Originally Posted by Anonymous
The clubs are also an in-bred group led by guys and gals who love lacrosse but have little to no experience in maintaining a business. Once past that initial energy, there is little left in keeping it going. It's almost like a restaurant where the owners get old and haven't thought about how to pass it along. They refuse input and advice and the product dies. At this point, I would say thank goodness there are orgs like 3Step and True to keep options open for the sport.

Thanks True Dad.

Seriously, inbred, whatever, you are correct that the two types of people who start a club (laxers who work in a large corporate setting and HS coaches who never played club) are ill-equipped to keep a club going and healthy for more than 7-10 years. Someone on BOTC quoted the owner of Arden Diamondbacks as saying, "it's not worth the trouble," which of course is amusing since club owners make money hand-over-fist and if it's "too much trouble," either the club needs to lower expectations and dues, or increase dues to meet parent and player expectations. The quote says to me, "the easy money isn't fun enough anymore." Much like a restaurant owner (though usually restaurant owners blow their their profits in nose candy, boats, and young women they can't afford, before the restaurant goes out of business and they complain "restaurant business isn't worth the trouble" lol).