, by only having ONE All State team, you have cut the deserving girls by HALF of what it should have been.

You can't have a team for each classification of Division 1 and then go "heck, let's just throw all of Division 2 into one team".

I even reached out to the Tennessean but I got ZERO response.  Not even a "thank you for your inquiry".

[Playerscoach]

19 minutes ago, BigG said:

 

BGA had an outstanding and creative 8th grader, who I was really impressed with.

I wouldn't say that these girls wouldn't have been recommended (also, hard to say about some as I didn't see them).  The girls from Briarcrest were excellent.

I just feel that, by only having ONE All State team, you have cut the deserving girls by HALF of what it should have been.

You can't have a team for each classification of Division 1 and then go "heck, let's just throw all of Division 2 into one team".

I even reached out to the Tennessean but I got ZERO response.  Not even a "thank you for your inquiry".

Ok. Not sure how these lists are compiled but regardless of how many teams are announced there will be worthy kids left off. 

On another note I stopped by the dealership a few weeks ago and had a great talk with Larry, Mollys dad. He talked about how great that mission trip is for the kids. I know Faith would love it but it's way out of our $$$ budget. Lol I think it's awesome you do it.

I look forward to seeing your team again next year at our place. Maybe we can give you a better game for #19's senior year? It's gone by too fast. Our side of the district should have a closer gap between us and USN. They lose a ton of their attack but keep everything else. We will add a super fast, athletic player that will help us defend and attack. I'm excited to see what she can do.

Take care and best of luck in the boys season.

[somewhereinmemphis]

PC - I assumed you got paid by the post.  You should be a millionaire by now!!  Just kidding!!

[somewhereinmemphis]

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2015/oct/07/gannett-nears-deal-own-all-one-major-tennessee-newspaper/329289/

This might be the problem with the "sportswriters" in our state.  The papers are all owned by one company (Gannett) and seriously lack knowledge on local news.  I think they have about 5 people left in the building on Union in Memphis.....

Our morning paper is printed in Jackson TN so the cutoff time is about 7 pm.  The only thing current are the obituaries.

 

 

[Playerscoach]

13 minutes ago, somewhereinmemphis said:

PC - I assumed you got paid by the post.  You should be a millionaire by now!!  Just kidding!!

After posting taxes my fortune is greatly reduced.

Just keeping the discussions going.

[MountainVol]

A quick ecperience with newspapers.  If you have any contacts with your local paper, see if you can become a guest reporter and submit game articles.  I did this year's ago and they edited and printed about half under local sports.  I found the key was to be completely neutral and minimize any inflammatory statements.