These can’t be YJA, Jesters Black and TG parents saying all this about FLG. I bet if you ask them they would say that FLG belongs among the top teams in the country. 8. 15. 20. 25. Who cares where they are ranked. The team is great. The coaches are great. The kids are happy. The parents are happy. That’s 4 for 4. So why do you care who they play or where they play.
It's more than likely FLG parents. FLG ownership has been trying to convince parents that they are trying to get better competition for their 27 team. This schedule is just another example about how its all talk.
YJ and TG parents are more than happy to see these girls lag behind in development from not playing top competition.
The way girl's tournaments work, and I have this from a director who struggled through the process years ago, is that clubs who attend a tournament have first pick to attend the following year. Of course, the established clubs usually continue to go to the better tournaments, effectively locking out newer clubs.
If you're a new(er) club, you have to wait on the standby list until a spot opens. If it doesn't open, you don't get in. If it does open, you'll get in and be guaranteed an opportunity for the following year.
This process is well established, making it much harder for newer clubs to get into the best tournaments. Eventually, they do, but at that point, they're not new anymore. It is a process that takes time.
For us girls lacrosse parents; a new club equals crappy tournaments; an established club equals good tournaments. It's as simple as that.
To boil it down further, if you like your club and have a young daughter, you have time to wait it out, and eventually, they'll be able to get into good tournaments so you can stay put. If your daughter is near recruiting age, you're much better off at an established club that is already going to the top tournaments where your daughter is going to be seen. Even "crappy" tournaments can have good teams to play against. What they don't have, is college coaches lining the sideline during your daughter's recruiting years.
