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If Jamie Munro was smart he would have bought them a couple of days ago. I'm sure it stings that 91 was so dominant in his own back yard while his 3D Colorado team was really a non-factor. Ouch.

Clown statement.......and I was krooting for 91 yesterday. try to score 50 goals makes u the best? I think if u beat a team by ten maybe twelve goals you can still prove your dominance while taking your foot off the gas late in the game with a big lead. you sucked in youth sports as a kid I'm sure. SUCKED

Not a fan or opponent of Spallina, but all of his teams have great success. Some moves he makes are suspect I agree w that. But people hate success for others and especially this team. It is reminiscent of a team a few years older that had similiar success and was despised. As far as Daddy ball, I personally think it's that if a kid doesn't belong on the field but when his son leads the tournament in point scoring and scores six goals in the championship against the Crabs that eliminates the daddy ball. These are young boys that are extremely talented and represented LI lacrosse on national TV vs Maryland.

Boohoo - your kid never saw the field because he is not a good as the players who were on the field. I'm from Maryland and this was clearly 91s smack down on the crabs because of the beach lax episode. I wish it was even more lopsided than it was. Crabs without holdbacks are nothing special. Spallinas kid is pretty darn good - fun to watch.

That shows a guy who is not there for the kids (or more accurately, he is there for HIS kid and his kid only). It's not hard to figure out playing time, especially when Team 91 was comfortably in control for most of the game. This is not a tournament 10 minutes from their practice field. All of those parents paid a lot of money to fly out to CO and to give a kid only 1 minute when the team is playing on national TV?

Team 91 parents - how can you defend this?

All over Twitter and various blogs this morning, Spallina is being hailed a champion of the potential of youth lax. His 91 empire will now go into orbit and along with it his financial fortune. You could not have scripted it better with yesterday's win on national TV which has layed the foundation for a money printing club juggernaught. Express is toast now. If I were Jamie Munro I'd buy 91 before it's too late.

That shows a guy who is not there for the kids (or more accurately, he is there for HIS kid and his kid only). It's not hard to figure out playing time, especially when Team 91 was comfortably in control for most of the game. This is not a tournament 10 minutes from their practice field. All of those parents paid a lot of money to fly out to CO and to give a kid only 1 minute when the team is playing on national TV?

Team 91 parents - how can you defend this?

Nothing to defend, this is not u9 rec ball where everyone needs to feel good and have their confidence built up. This is elite club ball, you play to win, which means you field the best team you can given the situation. Stop trying to make an issue out of something that isn't.

This is just silly. A few years ago Express had the Turtles, in 2021 you have Igloo. 91 is is surely a successful program but there are only so many roster spots on its A team. There will always be kids who dont make their A team or see little playing time and jump to another teams A and are the stars their.Crush winning is good publicity, but anyone in the lax world on LI has known about this team for years. 91 also cannot offer the connections you get from going to Chamminade. Of course they will continue to be the big dog along with Express. Plenty of money to go around. You still have OUtlaws and Legacy is new with how many teams ? Throw in Igloos and Recons. Crushes victory will have minimal impact on the landscape. Now of the Island it may help 91s programs grow

People like you are ruining youth lacrosse because you accept Joe's tactics and actions and endorse them. You play as an entire team. When you are up by double digits you empty the bench and play EVERYONE. Every one of those kids paid to be there - their parents paid to be there - it's just classless to keep the same kids in and not only keep them in, but let them keep scoring. Just wrong and their is no defense for it.

People like you are ruining youth lacrosse because you accept Joe's tactics and actions and endorse them. You play as an entire team. When you are up by double digits you empty the bench and play EVERYONE. Every one of those kids paid to be there - their parents paid to be there - it's just classless to keep the same kids in and not only keep them in, but let them keep scoring. Just wrong and their is no defense for it.

If the game vs Crabs was hotly contested, then I get some kids getting very little playing time.

That game was over by the middle of the 3rd, if not earlier. No excuse not to play kids at least 1/2 of the 4th.

That was about trying to get a double digit win vs the Crabs, not honoring the kids on your club who aren't as good as the starters.

Spallina is a scumbag, and you LI people defending them are just as bad as some of the other parents who post here. Zero class.

Both teams yesterday had a bunch of players that played the entire game. This isn't rec lacrosse. Just like HS teams, college teams and most other travel teams.

They were at Legacy Invitational. Not every team was invited, they tried to spread out the teams across the nation. Express 2020 Team 1 is a very good team.

No, it's not. Winning an important college or HS game is one thing. Winning a must win game in a tournament (HS or youth) is another.

This was a game of 12 year old boys, and the game wasn't in doubt for most of the 2nd half. That team flew to CO from NY. Playing a kid only for the last 60 seconds?

Indefensible.

Yes Channy is good at stealing players , it must be those large teeth he has that entices its .more like trurh of the matter is Express lost steam the last few years , people are tired of that smile and stab in back mentality , MC will be going to 91 directly soon enough looking for an offer to buy his Brand name that is tarnished so much from being such as scumbag . .




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Here's how it will go in a couple of years. The Express owner will approach a 91 Crush kid and say "Hey, you know I make the selections for the Long Island Under Armour team. Why don't you and a bunch of your Crush teammates come over to the Express and we'll recreate a super team. You'll also have a pretty good chance of making the Under Armour team. Wink, wink. Bank it now.

Love the Maryland people throwing stones. Lizards beat the Bayhawks and Crush smashed the Crabs. Good weekend for LI the Kings of lacrosse Sorry MD Probably have another club or two that could beat the crabs as well. Maybe register your 2020's in the 2022 bracket Now that's Maryland!!

Not sure if you are Crabs parent just trying to stir the pot, if so, I'm pretty sure that some of your kids never saw the field during the 91 game at beach lax.

If not, then why do you care? I'm sure every one of those kids was willing to do whatever it took to crack the crabs, even if that meant sitting it out.

I don't think any of us are qualified to second guess the most successful coach in 2020, all you folks are doing is throwing rocks.

You may disagree with his methods but you can't argue with the results and at this level that's what a counts.

If Steinfeld (guy who is behind the World Series for lacrosse) is trying to model this after Williamsport, Little league, better have a better plan than what was displayed; minimum play rules are strictly enforced. If he is shooting for Cooperstown model, then its who ever has the biggest wallet to afford to attend and the best play majority of games expensive for families to attend.

I am the biggest proponent of playing all kids, but only the last game was on TV. How do we know who played or who didn't play during the earlier games. Its not as if the team flew out there for just the game that was televised.

I have no knowledge how 91 operates. It would not surprise me if they were very up front and explicit about playing time for their teams, especially the high end ones that carry the banner for the organization - something like "we expect playing time to be unequal, and at times exceedingly so. If you want your child to be on a team where everyone plays the same amount of minutes, this is not the team for you."

Also, I watched the game. Although the score was lopsided, I thought the game itself was competitive, meaning 91 had to work for what they got.

This team markets itself as the best in the world at this age group. You join it at your peril. If your kid rides the bench, there are a million teams out there that play at a high level, access to college coaches etc. Just leave and go elsewhere.

Not sure if you are Crabs parent just trying to stir the pot, if so, I'm pretty sure that some of your kids never saw the field during the 91 game at beach lax.

If not, then why do you care? I'm sure every one of those kids was willing to do whatever it took to crack the crabs, even if that meant sitting it out.

I don't think any of us are qualified to second guess the most successful coach in 2020, all you folks are doing is throwing rocks.

You may disagree with his methods but you can't argue with the results and at this level that's what a counts.