US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Girls 2020-8th Grade Fall 2015 Summer 2016

u r missing the point. she wears the jacket not to the high school games (although i'm sure she does that too), but to the club games. It is clear why. You see these girls hadn't started high school yet. It is so she can show off that her 8th grade daughter was playing varsity to the other club parents. get it? It is just another example of the me first culture in lax. It isn't about supporting the team (unlike what it sounds like your wife is doing). In fact it's quite the opposite. And that is the culture on the sidelines of club lax. Let me make sure you know suzy plays varsity as an 8th grader. And did you know suzy is being recruited by so cool U? and i don't know why everyone isn't always passing to suzy, they're such ball hogs. Oh wait, suzy has the ball!! Go to goal suzy, go to goal!!! Now maybe you understand this jacket thing? but enough about jackets.

Can we get one competitive college bowl game please!!!

NO different at Middle school tryouts. Kids having been playing in town for 5 or so years and have a ton of jerseys, tee shirts and swag. But what do they show up to tryouts wearing nothing but club (because if you write the $2500 check you have to be good right)? Dressed head to toe even with the sticker on their water bottle. I can't wait!

NO different at Middle school tryouts. Kids having been playing in town for 5 or so years and have a ton of jerseys, tee shirts and swag. But what do they show up to tryouts wearing nothing but club (because if you write the $2500 check you have to be good right)? Dressed head to toe even with the sticker on their water bottle. I can't wait!

In my kids town they are not permitted to wear any outside club or travel team gear at tryouts. blank town t shirt with name on duct tape on back.

As if the kids are anonymous, your town is so fair to all of the kids.

As if the kids are anonymous, your town is so fair to all of the kids.

So typical of a response. We have raised a generation of everyone gets a trophy and everyone makes a team. We have also taught our kids that when things don't go their way mommy and daddy will fix it by calling the school , the coach or moving them to a different travel team without a tryout. Life isn't fair people and I think the sooner kids figure it out the better they become as adults. If my kid wants to display he club jersey or backpack be use she thinks it gives her an edge or puts a swagger in her step I say more power to her.

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That just shows how ignorant you are , all three state championship teams have starters that were in 8th grade or were starters for their team as 8th graders . If those are weak programs then exactly who are the strong programs .

Jealousy and bitterness is what is ruining the sport.

Do you people ever listen to what you say?

Worrying about what other people wear, really? Worry about yourself and your own kid. At the end of the day there will be an insignificant amount of 8th graders committing (Less than 5). Probably less than 50 9th graders will verbally commit.

If you really want to know where your kid stand look at the following:

When did she actually start getting recruited?
When was an offer made?
What schools recruited her?

Not all recruits are equal. Even at the top programs, the #1 and #2 recruits are much different from #9 and #10 in the same recruiting class.
All of D1 is not created equal. Kids that are recruited by the top 5 – 10 programs are usually much stronger than the rest of the players.

The problem is that many parents refuse to honestly evaluate their children. Many become bitter and jealous and spew venom and hate at players who excel and are recruited over their child. They do it on this site, they do it on the sideline and they do it around town. When another child is having more success than their child they look to tear that child down anyway they can. It’s ugly.

If the kid scores a lot of goals the jealous parents will call the player a "Ball Hog".

If the player is recruited and commits early the jealous bitter parents will go on and on about how it is a bad decision.

If the kid makes an "All Star / Elite / Top Club" team the bitter parents will say it is only due to politics.

If the kid commits to a Top 5 or 10 college program the jealous parent will say the player will never get on the field and they will not pursue a “real major or field of study”.

If the kid commits to Harvard the bitter jealous parent will say my son/daughter doesn't want to go to an Ivy League School.

If the kid commits to a Big D-I School the jealous parents will say we are focusing on academics and looking at D-III schools.

If it is said that the player was offered a significant athletic scholarship all of the know it all parents will say it is not true.

If a kid is being actively recruited by a number of top programs the bitter jealous parents will say we are looking at ABC and XYZ and we visited XXX even though their kid is not being recruited by those schools. (visiting a school or calling the coach and asking to visit is not being recruited. Going to a prospect day is not being recruited.)

It's never ending, on our sideline this past spring we had parents counting out loud the number of turnovers a player had. We have parents chirping loudly "Pass The Ball" however I never heard those words when the Jealous bitter parents child had the ball. If it were not so sad it would be funny.

Couple all of the hate and venom spewed with all of the [lacrosse] Kissing many of these parents do and you have a cesspool of a sideline. Does not matter if it is school or club, the [lacrosse] kissers are there. They will kiss the [lacrosse] of the coach, Club Director, AD, Assistant Coach, Spouse of the coach, Sibling of the coach, friend of the coach, anyone who they think can help. Have you ever noticed how certain parents always have a reason to talk to or email the coach? Even the ones who are bitter on the sideline, they make sure they put on the happy face just before their nose hits the coaches [lacrosse]. Love it when I see a kid who does not get the hype from the club or school get recruited (by top college programs) over the favored ones. The worst are the (politically correct happy face parents) these are the smart ones who never say anything negative in public. They do all of their [lacrosse] kissing and emailing in private but make no mistake, they are there and they are attempting to manipulate the coach. All the [lacrosse] kissing from parents and the misguided efforts of a bad coach will not stop the college coaches from identifying the top athletes.

It's a mess. Hope your club and or town is different".

Unfortunately it is mostly the same everywhere. Message to parents: shut up and focus on your own kid, be happy for others.

Wish more people would just step up and put a few loud mouth parents in their place every now and then instead of just going back and forth trying to prove them wrong. You can't argue with stupid people.

Anyone listen to the tom coughlin today? "Its about the higher ground its not about individuals, its about a greater purpose it is a team concept. do it for each other, individuals need to sacrifice, be unselfish, always put the team first". It was a great listen you should google it up.

Now re-read this thread with everyone just worried about their own kid and their recruitment. Polar opposites

He also got fired!

How are the LI 2020's looking this year?

How are the LI 2020's looking this year?

How does this very strong group do against the top Md teams?

Honestly there is YJ then everyone else at this age group on LI. I think legacy has surpassed TG at this point in this age but YJ has essentially all the top players in the age group from LI .That said there is only 1 ball and a lot of egos and that YJ team will be brutal when you have some big name college coaches on the sideline.Have seen a few already posting nonsense about being invited to so and so camp as if that means they are recruiting their kid. Know many of the parents well and they are realistic about their kid but a few are over the top. Take their middies (both lines) and put on any other team ( yes even lower level teams) and that team becomes top LI team and YJ becomes mediocre.I guess that can be said of many teams but especially true of this team.

TG Black 2020s lost to Integrity 2020 at two summer tournaments (the Grind and LI 3 Classic) and a fall tournament. Not sure how YJ or Leg did against MD teams?

TG Black 2020s lost to Integrity 2020 at two summer tournaments (the Grind and LI 3 Classic) and a fall tournament. Not sure how YJ or Leg did against MD teams?

Teams losing to Integrity 2020 happens a lot. They are VERY good.

It never happened unitl this past summer, TG owned them until SS took over they team - the team that lost 1 game the previous two years (to M&D), but needed to be fixed because the previous coach didn't know what he was doing

YJ is definetly tops, and they have the most quality players at this age. Playing your the top girls and shortening the bench Leg. is in the game, but the talent of YJ would over power them eventually.

Leg. has probably surpassed TG in all ages by this point.

Who said that??? Certainly not the players who played for him!