To answer your post, 1,not many coaches like to lose. 2, nobody avoided laxachusettes, first place, played second place, that was the tournament rules. In fact everyone wanted to play laxachusettes. 3, geese and blast played june and july last year and one team won all 4 times. No braveheart, no last second goal. Good games, but no real down to the wire game. Why would the winning team actually ,as you say avoid playing. Makes zero sense. 4, geese should enter laxfest. Its the biggest long island tournament each year. Teams travel far to play this tournament. Hundreds of teams. Why would a real good team 15 minutes away not play in this tournament. Tournament is 4 months away, plenty of time to register.