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1. So if someone has their own opinion about Madlax that differs from yours, that means the guy is a jerk?

2. He wrote that the kid's Madlax teammates hate him now (what kind of adult writes that?) He said he would tell his future HS coach how terrible the kid and family are. He said he would tell college coaches how awful they are.

Not really sure he sounds like he cares. Unless you are giving him money.

Look at his recruiting service. He actually charges people to talk to college coaches. That's not what I call caring.

I have personal experience from 2015 when my son left the club. What would be the point of providing proof of the emails and texts? So you can call me a "jerk" for having the audacity to expose Cabell for what he is? No thanks. All I can say is caveat emptor.

Like throwing a temper tantrum because his team was not in 2020 elite and to punish the league, withdrew his team? Only thing that did was to further fuel the fire and hurt the kids. The team would not have been able to compete and the were given a chance for a play in and bagged on the game.

So is this Cabell or his wife answering all these posts. Do you have any idea how big of a tool you look?

If you are not Cabell or his wife, why do you seem so personally offended? You or your husband are a terrible human being. All the begging and pleading and bitching and moaning you(he) do(es) here will never change who you(or your husband) are at your(his) core.

Great post, Madlax apologist. I like how you glossed over threats by an adult towards a kid.

Just trying to balance out your campaign to kill a club that cut your son or wrote you a bad email. And you can never tell me one of these two things are not true. You would not put this kind of effort to bring up a 4 year old story this much.

Does the Madlax owner pay you for every sad apology post? Or for every misspelled word/grammatically incorrect post?

Word is that several of the Madlax 2020's are going to try out for other clubs (HOCO elite). Any "stud" in the NOVA/MD region isn't going to even consider Madlax 2020, just the opposite. The exodus will only gain speed as the results (losses) from the summer tournaments pile up if Madlax 2020 try's to compete in the same tournament division as the HOCO 2020 elite teams and other top national 2020 teams play in. Madlax 2020 should just come to terms with the fact that they're a good AA team and they should have played so this spring in the HOCO league.

I don't have an agenda to kill Madlax. Its just a reality check that if a NOVA/MD 2020 player isn't already on a HOCO elite 2020 team and they'd like to compete at the highest level, play in the top summer tournament divisions, they're not going to consider Madlax. If there are Madlax 2020 players that do want to play at the highest level they'll need to jump to a HOCO elite 2020 team this summer during tryouts.There are plenty of kids that are looking for a great lacrosse experience with their friends to learn the game and Madlax is still a great choice. Kinda hard to defend Madlax's record in HOCO spring play across all of their teams.

The kid could have been taught some manners to write a letter or email to the coach thanking him for the past support, scholarship, coaching and say he had decided to move on to another club.

I almost laughed, but it's too sad. When I read this sentence I realized you have never dealt with Cabell Maddux in this type of situation. Because this is exactly the way I thought we should handle it. My son gave more than ample notice, wrote the gracious thank you note, tried to call Cabell numerous times and talk to him, man to man. You are completely misinformed about the way this man conducts himself as a coach, mentor, businessman if he doesn't get his way. The information in the deadspin article is only ONE of MANY stories. I have a story that is arguably worse than the deadspin story, but I am a private person, my son is a private person, and the lacrosse community in Northern Virginia is too small. I am not going to share or leak it to the press. My son and I have moved on, as most people do. As I'm sure the boy in the deadspin article has done. We are absolutely fine. But that doesn't mean you get to rewrite history by blaming the boy for Cabell's mind-blowingly unethical behavior. And it doesn't mean I'm going to look the other way and change the subject when people ask me about Madlax. Wrong is wrong. Sending nasty emails is the least of Cabell's behavioral problems. He is such a small person, and he is so utterly lacking in integrity that he cared about one thing and one thing only in our experience -- listing my son's name on his website as a D1 recruit. When he saw that wasn't going to happen, despite all of his pathetic attempts to hold my son hostage to the program, he tried to destroy my son's chances of being recruited. And this is a guy who coached my son for years and who my son looked up to. If you think a 14/15 year old boy's heart can't be broken when he realizes his mentor is a sham you are wrong. If Maddux's business fails he will have no one but himself to thank or blame. And Cabell, if this is you on this website, you called me a "liar" but in fact you are the liar. You know who I am and yeah, you broke his heart but he is so much better now. In fact he is golden.

Cabell was McLernan's (Crabs) protege. He learned from perhaps the biggest [lacrosse] in youth lacrosse. Enough said.

I love the "yeah the Madlax guy is bad, but I'm telling you the Crabs and Blackwolf guys are bad, too".

That is a pathetic deflection. It is amazing how you and others continue to blame the kid and family. Nothing can justify what that owner has done to them and many other people.

If you think he is not going to be the defacto coach for his sons' teams, I have a bridge to sell you.

I noticed you stopped talking about other clubs and daddy ball. Must be because Madlax now has TWO teams where a dad coaches his son.

If you think he is not going to be the defacto coach for his sons' teams, I have a bridge to sell you.

I noticed you stopped talking about other clubs and daddy ball. Must be because Madlax now has TWO teams where a dad coaches his son.

Translation:

"It is wrong for dads to coach their sons in club ball. If you see a dad coaching his son on your club team, run away.

Unless it's Madlax."

Have you seen Madlax's MD and VA teams? Why would you subject anyone's son to playing on one of those teams?

[quote=Anonymous]No, it is not just a mean email.

1. He threatens a kid and his parents in multiple ways. Threatens. That is not just a mean email.

2. He's done it to dozens of families over the years.

3. Nobody else would threaten a family because they decided to leave. Nobody.

4. He has some good coaches, players, and they play in good tournaments. Nobody has said otherwise.

5. There are other clubs, however, that have great coaches, great players and play in great tournaments. And you don't have to give your money to a guy who acts like an infant on the field and a psycho when you "upset him".

6. Those are also clubs that have better recruiting success and are 30% cheaper. [/quote

Well can anyone document if anything ever happened from this evil threats. If not hitting the little trash can solves this horrible problem you bring up every other day.
Also you got your way starting this summer he is no longer coaching a team full time. All the summer teams will have a HC and he will just be helping out with all teams. So I think he is a slow learner but he has realized he should step back from coaching a team full time. The point I do not get is it takes someone a little crazy to build something as large and great as Madlax. But this crazy does come out when someone leaves. He has a issue with getting the last word. But if we all hated everyone who needed to get the last word most of us would be divorced.