Serious question from someone not from Maryland - do Hawks, peninsula, AYLC, Diamondbacks all recruit kids in the same Annapolis area? How do families choose which team to tryout for?
Hogan, who runs the Hawks, is aware of the drawl the organization has...so he hosts tryouts 2-3 weeks ahead of anyone else, and makes his picks. The other organizations will have tryouts on different days so everyone can tryout. Except this year PLC and AYLC were host simultaneously, I think it was a last ditch effort for PLC to retain some players after AYLC opened. I’m not sure the state of mind for all families when making a choice. Hawks advertises “We win championships”, and they generally back it up, so that’s a major pull. PLC commissioners are both well know in the area, so that helps get numbers. AYLC is new to club, but have been around for 25 plus years, so they have a serious following and a good reputation. For this age group people followed the coach from PLC to AYLC after the split. Sweeping the summer helped bring a lot of kids to tryouts too. I don’t know too much about Diamondbacks
Hawks has been around along time. Hawks has tryouts and then everyone else follows behind. The Orgs that have been around the longest typically are early. The top orgs will draw 100+ kids to a tryout for an age group. My son tried out for several teams and the numbers werent there for those clubs
Agreed. We went to Hawks, Crabs, and AYLC tryouts. Hawks had about 85-90 kids...for maybe 6-8 open spots AYLC had about 65 kids...for maybe 5-6 open spots Crabs had about 30 kids...for a full team. However, HC Jim did tell us that he already had his team from the Wednesday tryout, and those 13 kids did not need to participate in the Saturday/Sunday tryouts.
So why have tryouts if there are only 6 spots. Are the other 14 kids that good? Seems like a money grab at $25-30 a pop. Save yourself some money because these kids are not Paul Rabil, Scotty Rodgers or Tucker Durkin
Ive got AYLC by 12 goals on Sunday
I doubt Hawks have 5-6 roster spots available for any age group. Maybe they tell people that or they told the goalie father that since they might replace a goalie but that seems really high for the Hawks.
5-6 is average turnover Last summer was a tough one. HC lost his cool on a few kids, he didn’t play others, his goalie left, and had some opportunities with good talent from other teams that beat him. That turned into 6 new guys this season.
