The Blatant Fall tourney is a good local tournament and Spring might be okay too but Blatant only has one Summer tournament, 7/1-7/2. Are any of the top 5 LI teams registered?
I guess maybe we'd have to agree on the top LI teams for 2023. Didn't want to get into a ranking argument but based on last summer top 5 would seem to be Bandits, Igloo, Express, S2S and Warriors. Outlaws, Three Village, GC34, F$G, True Blue, Recon and Leg-ac-y are not in that category (let's see what BM does with Leg-ac-y but the 2023 team hasn't done anything to this point and it would be a huge step up for them to crack the top 5). SYAG and Mamas Boys are part time teams from my understanding and they've done nothing to show they belong in the top 5. Did I miss anyone? Did I manage to [lacrosse] everyone off? Not my intention but I guess it's unavoidable.
Seems overdue for some kind of Spring league strictly for these LI teams to battle it out. Leave Sundays to PAL and play an 8 game schedule on Saturdays with playoffs. Who says no? More $$$ for all the directors and gets the teams in great shape for the summer tournament season. Shocked it hasn't happened yet.
Very accurate top 5.
I would have to put Leg a cy in that top 5. How good is the F$G team I've never seen them at any tourneys.
The problem is field space and weather. I think the space can be found, but rescheduling for snow and rain could be a challenge. Look at the last few weeks. Two Saturday tournaments need to be rescheduled already. It's a great idea though. Amazed that no one has found a way to make it work.
Tornados are not in the top 5. Not even close, yet. But if they can win some games this season and then attract a few solid players, they could potentially move up. They would need to poach from one of the others teams though.
Are you telling us that BM can't grow his existing group? The almighty ex-badger needs to poach?
Essentially, yes. The "top 5" teams that were mentioned are still going to attract the most skilled players. That's the nature of the beast. And, I think it's fair to say that each of those teams improved from last season to this season, some more than others of course. Most of the kids that are going to be playing travel are already doing it, so I think the idea of a stud coming out of the woodwork is pretty slim. There may be second string players that are not happy with playing time moving from team to team; however, I don't know that they will swing a club very far in one direction or the other. I think that many on those teams have found their niche and will continue to grow as a team with minimal changes moving forward. The Tornados are a good team with very good coaching. Their starters can run with just about anyone. What they lack is depth at all positions. I think there is a precipitous drop off from starters to back-ups and that is what separates the top teams from the rest.
but BM is the Zen Master and can make the team great. He built the Honey Badgers for AJ, and Express. He then got shafted by them. He doesn't need to poach.
