This is actually one of the most disgusting displays i have ever seen from "parents" you would think that you are all about 5 years old. This is a game, that is being played by boys, who are all well within the age/schooling requirements be on the 2020 91 team. Everyone who has said something rude or negative on this anonymous forum should be ashamed of themselves. This is the most immature thing i have ever read and you all should be disputed with the way that you have acted. Restoring to an anonymous forum to talk trash about a team that plays fairly is how we can tell that you are all mad because 91 plays fairly and they won. I think that it would be a wise decision for all you to keep it closed and the keep the comments and insults about the parents. I am literally disgusted with the behavior from all of you "parents". Why don't you all grow up and learn to have some class.
No one is mad that 91 won. As to playing fairly, that is another completely different story. Not all of this team or a large part of this team attends public school, 12 of the 22 attend private school, go look at your own roster, it is clear as day. As to your denial of holdbacks, that doesn't hold water, they are on this team, just stand up and admit that you have some, other teams admit it. As for acting childish on this board, what you need to do is step back at a 91 game and just observe how the coach and parents are acting. That will quickly tell you what needs to change on this team quickly or any chance of prospects being noticed will vanish, college coaches don't want to deal with this. I'm mentioning this for the good of the team, there are a few talented players but with parents acting like Md91 parents act, you will get overlooked and passed by.
So we have established some -note some- of the parents are embarrassing but the boys did not cheat, did not display anything but sportsmanlike behavior so how did one dad screaming his bloody head off becme bashing a team that played well and did not misbehave in any way?? If you have a problem with that dad or the parent/s fine but leave the kids who work hard alone. Your claims of unfair, cheating and being holdbacks is totally unfounded and we understand it is out of frustration but you are being unreasonable. Buy the tapes, review the tapes objectively and you will see the team does nothing wrong- they play fair and clean. Speak with the parents if you have an issue with their behavior but for God sake don't pick on other peoples children because you are upset over your child's team losing a game. Chances are your son has moved on. It is time you do too.
You need to go back and reread the above post. No one is saying anything about the kids behavior in that post. The conduct of parents goes beyond the one dad you mentioned. It is many of the parents on this team that act out of line during games as does the head coach yelling at refs, most times without cause. Plus, my sons 2020 elite team was not in this tournament, so your point that my son lost a game is misguided. It is up to the head coach to address the conduct of the parents during a game. This should be addressed well before a game, most teams head coach communicates via email to parents/players regarding upcoming events, sideline conduct during games etc. It is not up to other teams to address the conduct of your teams parents. As for holdbacks, that is a discussion for another day. But, go read your own roster and see where many of these kids go to school.
I'm the original PT parent who posted because I was annoyed at one particular father's rather class-less behavior. And it seems he has this reputation. But not sure it should have devolved into total team bashing. During our 2 games the Md. 91 parents were no different than any other teams parents, in fact during our second game they were rather subdued. (Perhaps in shock they were trailing most of the game to a team they just beat by 10 goals the night before?) And it's that point that the players should be given a lot of credit for winning a game they were trailing 5-3, with under 4 minutes to go. And then even more credit for beating 2 tough teams to win the chip. This whole holdback thing is a lacrosse issue that won't go away until they go age-based. Personally I don't understand how colleges can early commit to players who are competing against younger competition, as opposed to baseball where they won't look at you unless you're competing up one or two age levels. And for the record PT has 3 or 4 holdbacks from a local Ct. Prep school. Congrats to the Md. 88+3 boys who won the IL.
It is great you are acknowledging that these boys played hard and most of their parents were fine, unfortunately the team/boys reputation has now taken a hit for no reason within their control due to overzealous internet mentality. We can all learn from this. clearly there was someone just waiting for the opportinity to bash the team - with most comments totally fabricated. Hopefully, the dad you originally commented about is on these boards and recognizes himself, how his sideline coaching/behavior led to damage to the whole team and personal attacks on the coach and his family. Having been through this process, the truth is that he and other dads like him on all teams everywhere will affect prospects for the boys and they either need to be quiet as most often they are confusing the boys more, stay off the sidelines or their son needs to have their play time limited when their parents beahvior becomes an issue which sometimes is the only consequence these guys understand.
