Given recent history? What don't you get? When it's a level playing field (no Holdbacks) you are no better than the Breakers, Hawks, FCA, Loonies, etc. All of your wins are tainted by holdbacks. How do you explain beating 91 at beach lax and then getting destroyed by them yesterday. You know darn well they could have run up the score even further. Embarrassed on National TV and did not win one championship at their own tournment. Bad weekend for fat daddy crabby paddy.
You are looking at only one grade/team. Even if you ignore the fact that Crabs' MS teams improve/change dramatically by the time they get to HS, the Crabs organization top to bottom is unmatched in terms of quality of teams fielded/recruiting successes. Get the facts.
Duh...they improve dramatically because the holdbacks kick in. That's what we've been saying all along. Yes they are successful, but only by gaming the system.
No holdbacks in Denver, Einstein - they checked birth certificates and transcripts. Where did you watch the game from? I'm sure it wasn't the sidelines, was it?
Before you get in deeper. You do realize the Sept 1 cutoff was dropped to May 1 for this yournament,,You do know what that means...Crabs had players that were still holdbacks, How many ?? only someone privy to Crabs rooster would know. But the Crabs obviously had some. May 1 to Aug 31 ( 4 months) would be holdback/prefirst land to the rest of Maryland's Sept 1 kids that started school on time..
"Before you get in deeper" makes me laugh. Yes, oh wise one, I think everyone with a pair of eyes and ears is quite aware that the cutoff was set - FOR EVERY TEAM IN THE TOURNEY - at May 1. EVEN PLAYING FIELD, depending on what you choose to do. Last time I checked, they didn't say "Crabs, May 1 - everyone else, Sept 1". 100% fact for you - ALL of the teams had some players with birthdays prior to Sept 1, and none had players born prior to May 1. C2C Dallas had several - see how much that helped them? 30-0 - ouch...
But not every team was on equal grounds as you say ..oh wise one .. You still had to be in the proper grade...And follow this wise one...if you are a age based team with kids starting school at usual start date you dont have holdbacks..GET IT... You need to be a team or from an area that has holdbacks/prefirsts..You cant just add them from other teams in your organazation due to age. They must be in right grade too...GOT THAT ONE wiseone!! Age was an advantage for the teams that could pull holdbacks/prefirsts...Hopefully that is not to hard to follow .
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