Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
That one is never going to die....Maddux screwed the pooch on that one and he can never take it back.


Our son was on that team and we know that family all too well. No class to not call or note to Maddox that they were changing teams in the middle of the annual cycle, which was unusual considering annual tryouts were in early fall then. It was also he week before the summer season. No phone call, no email and no responses to multiple emails and messages over several weeks. Madlax practiced at the field where that kid went to school. This narrative is horrendously whitewashed. Maddox was a petulant child and he is a jerk. But the parents on the other side were diabolical and self serving. Maddox had scholarshipped the club fees for that kid for years and lined him up with showcase invites. As a parent, I think the least people can do is be forthright and honest with people and teach the same to their kids. Here, that was not the case. This just as easily could have been and still could be a deadspin article about the worst lacrosse parents in the world as it was one about the worst of all lacrosse club owners.


Your reply is a joke. Even if the parents were the worst parents in the world (and they aren't), nothing justifies threatening a kid and his family. He told them he would get them blackballed from college coaches (which is pathetic and untrue), that it would affect him at his school (which is pathetic and untrue.

They are the customer. They have a right to leave whenever they wish. They don't owe him anything, especially if the kid wasn't happy there anymore. The club may have scholarshiped the kid (as all the clubs do), but that is the club's choice and obviously he did it because he wanted the kid.

You have no idea how the parents handled it. If you read the emails, they didn't fight over Madlax's laughable academy fees . We do, however, know how the owner handled it. And he has done similar things to many other families.

Pretty sad you have to slur the parents with "still could be a deadspin article about the worse lacrosse parents in the world". There are many terrible people in lacrosse, but that family is not the worst. But the owner is and that's why his teams are starting to spiral downward. Why do you think so few Landon families are playing for Madlax now? Many held their nose and played for Madlax because they thought it was the best option despite the owner's lack of morals. Now many top kids are playing for BW, VLC, Crabs and NL and getting a better experience, paying less and not having to feel bad about giving that guy their money.