Confusion on TH teams

GA is the girls academy league, which is attempting to replace DA. Their DPL is last years SCCL who moved up to DPL with last years DPL team taking the second GA L spot

That’s right - to further clarify, at each age group, GA Gold is the former DA team and GA Navy is the former ECNL/DPL team. DPL is the former top SCCL team

I suspect Tophat GA gold to in general win their divisions.
I suspect Tophat Navy GA to finish near the bottom as they are the second team playing other clubs too teams.
I suspect the DPL will finish middle bracket as they are third team playing other clubs 1st or 2nd teams.
I suspect the SCCL teams to finish middle bracket as their top SCCL team is playing DPL

All reasonable, except GA Navy will likely finish in the top half of the southeast division also because the GA Southeast is not deep this first year.

I think SCCL will finish higher also - likely top 3 in each age group.

Don’t have a dog in this particular fight. So no biases. With the addition of Roswell into SCCL-C will push TopHat out of the top 3 within 05, 06 & 07 age groups... the 07’s were debatable, but after the number of TH defections within the age group solidified it...just my humble prediction.

First ... Go Dawgs ... 2nd ... what's wrong with Alex?

There have been many threads discussing him as a coach. No need to dredge it up here again, but suffice it to say you won't hear a lot of parents singing his praises.

My thoughts on how the Top 3 ultimately shake out, has much less to do with TH’s training or environment and more on the make up of those particular RSC teams.

On the girls side, I believe it’ll be one of the more interesting leagues and age ranges to keep track off this Fall. From a competitive and entertainment value proposition, it’ll be the best bang for the dollar a parent could ask for, this year especially. After speaking with a few parents of kids my dd played with, I’m in total agreement.

First off, Go Dawgs back at ya.  Hope we play that 10-game schedule this year they just agreed to and J. Newman leads us to quarantine greatness!

Second, re: Alex - as someone pointed out above, his issues have been discussed ad nauseum in prior threads, but he's just a very immature and arrogant soccer coach.  Easily the worst coach-parents relationship I've seen in club soccer.  And doesn't get the kind of results you'd expect for a guy who acts like he's Tata Martino.  Least approachable soccer coach I've ever been around.  I've also never seen a coach rely so heavily on rondo in practices.  It's a great drill, sure, but doing it at the start of every single practice made you question how much he actually planned his practices.  

Don't let your non-reciprocated loyalty blind you! Pipe down on the reactionary responses and digest the actual statement. Just a bit of advice from a fellow TH parent (clearly I believe in the environment).

But to think that TH training and coaching is unilateral is laughable.  Appears, TG is already looking to weed some of it out, just a bit too late for this season and IMO in-part due to adding worthy clubs like RSC, it'll reflect in the standings this fall. 

my statement is purely based on believing in my kid and hoping that she not only has fun but wins in the process.

Believe me, I'm not being naive. I have a bunch of concerns this year considering our SCCL-CLUB team is the fourth down from the top and our girls will be playing teams that are top dogs at their club. I also have some other concerns that I won't express here but it is what it is and all I can do is help my daughter be the best player she can be as well as encourage her to be the best teammate she can be by uplifting her teammates verbally and by pulling her weight.

From how covid is going, our team may be the highest level at NTH that will get the most playing time.

IMO if a coach is using rondos too much, you’re lucky. He could be having them run laps the whole time. At least rondos improve multiple soccer skills while warming up/building their fitness.

IMO: Rondos are subjective because not a lot of parents, players, & and coaches understand them the same.
I’ve seen some very poor rondos, some amazing rondos, some “warm up” rondos, session rondos, and every level of intensity. I think it depends on the approach, the coach, and the reasoning as to why use the activity.

You don't know me from Adam and I have hardly any posts on this board and yet you think you know my soccer acumen?  I don't question the use of rondos - it's the OVERUSE of them at every single practice session.  And from a coach who didn't seem to take the responsibility of coaching young girls very seriously through actions and words.  IMO, it spoke to how little thought he put into planning his practices.  

As for your comment about being on your daughter's team - no idea where you get that from.  Your kid is not on my kid's team this year, nor last year.

And none of my opinions about A. Munoz were formed on this board.  They were formed by watching him work in person and hearing the complaints of other parents.  And not just parents new to soccer either.  Parents who had older kids playing at a high level and ones who grew up playing the game at a similar level.

You don't get fired from coaching SCCL teams in mid-season for no reason.  It will take several years to rebuild some of the age groups he left in his wake at his former club.  Hey I'm glad you seem to like him.  I would love to know that he's grown up, matured and become a better coach because the kids he's coaching will benefit.  Clearly it's the career path he's chosen and I wish him no ill will.  I just have my doubts about how successful he'll be at TopHat.  I truly hope he proves me wrong.