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.
1) Geese coaches don't want to lose again at Lax Fest.
2) The Leg organization doesn't want to risk losing again. Then they lose players like almost happened last year. Yes, plenty of Geese parents talked to Blast coaches. You know who you are.
Stop the sillyness. It's about $$$.
No program cares if you're the team is the best. Only that you think you are so you keep paying.
