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Hi Chris!!! Hope all is well!!

Are we going to pretend that consistent coaching is why McDonogh is what it is, not the money, facilities, boarding and ability to just take the kids of out of state elite ncaa coaches and have them transfer in?

In all honesty, who couldn’t win consistently with those things?

As for public schools, AACo has those two dominant programs because it is the wealthiest section of the county, where lacrosse is king. 4/5 of your schedule is worthless blowout games against schools that can barely get 12 players to try out.

It’s almost as if $$ is the reason for success in both cases.

As a public school parent, this IAAM infighting makes me laugh. Every few years there is a new coach at each school that raises expectations and standing, only to fall back to earth and move on, or be moved on from, in favor of the next best thing. Rinse and repeat.

- Mac Ford. The savior 3 or 4 years ago, now he’s a bum according the parents.
- MG, the top coach in the IAAM 2 years ago. Now she is instructing hits on unsuspecting offensive players by goalies (who may or may not be required to be on the field), according to parents.
- BR, fantastic coach on at the precipice of elite at a school that came from the bottom. Moved on to another, down and out, school to raise their profile. He now has an apparent vendetta against both the teenage and related geriatric communities…
-RPCS-they run coaches out like it is a requirement for graduation…
- 5x… ok, you guys probably have a point with her.

The only IAAM team that has stayed consistently at the top, or very close to it, over the last 15 seasons is McDonogh. They are undoubtedly the gold standard in the Baltimore region, and really the country. Whereas, there are 6 or 7 publics that have consistently stayed at or near the top, Severa Park, Broadneck, Century, Manchester Valley, Hereford, Glenelg, Marriotts Ridge, even Dulaney.

What stands out on McD and those public teams, is consistent coaching. McD had Robinson for years, and upon his departure they fell a bit, got another consistent coach, and went back on top. In the last 15 years each of those publics have had mainly 1 or 2 coaches leading the way. The coaches developed culture and expectations and were given the time to build consistent winners, even if they had a .500 season along the way. That doesn’t happen in the IAAM. One .500 season, on to the next coach. ADs should follow the way of the Ravens and let the coaches build a program, otherwise it will continue to be a roller coaster ride to the Valley Inn…

On a side note, big fan of Molly Wolf, happy BM is letting her build something there.

It’s a 91 tournament and lions are not in it but their kids are paying $$$ to be in the tournament under a random team ???

Seems odd why pay 91 all the Tuition then

This storyline keeps getting more ridiculous. Keep going SPSG parent. Can’t wait for the playoff loss storyline against whatever school you lose to.

Lack of clearing and offense possessing the ball/scoring led to way to many transition opportunities for Severn in 1st half. MSJ has been starting games slow. Goalie had 8-9 saves in 1st half, defense just had to defend way too many shots again.

Better odds:

LB (+1.5) @ Mcd (-1.5)
JC (+7) @ AS (-7)
BL (-9.5) @ Stm (+9.5)
SP (+3.5) @ GTech (-3.5)

DCE gets killed by FCA. I would take FCA -4. DCE is allowing 9 goals per game including allowing 5 points by team 91 (possibly the worst offense in the division). Additionaly, both teams played the Hawks FCA allowed only 6 goals whereas DCE allowed 11. In 8th grade lacrosse you score what the other team let’s you score and DCE let’s the other team score a lot.

NL narrowly beats ML. ML is the exception that proves the rule great defense but underpowered offense. This game will produce a soccer score of 3-2 (possibly in double overtime) I would not bet this game.

The other games are pretty much a lock with the top of the division playing the bottom dwellers. However, the games will be much closer than expected as I think both the Crabs and Hawks will give significant field time to their bench players.

Ultimately I don’t think any of this matters as the Hawks have a mortal lock on the championship (but let’s hope I’m wrong) End of the season prediction:

1.Hawks
2. Crabs
3. FCA
4. NL
5. ML
6.DCE
7.Team 91
8. Team Money

Mcd(-9.5)vs LB (+9.5)
Tech(-5.5) vs SP(+5.5)
BL (-12.5) vs STM (+12.5)
AS (-2.5) vs JC (+2.5)

good observations. and I like the mutineer label, although you can hardly blame those families. if i were them I would not have waited until 8th grade for my mutiny!

No adjustments after halfime? MSJ outscored Severn 5-2 in the 2nd half. MSJ changed goalies. Who isn't playing that should be?

No adjustments after halfime? MSJ outscored Severn 5-2 in the 2nd half. MSJ changed goalies. Who isn't playing that should be?

I don't know, I'm not a NL parent but my son has played against that team for years and my impression is that their roster has stayed largely intact over time. Most of those kids are going to go to high schools with good lacrosse programs that will give them plenty of exposure and my sense is that many of the families know each other and are pretty close, so I don't expect a mass exodus even if they're ranked outside the top 20 or 25 nationally.

I do think there will be some level of reshuffling as the DCE roster is pretty big, as they seemed to want to attract as many kids as possible and realized that they had to give out A team offers to bring people over (including the ML mutineer package deal), so probably over-rostered that team. I'm not sure where they will go though.

Weekend picks:

Somers at South Side (on long Island) Going w/ Somers, since SS is not recognizable school)

Suffern at Blind Brook Suffern
Sleepy Hollow at Irvington, Irv
Ossining at Clarkstown South CS


Saturday's Marquee games

Yorktown at Wilton, Wilton, sorry TS.
Bronxville at Greenwich: Greenwich, sorry BB.
Pelham at Tappan Zee: TZ, could be a good game.

.* there are other games, but non-region opponents are not listed on lohud, so those games get passed over.


Mahopac at Byram Hills: BH, but wouldn’t be surprised if Pac wins.
Clarkstown North at Brewster Brew
Clarkstown South at Harrison: CS
Eastchester at Hen Hud HH
Rye Neck vs. Yonkers at Roosevelt RN, if not, JC better take over.
Hastings at Sleepy Hollow: SH
New Rochelle at White Plains: WP
Putnam Valley vs. Dobbs Ferry: PV
Briarcliff at Westlake: West