Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
"""""Everybody who is not on the Crabs teams has an ax to grind it seems. If its not the hold backs, its an unfair try-out process. If not that, its favoritism of some other heinous nature.....give it up.""""""""""

Hardly .. While I agree if your son doesnt make it there is a lot of blaming something. The Crabs were good teams without all these holdbacks. This whole holdback issue is an open sore on all of youth lacrosse and youth sports in general. It is a disgusting part of youth lacrosse that is now taking a hold on all club lacrosse in Balt and MD for this issue. Letting these holdback parents get their kids an advantage along with certain teams realizing that they will get the majority of holdbacks. Crabs have been one of the driving forces behind it this year along with other teams that get the majority of holdbacks.


7 players on 2019 Crabs were on a Crabs U15 Roster this past Summer. Not sure if any of these players compete at the highest level at their own age. 91 will still beat them by 5+ goals.


The Baltimore kids all know one another. Next spring, when 2019 Crabs plays 2019 Breakers/Rock/Green Turtle/MLC... and wins, the kids from the opposing teams will immediately say to their friends on Crabs, "you beat us with a bunch of 15 year olds". It diminishes the experience for both sides.