Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Is there any reason to believe that the DCE 28 team will be any good considering how BLC struggled in HOCO and the DCE 27 team is abysmal?

Step 1--hang on to their good players
Step 2--upgrade the coaching
Step 3--add new players (preferably by poaching from Madlax and NL by offering more PT)

Step 1 already in progress, Step 2 happening (no dad coaches for DCE). Big key will be Step 3. Yeah BLC "struggled" in HOCO but NL was only two wins better than them and I'm sure there's sizable amount of players on that team that would love to be starters. No matter what DCE 2028 will be playing Hoco Elite next spring and they go to good tournaments so if you're more about getting your kid developed and seen on a bigger stage versus W/L then it could be a good spot. If you're already starting and happy at NL/ML then no need to move. There's also potentially some kids at the AAA level that are ready to move up.

Adding non-starters from NL and ML won’t change the BLC/DCE trajectory. BLC’s problem is that they have a roster full of good lacrosse players that aren’t top level athletes. The better hope is that they unearth a couple of high level athletes and hope that is enough with coaching improvements to get them more competitive with the elite programs. But the most likely result next year is a similar level team as the current BLC team (albeit with some new faces) that can beat HoCo AAA level teams, but really struggles against the top elite teams.

The other scenario that could improve DCE would be if some of the impact Madlax players left to Next Level (or vice versa) and the remaining Madlax/NL starters jumped ship to DCE, but that seems really unlikely. NL and ML rosters seem fairly stable among starters and neither team offers a sure upgrade so I bet we seem mostly the same starting lineups for NL and ML next year.