The point is most non holdback kids would not try out for Crabs. They are happy with their elite team, and want nothing to do with Crabs, Crabs reputation is well known. Plus, if all the elite 2020 teams for example, had to move out their holdbacks, most elite teams would lose about 3 to 4 holdbacks while Crabs 2020 would loose 10 holdbacks plus 2 double holdbacks. And to your point about dads being angry, you are way off point. In todays youth lacrosse world Crabs is not respected and many if not most parents would not want their sons to be associated with Crabs. Plus, as previously mentioned, kids talk, they know what Crabs is about and want nothing to do with them. You are just too hung up on the misguided thought that Crabs is the best and greatest, with and without holdbacks but the truth of the matter is that without holdbacks Crabs is average at best and would remain average after their tryouts to replace their boatload of holdbacks.
What Crab Dad is missing..The landscape has changed in the last few years. Yes the Crabs as recently a few years ago had some outstanding U13 and U15 teams. That is the only youth teams the Crabs fielded. RM has now gone so far with this disgusting holdback issue it has effected how people look at Crabs. That has happened in last two to three years. If Crabs went back to age base..Many parents would not go out for them as in the past. Many think the Crab Org is POS now .There is way to many teams out there now. In the past, it was limited if you were a great player...
We can sit here and speculate (hope) what may or may not happen when/if things go back to age base. My opinion is Crabs will still be strong and attractive to kids and parents because of their strong track record of sending players to D1 programs. You can't dispute this history. Therefore, love em or hate em they are a logical club to play for if you can make he team.
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