Top 12U teams in the DFW Metroplex

[3monkeys]

Are there any tournaments coming up where these teams we are talking about will meet?? I'd be curious to watch a 98 team take on a 97 and see how that goes. I mean there have been 97's in the tournaments they have placed in!!

Team List for Austin's Finest hosting Nov. 14-15:

TX Glory 97
TX Redhots
TX Storm Elite 97
TX High Voltage
Austins Finest 97
TX Ice 97
TX Fusion 97
Austin Storm 12u
TX Bombers 98
D-Bat (Allen)
Texas Sting 98
Texas Rage 98
Platinum
Stix
Tx Bombers 97
Tx Blaze 98

Should be a good one. Anyone know anything about Platinum or Stix? 96? 97? 98? Where are they from?

[DizmondBiotch]

I have a great idea! Let's find a thread about DFW, post a listing of teams playing in an Austin tournament, where 4/5 of the teams are not from the Metroplex!

[3monkeys]

I have a great idea! Let's find a thread about DFW, post a listing of teams playing in an Austin tournament, where 4/5 of the teams are not from the Metroplex!

Oh snap, sorry I took your great idea! Biotch.

[4theloveofthegame]

Now since everyone has posted the list of their top DFW 12U teams, now lets go over the list:

X-Factor-No coaching bad attitudes do not play as team.
97 Texas Fusion-No coaching and daddy ball bad attitudes.
97 Lady Longhorns- Not top tier team.
98 RIP-Very well coached one of real top teams in area.
97 Texas Force-Great coach needs more talent to be considered top tier team.
97 Glory-Most talented team, no coaching, daddy ball, added some serious trouble players and parents.
Fireballs-Coach is suspect does not play enough big time tournies with top teams to be considered, then does play and gets it handed to them pretty good.
98 Glory-Not close to top tier at all.

[justawatcher]

Now since everyone has posted the list of their top DFW 12U teams, now lets go over the list:

X-Factor-No coaching bad attitudes do not play as team.
97 Texas Fusion-No coaching and daddy ball bad attitudes.
97 Lady Longhorns- Not top tier team.
98 RIP-Very well coached one of real top teams in area.
97 Texas Force-Great coach needs more talent to be considered top tier team.
97 Glory-Most talented team, no coaching, daddy ball, added some serious trouble players and parents.
Fireballs-Coach is suspect does not play enough big time tournies with top teams to be considered, then does play and gets it handed to them pretty good.
98 Glory-Not close to top tier at all.

So of the rest of that list (and the ones you left off) who is Rip going to beat?

[harleychick]

As for pure 97 teams, the only two that I am sure about is Glory and X-factor. As for the post about the negatives of these teams, if your opinion about them were in fact true, such as not playing as a team, ect... then how do you explain their success?

[4theloveofthegame]

How we explain the success is playing in tournaments with lesser talent (B) specifically! 98 Teams and lower tier teams!

[harleychick]

I beleive if you look at the tournaments that Glory and X-Factor have been participating in, they are mostly 14U tournaments, not 12u. So, since they are both placing in 14u, I guess that makes them pretty successful!

[DizmondBiotch]

As for pure 97 teams, the only two that I am sure about is Glory and X-factor. As for the post about the negatives of these teams, if your opinion about them were in fact true, such as not playing as a team, ect... then how do you explain their success?

If you know the X-factor then you know all of their top finishes came when they had a 96 pitcher to lean on. You also know that they put her in the circle as soon as their starters got in trouble and pitched her in the tougher games. Nothing wrong with their strategy but that kind of makes them, not a 97 team at least when talking about their "success."

Glory? What success? Not to take away anything from the team, they can play! But what have they done? Allen was a RR and all they've done anywhere else is finish 2nd a couple times.

Neither have qualified for A Nationals, won HOF, etc., so what is the success you're talking about?

Not arguing that these two should be in this conversation by the way.

[4theloveofthegame]

And the 14U tournies they are playing in are nothing better than a 12U B tourny! Allen was said to be a joke! Both if qualify for "A" Nationals will do nothing!