Originally Posted by Anonymous
He is also having problems poaching great players as he's done in the past. He uses his U15 camp as a tryout for interested kids and then puts a hard sell to switch to Blackwolf.

That worked great a few years ago, but Madlax and VLC have circled the wagons and he is having a lot less success poaching players. His current teams aren't nearly as good as his older teams and most of the top talent he gets now are Montgomery County kids and less from NoVA.


There definitely is a lot of high-end club competition between Blackwolf, VLC, and Madlax in NoVA. Not having the younger teams and not having tryouts definitely limits BW - despite the solid coaching, as a previous poster mentioned it is a style you will have to be able to handle and not everyone can. The ones who can get top-notch coaching and training. Speaking from experience, it would be a very difficult decision to switch clubs in High School if your son has experienced several years with a high-end club with excellent coaching, successful and knowledgeable recruiting support, etc. (such as you receive at VLC). It definitely happens, but it shrinks the pool quite a bit for a BW type methodology.