Potentially great UK teams that never made it (To the top).
- Thread starter M82Ball
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Got to go with rushers or twisted
Kelly's please bro's take the step up so you never have to be listed in something like this
Kelly's please bro's take the step up so you never have to be listed in something like this
Got to agree about the Rushers BUT..........
The team had come to the end of the line at Amateur in 02 and simply did not have the backing to step up to Pro. Most of the members were selling kidneys to play.
Anyway the upshot of that was in 2003 the members of the 02 Rushers squad ALL played Pro;
Nicky T - Nexus
Bowen - Nexus
Mark T - Nexus
Das Lane - Shockwave
Dave Hall - Shockwave
Colby Keates - Shockwave
Birger Lund - Ugly Ducks
The team would have been a good Pro team - however, money doesnt grow on trees!!
The team had come to the end of the line at Amateur in 02 and simply did not have the backing to step up to Pro. Most of the members were selling kidneys to play.
Anyway the upshot of that was in 2003 the members of the 02 Rushers squad ALL played Pro;
Nicky T - Nexus
Bowen - Nexus
Mark T - Nexus
Das Lane - Shockwave
Dave Hall - Shockwave
Colby Keates - Shockwave
Birger Lund - Ugly Ducks
The team would have been a good Pro team - however, money doesnt grow on trees!!
I think that if any UK team had had the potential, and I mean true potential - then they would have made it to the top anyway.
Teams come and teams go, they play and they get results; it's the level they play at and the results that they achieve that defines them in the end.
Anything above or below that is merely conjecture and academic.
I would love to see a thread at maybe this time next year where we got some real hungry up and coming new blood just screaming for success, entitled, 'Potentially the greatest UK Newcomers'?
I have seen some signs, especially down south, of this maybe taking hold and I really hope the whole of the UK can follow suit to get us some respect back in the world of paintball.
I know Markie C has his Northern Quarter thingy going on up there but I have only seen what's going on down at the Dartford 7's site and perhaps Markie has seen a similar phenomena up there.
It wasn't that long ago where the UK boasted something like 15 pro teams, now look at us, we have 3 !!!
No disrespect intended to Triss and the guys on the Copenhagen Ducks (Method) because I am not really sure how many Brits they have on that squad.
Teams come and teams go, they play and they get results; it's the level they play at and the results that they achieve that defines them in the end.
Anything above or below that is merely conjecture and academic.
I would love to see a thread at maybe this time next year where we got some real hungry up and coming new blood just screaming for success, entitled, 'Potentially the greatest UK Newcomers'?
I have seen some signs, especially down south, of this maybe taking hold and I really hope the whole of the UK can follow suit to get us some respect back in the world of paintball.
I know Markie C has his Northern Quarter thingy going on up there but I have only seen what's going on down at the Dartford 7's site and perhaps Markie has seen a similar phenomena up there.
It wasn't that long ago where the UK boasted something like 15 pro teams, now look at us, we have 3 !!!
No disrespect intended to Triss and the guys on the Copenhagen Ducks (Method) because I am not really sure how many Brits they have on that squad.
Hi Pete,
Fair points by and large.
I guess the logical follow up question is what defines potential.
As Mark T says the Rushers were by in large held back by the funds, I know that was the case with Twisted.
If these teams had the resources then would they not have had the potential to do better then the results they achieved?
The problem as I have seen it is, a team can have many players with great potential. However it only takes one or two other players on the team to fall below the potential of the others...and you no longer have a team with great potential. Whatever the factor(s)... be it athletic ability, skills, motivation etc etc...if anyone does not have the same attitude + ability as the next guy...you've got cracks in the concrete.
Which is why having an elitist attitude like Pete and others have taken, is the only realistic way forward.
Totally agree on the funding aspect, if you have not got the funds there is a ceiling on the amount of training you can do, even if you do rationalise the budget you have....But then again, I guess true 'team potential' comes hand in hand with this.
Which is why having an elitist attitude like Pete and others have taken, is the only realistic way forward.
Totally agree on the funding aspect, if you have not got the funds there is a ceiling on the amount of training you can do, even if you do rationalise the budget you have....But then again, I guess true 'team potential' comes hand in hand with this.