Yj will need to shop around which they have never had to or put much effort in. Many legit girls teams are popping up and are competing which pulls from talent pool. Yj will do fine against local programs but if want to compete with top elite programs outside they will need to fill many voids and on some grade levels they have eyes on outside players
What other LI teams can compete with the Maryland teams at this age? I have yet to see one.
None but since YJ can't get it done either do you think it's time to send the crossfire girls down to MD to take care of business? You know that hobbled together team that just likes to play for fun. You could leave all the deadwood and the lunatic coach back on LI. Maybe CR will let you fly under a special YJ umbrella but you'll have to promise to keep it a secret as you might hurt some feelings back home.
Some of the Crossefire girls are the ones holding back YJ now as their development has stalled, while others have been demoted to the B-team. The ones who aren't YJ are a non-issue and were just along for the ride anyway. The team just needs to cut the roster and stick with one goalie.
Yes, that is just what you need to do. Cut the roster, and develop one less goalie. After all, this is not about creating opportunities for girls to become student/athletes, it's all about winning little league lacrosse games.
I have news for you. The losses mean nothing. Zero. For that matter, neither do the wins. Yes, trying to build a winning effort is important, but the reality is over-emphasis on merely winning and thereby neglecting to develop all players is a disservice.
Now, for the parents of girls going on to eventually sign large contracts to play professional lacrosse where they are destined to make large sums of money playing the sport they love, that all probably seems silly. But to the rest of us it makes sense to be more concerned about developing all the players instead of resenting their presence.
The fact is, you can have a roster of more than 20 girls, you can have a couple goalies, you can have differences in talent levels (which you may learn will evolve over the coming years) and you can still win lots of games while providing lots of opportunities. It doesn't have to be one or the other.
The worst thing to ever happen to youths sports is parents with egos.
I agree 100%. Club teams like YJ that emphasize winning over everything else, and their parents and club staff, have almost ruined the whole sport of club lacrosse. Winning is important and developing a winning attitude is important, but developing a winning player is MORE important. During my last two years as a club parent, I was the person who handed out the player profile sheets to the college coaches. Through that experience I met easily over 100 different coaches from all 3 NCAA college divisions, plus NAIA. I can remember only 3 coaches that knew the score of the game they were watching for recruits. 3! I'm sure they are aware of the game intensity, but I know from first-hand experience that they do not care about the score...only the girl(s) they are there to watch. Oh, and here's a few more tips I saw MANY times, from 2 or 3 feet away...I couldn't tell what they were writing, but...they watch what the players do when they are off ball, what they do after they make a mistake, what the parents are like, how "mouthy" a player is after a foul, how a player reacts to her coaches instructions, etc. Trust me, they take notes on all that stuff, plus more. Consider yourselves notified.
