Edge, FCA and Madlax all 3-0 today at McD. 9d1 and Crabs beatdown by Madlax and FCA. Crabs way too talented to play such bad lacrosse. But it’s been that way for years with this team. 9d1 lost a lot of talent.
Edge was a 2021 team. FCA played nobody. Madlax same thing played nobody. MD91 has lost a lot. RR looked banged up more players not dress than dress to play. API shocker not playing a zone. West coast stars over matched. Over all some good fall lacrosse in bad conditions.
So Crabs has now become nobody?
Crabs looked good. FCA has greatly improved. MadLax looks better and handled 91, but 91 has a lot of talent and played short-handed. RR had half a dozen kids in street clothes and crutches and struggled with API. API played well and look to be improved as well. Wouldn't put too much stock in these games, but what is clear is that on any given day, any of these teams can steal a win.
The reason the teams have improved is that they should improve as they get older and receive good coaching. Crabs on the other hand looks the same as they did 4 years ago.....
Regarding the Crabs lack of improvement, is this a coaching or personnel issue or do both have a role in the program's decline?
There's a very small number of boys that have been on the team the whole time. The Crabs model is broken. They no longer have the holdback advantage as all the teams have them now. Difference is Hawks, FCA, etc have coaches that know how to teach the game and the kids improve and learn to play together as a team. Watch any Crabs team play. They run the same offense that is reliant on isolation. 5 kids stand around and watch one of the big kids try to force his way to the goal. RM can't adapt because his coaching experience prior to starting crabs was coaching Rec lacrosse. Meanwhile you have guys like Brian Reese, Mark Millon, Brian Kelly, etc also coaching 2022 teams. Maybe if the boys were training to compete in the Coney Island Hot Dog eating competition RM would be the right choice. If you want your son to learn to play lacrosse, you may want to choose one of the guys that know how to do that.
