Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Who should have made it that didn't? Gilman goalie? St. P defender (SP Varsity Starter)?, CH defender (Varsity)? The attack was weak all the way around. The middies even weaker. When two players that live out of state make midfield, it says a lot about local players. But one of the out of state players volunteered to play in every game and take face offs too. Thats desire to make the team. My kid didn't do that. It doesn't matter what club you play for or what HS you go to. It matters who speaks up for you in the selection process and how hard they advocate for you. Period. End of story. There were only 3 or 4 standouts and the rest is a slugfest for the evaluators and coaches. 22 in Maryland is good at defense and goalie only 2 attackman. One or two middies. Good news is we have 3 years to catch up. Once these kids play a few years on varsity with the great coaches there, they will get better. Club coaches ruin these kids because they don't teach. EOS.


Explain club coaches ruin kids? Some club coaches of the top teams have coached high school college and MLL lacrosse



Ha. Spot on. Clubs only care about winning the showcase event so they can get numbers up at try outs and have an A and B team. Parents buy into winning events for their kids as a measure of success. The way practices are held at EVERY club do not teach kids individual skills but how to run the offense and man up to score goals. Robots. Jimmy is made d-middie in the 7th grade. Johnny is FOGO in 6th. Billy a offensive specialist in 8th. Criminal. Just look at the rosters of 22-27 kids- how do you get playing time with that many kids. 45 minute games at a showcase events like a factory line. The reason Texas, California, and other non-hot beds are kicking butt is because they are forced to teach and the kids are forced to work on their individual skills. Better athletes. And so we have two out of state kids on the Maryland roster huh- makes sense especially if they are middies.