Two years ago the Geese were the top team in the age, what happened? And they had a great 2nd team.
91 decided to take advantage of some friction in the tram, and poached players. It caused the team to fall apart. Legacy needs to refocus and invest in the team in order to recruit more talented players. But it is difficult with new teams popping up alm the time and express and 91 trying to field 3 or more teams (good knows why people pay for those secondary teams. They never perform well and are just lining those directors pockets.) But there are just too many teams. The lacrosse game is getting watered down
I don't know if watered down is how I would describe it. Game is becoming too top heavy and ego-centric. 91 and Express are great teams that recruit and develop great players. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. The problem exists with the attitude that if you don't make and play substantial minutes on either of those clubs, then your kid shouldn't bother playing at all. This is what pushes parents to accept being the 24th-28th kid on these rosters to barely play and make excuses like "he is getting great training" or "he's getting better in practice because he's is practicing against strong players". Both of which may very well be true, but if those players found a fit with a club where they're getting coached AND played a substantial role, they'll develop just the same. And there most likely wouldn't be as far a dropoff in talent from those 2 clubs and the rest of the pack. Similarly, there wouldn't be as much of a dropoff from the secondary to tertiary teams.
I 100% agree that if some of these kids who are on Express and 91 who dont get playing time went to other teams, we would see much stronger teams outside those organizations. And the game would be far more competitive. However, every season new teams are popping up when the ones that exist can barely field a full team. That's watering down the sport. The sport has become all about people making money by forming new teams or overloading existing ones. Very little us about kids getting better and enjoying playing competitive lacrosse.
