They are looking for athletes. Not the first time I have heard this. Many college teams would rather take a kid with more athletic ability then a kid with less but better stick skills. They figure they can coach him up and at the end of the day his physical talent will be too much for the guy with good stick skills but a ceiling. This always upsets parents whose kids have put in a ton of time and developed skills, that a kid who did not put in as much time simply gets taken because he is bigger and faster sends them off the cliff,
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Not looking for polished lacrosse players? So what are they looking for in ninth graders? Those that shave their peach fuzz?
That's why I think recruiting these kids now seems so odd. I know my son is going to be over 6 ft - but now as an 8th grader he is 5'4'' he'll be a way different player in few years.
You keep telling yourself he will be over 6.
#1 team in the nation, which plays at SB today has an average player height of 6'1''
Oh yeah, and the well known kid who scored 5 goals against Duke was a lax ONLY kid in HS..... One final note on this recruit athletes and not lacrosse players. Take a look at Syacuse. For years they recruited heavily upstate NY and LI. As a result they were able to tell recruits they would win a national championship during their time on the team. Which was true. Then they got the let's recruit football players from Texas and other atheletes mentality, instead of pure lax talent. Well not sure if that the reason for their lack luster performance lately, but they sure aren't what they used to be! Still a great program but way off from the glory years.
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