Independent opinion as to some of the challenges Bandits have faced over the last year after dominating for so long - JS kept players that were either close to RP or families that played football for him in fall and kissed his butt and let other higher ceiling athletes leave the team rather than develop those players. It is now coming back to bite him as they are realizing Bandits will never come close to matching excellence of older Crush team. Many Bandits players while solid lacrosse players are only average athletes (at best) and not fast, quick, high twitch boys with that mix of toughness and motor and this is when that plateaus. Bad news for you Bandit parents but if I am noticing this (and obviously coaches you are playing against are game planning for it), then those college coaches you expect to beat down your door will also notice. Take it from a parent that has been through this rodeo (and if JS is honest with you, he will tell you the same thing) that a college coach will ALWAYS take the superior athlete and they look for players that can excel in at least two sports to show athletic versatility.
