Team 91's actions are worse than the Crabs. They gave several of their kids 60 seconds on the field after flying all the way out to Colorado. The game was well in hand early in the 2nd half, yet they kept the same starters in for nearly the entire game.
Great life lessons they taught out there.
Did the Crabs empty their bench early in the 2nd half and concede the game? No, I didn't think so. There were also 5 games played before the final. Do you have the playing time stats for the Crush for all of those games? No, I didn't think so but I'm willing to bet every kid on that team saw a bunch of time at some point in those games. How's this for a life lesson...work hard, practice hard, do your best at all times, be ready whenever called upon and get to be part of an extremely successful team...I think those kids on the Crush who are learning that are going to be extremely successful in whatever they choose to do if they apply that philosophy.
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I wrote that message, my kid does not play for 91 but I am trying to instill the obvious work ethic and dedication shown by the kids on the Crush in him as that will lead to a far happier and more successful life than he will find by emulating someone posting bitter and resentful messages on a youth lacrosse board since their method of laying around all day, accepting no responsibility for any actions and blaming everyone else for their failures somehow didn't translate to that happy and successful life they felt entitled to. Go figure.
There are a lot of kids that work hard. At U13 some are better than others. Some are bigger than others. No one is saying that the kids should be handed anything.
What most posters have an issue with is that in the final game - when the game was over by double digits - the coach kept the same players in and did not substitute the rest of the kids. Would those other kids liked to have been on National TV - I am sure they would have. Did they work just as hard as the other kids - I am sure they did. Are they as good as the Top 5 - probably not.
However, what message does it say to these boys. "Sorry guys, it's more important to ME and more important to 91 to run up the score on another team on National TV rather than reward you with some quality playing time."
I'm a coach and I know that playing time is not always equal - especially in tight games. This was not a tight game. This was a blowout.
