Baylor reaches the Elite 8 for the second year in a row. There is no reason why their program should be outperforming us.
Hand Of God said:
Stanford's program is essentially a youth national team training ground.
The elite players are seemingly drawn to college programs that are consistent national powers, College Cup participants, and national champions. We are not in that group, so we do the best we can with what we have. G is well known as an excellent coach, but his record over 25 years does not impress players who expect to be competing at the highest levels in college and as members of the USWNT thereafter. That we frequently are among the top 20 at seasons' ends is admirable, iMO.Hand Of God said:
The UCLA goal scorer you mentioned, Hailie Mace, has already earned caps with the USWNT. Their central midfielder, Jessie Fleming, is already a star for the CanadaWNT. Ashley Sanchez will likely be a USWNT regular down the road. This is the talent level A&M just does not have. Our recruiting is light years behind the top programs.
redd38 said:
Looks like LittleAg06 is the only person to correctly predict the Florida St winner and will easily win this year's November Madness. Congrats!