“I’ve had some troubles developing a little bit,” he said. “I’ve talked to Coach [Dave Pietramala] quite a bit about it. You’re never going to meet everybody’s expectations. You can go two [goals] and two [assists] in a game, and you’re still not going to meet people’s expectations. As long as you go out and you work hard and initiate the offense, you might not get the goal or the assist, but you’re initiating the offense and doing what you can to help the offense. So I’m just doing my part right now. I don’t really listen to what anyone says. I just listen to what the coaches have to say and worry about getting better and helping the team win.”

Pietramala isn’t fond of the scrutiny over Greeley. Pietramala questioned ranking high school players and making assumptions about them before they’ve stepped foot on their respective campuses.

“We’re not disappointed in John Greeley,” Pietramala said. “John Greeley is a very, very talented player. He’s been running on our first midfield for two years at what I think is the most challenging position. Everybody develops at a different rate, but John Greeley is an important contributor. When you look at what the expectations are – and this is not directed at John, but it’s directed at a lot of these kids coming out of high school – those kids can’t possibly live up to these expectations that they’re supposed to. There are guys that come out that are supposed to be four-time first-team All Americans. And then there are these other kids that come out, but no one wants to talk about them and yet they turn out to be All Americans. For us, it’s not about what other people think John should do. It’s about what we think John should do. … You have to be careful about how you measure success. From our standpoint, John’s been very successful here and is just scratching the surface.”