Great stick check call on NEs part...Team was very good...but take it easy with all the posts cutting on other teams....
Nobody is cutting on other teams (except maybe some Maryland guys before they lost). It was a great stick check. And lets not forget the game was already won once at the end of regulation before the refs decided to after-the-fact inform the 8-meter shooter the clock had been on zero. It was a great game all-around by both teams. Had some strange/crazy situations go for and against both teams. Based on the finals score (16-7 over Philly), it looks like it was the game that decided the winner. Congrats to LI and to all the other girls who made teams. These people on here saying it's a money grab (no fee for tournament just for try-out) are wrong. It is a highly competitive tournament, with many great players from all over the country. The point about the commits is just that. People are trying to say that that the reason LI didn't win is the try-out process is flawed. That's nonsense. It is ok to say that there sometimes are other good teams (as you did) and leave it at that. There doesn't always have to be an excuse.
Stick check is BS, more than half the sticks on the summer circuit are illegal, but there is no time to check every team before every game, that's a bush league move by someone desperate to win a game
Nope not true. What's bush league is girl's huddling around a goal scorer while she frantically tries to tighten what she knows is an illegal stick which she had already scored several goals with. Total bush league, but taught well on LI. That is actually the definition of bush league and really pathetic actually.
its very easy to tighten a stick if you know its illegal, most girls can do it within 3 seconds of shooting, if it was that important they should check them all before the game starts, summer sticks are a joke
Then why did she have so much trouble with it? She was trying mighty hard. Maybe your girl's "summer sticks" are a joke, but that is not true off the island my cheating friend. Also please explain why the "spring sticks" of LI girls are also necessary to tighten in the huddle during every Mt Sinai game?? Ah the YJ influence. You ain't tryin' if you ain't cheatin'. As far as checking before the game ... kind of goes against what you just tried to say, no? If it takes three seconds to tighten it, surely it takes 3 seconds on the sidelines after a stick check to loosen it, duh. I've got an idea, how about your girls play by the rules? What's so hard about that? And btw, you lost not once, but twice to that team. Here's what you say ... "Great job by a great bunch of girls that I didn't realize were so good. It surprised me, because I only thought there were good players on LI and in Maryland. Great to see other areas developing strong talent. It will be fun to watch our girls compete with them going forward." - Good night
