Originally Posted by Anonymous
Man, always a lot of Vitriol on here. Be confident in your decisions, no need to project. The previous posters seemed to give a well reasoned and informative post. W/L in summer ball? The primary reason you play high school club lacrosse in the summer is to get recruited in college. At the younger ages it’s learning the game and having fun.

I just glanced at their last few years for colleges. By that measure if those club rankings are correct, Blue Star outkicks their coverage via college placement. Looks like four D1 already this year, and high level D1 at that. Putting aside the high end D3 schools listed. Past years look pretty good as well. What are they doing better than these clubs with more wins? I don’t know but it’s interesting. They were ranked one millionth in that ranking you posted. The only real measure for club is placement rate. That is it.

Here is a list of NJ clubs that had more college commits than Blue Star in the 2022 class - TS, Riot, LE, Patriot, BBL, NJLC, 2KL, O2, Steps, Team 91. Southshore, Brotherhood, and Evolution. And keep in mind that Blue Star has multiple teams at some age groups (not sure if 2022 is one of them). To say that Blue Star is doing something better with recruiting than these other clubs with more wins is not accurate.

I agree that the most important thing in HS club lacrosse is getting the kids recruited. However, this can also be a lagging indicator of the health of an organization. LE and TS draw a ton of new talent in HS so the success of their youth programs is not a predictor of HS success. That said, most other programs have to develop talent from their youth programs. With the success of 3D Garden State and NJ Express at the youth level, look for them to be moving up the recruiting charts in the future if they can hold onto their talent. These 2 programs also happen to be based in areas where Blue Star used to pull a lot of talent from. Only so many talented kids in these areas . . .