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This program is clearly in big trouble.zs8ppx

Moving up kids is not the answer. Some years are just bad years for teams. Parents want their kids moved up so they can say my son plays varsity in 9th grade. Better to sacrifice a varsity yr and keep younger kids playing together. Moving up for girls is a whole different thing. Girls game is a different game all together in the physical sense. The growth spurts boys have between frosh soph yrs to jr sr are usually pretty big. Why put a younger player at risk. My opinion is younger players get keyed up on when playing up as well. Big target for the opposing team.

I disagree. The other school of thought is to move up the better players and have them practice and play with the varsity team.The JV programs don't have the best players on them. They have all moved up. This helps them develop faster and get use to the speed of the game. Which is much faster on Varsity. This is what 99% of the HS programs are doing. Go look around Long Island the hot bed for Lax and you will see this every were. There are 2017 players making big impact to there teams. If your program is not doing this it will/has fallen behind. Better to sacrifice a varsity season and move these kids up. Playing together is not as helpful as developing each kids skills. Look around college programs they move kids in and out all game long.

There is no right or wrong answer to moving up players. The answer can be different from team to team and player to player. A good analogy is college basketball (and yes it is relevant). The Kentuckys and Dukes of the world get blue chip players that can contribute right away while teams like Gonzaga tends to get many of the "second tier" players that take longer to develop but contribute by junior and senior years. A program needs to asses what their strengths and weaknesses are and decide accordingly.

Better players should always be moved up, if the varsity needs them and they will get playing time, granted they can hang physically. I've seen parents want kids moved down for more playing time as well.

They don't care what parents want. They don't want to hear from them. They tell you this. This is a "school" and not a program. You know what you sign up for when you decide to go there.

Yeh. crap coaching.

Congrats to Kellenberg on the quarterfinal win over Fordham Prep.

Stop the nonsense. Do you think that the current head coach of St. Anthonys would do a better job with the same players at Kellenberg? Not a chance. The Kellenberg head coach was the head coach of St. Anthonys years ago and was very successful and then left to go into business world. If you gave MS the players that that EW currently has he would do just as well or better.

Ask the kids if they love playing for him. That's all that matters. What the parents think is irrelevant.

Ask the coach if he loves them playing for him.

Kids choose the other Catholics for an opportunity to play for a specific coach.

You are going to Kellenberg for an education and possibly have the opportunity to play lacrosse ..you are not going for a coach
That would be the last reason. You will always play second fiddle in the lacrosse works
But that's ok as long as your son gets a chance to play and at these other schools it wouldn't happen

How many of you making comments about Kellenberg's lacrosse program, and the talent level and motivation of the kids that go there, actually pay the tuition to attend the school?

There appear to be a lot of know-it-alls who probably lack credibility. If that's you, go troll elsewhere.

those people making remarks are jealous lacrosse parents from st Anthony's and chaminade. heaven forbid a new dog might be knocking on the door of Catholic league lacrosse. lacrosse parents......the most jealous ones there are.

LOL. You think St A's and Chaminade lacrosse parents care about Kellenberg?? Or their 15-2 and 10-2 wins?? Not even a speed bump. More like a pebble in the road.

Kellenberg is not known for great sports teams. It's known for great academics. Sports are secondary at Kellenberg unlike others.

That's why it's not worth the conversation ..Just get the education and stop worrying about trying to compete ..it can't happen and be thankful your kids will get playing time at Kelllenberg hopefully....

What exactly is great academics? How are we judging this? If we all agree Chaminade is #1, rank the rest of them academically (St Anthonys, kellenberg, St Doms, St marys, SJB, Holy Trinity).
That's not my ranking by the way, just the schools to be ranked.

Only way to compare any of these schools academically is comparing apples to apples. The only equalizer among any school, public or private, which will in the end ultimately decide college admittance, SAT/ACT scores. Don't let anyone fool you otherwise.
So Chaminade would be 1, but keep in mind Chaminade self selects those kids who if they went to any other HS would also score at a higher level on SAT/ACT. So did Chaminade produce the top scores, no, the kids did. And those kids if they chose St.Anthonys or St. Mary's or Trinity or podunk HS, still would get the higher SAT score.

You know everything you need to know to do well on SAT by end of 10th grade. no math higher than 10th grade on the SAT, and some 11th grade trig on ACT.

What are you smoking? Kellenberg is not knocking on any body's door. Not a very good season? Not very competitive? How can you compare Kellenberg to St A or Chammy? Can't even beat St Don's? You need to wake up and realize this program is a long way off. It may be going backwards. They are losing to schools that are 5X and 2x smaller then they are...

The Jury has deliberated. Kellenberg is a program on the decline! Kellenberg should play anyone who can help them win a few games. They should have moved up the kids that could have helped.

The fish rots from the head down.

Someone shoot the new dog. The dog is delusional if you think your knocking on the door with the top catholic schools. Kelleneberg is just above Holy Trinty. With HT new coach they may lose to them in the very near future.

That is for sure! With there enrollment they should be more competitive with the other top Catholic schools.

Stop the nonsense. Do you think that the current head coach of St. Anthonys would do a better job with the same players at Kellenberg? Not a chance. The Kellenberg head coach was the head coach of St. Anthonys years ago and was very successful and then left to go into business world. If you gave MS the players that that EW currently has he would do just as well or better. [/quote]

I guess not. The St Anthony's and Chammy head coaches were at the SJB/Kellenberg game. Looked like they were texting during the game and at half time. Still didn't help. Need the players.

I guess not. The St Anthony's and Chammy head coaches were at the SJB/Kellenberg game. Looked like they were texting during the game and at half time. Still didn't help. Need the players.

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Looked like they were texting what? To whom?

Looked like they were texting what? To whom? [/quote]


Think Cleveland Browns?

probably texting their boyfriends

Why would they be at that game? Supporting their Express brethren?? If so, it didn't help.

They were there. No sure why???

Does Kellenberg do the same types of preseason "clinics" that are arranged by the parents and the coaches participate?

No.

How's that new coach working out for you kellenburg? 0-6? Maybe it's time for a different line up? Or a new coaching staff!

Who is the new coach, how long has he been there?

It seems to me that the line up needs to be changed! This one obviously is not working
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Not so new any more but certainly not impressive after 6 years especially with an 0-6 start

Good to know - my son wanted to transfer to kellenberg next year because he wanted to play lacrosse at a better school so he could play college ball. That's not going to happen now!

It sure is not working. Perhaps they should stop playing favorites such as Express team kids and chaminades coach's son, over seniors who have paid their dues and earned their right to make it happen in their senior year!