Originally Posted by Anonymous
WM mommys crying again....you can go back 30 years & look at the WM varsity roster & look at the breakdown of classes...it hasnt changed...by the time your soft superstar is in 11th grade, his class is down to 12-15 kids, same goes for the 12th
graders, throw in 3-4 10th graders & there you go VARSITY lacrosse. i have been out of 3 village lax for awhile but it use to be about 70-80 kids per grade 3,4,5,6. Its a funnel.
eventually each class gets filtered down to 12-15. Most people would agree that the WM lax program is one of the eleite hs programs in the country, i believe they have a 90% winning %?
(maybe off a little)with that level of success there is a challenge....ultra competitive...a program cant be that consistant for so long without the coaches doing there jobs well & unfortunately too many mommy's & dadda's want to destry it because their soft superstar isnt getting playing time!
raising your soft superstar in a perfect world bubble is a big mistake...enjoy soft johhny when he is 30yrs. old & still on your nipple...great parenting



Smithtown has similar issues, years ago the best players from Smithtown played for Smithtown youth. The talent was high and it was prestigious to make the team. The kids that didn't make it went to Express, etc. Over time many of the better players started to play exclusively for other clubs because the Smithtown Board caved to pressure and cut out many of the summer tourneys. Keeping the best town kids together is in the best interest of the overall program. Kids that don't make the cut should be free to explore their options elsewhere. Most of them don't make it for a reason and it's best to learn that early and move on to something else! This year a WM kid actually had the nerve to try to get onto team Smithtown and take a spot away from a Smithtown kid. Lasted for about 1 day!!