US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2023-5th Grade Fall 2015 Summer 2016

Slow down. They lost as many games to 2023 team in their existence as Igloo did on Saturday. They're a different team when the coach is there.

Ok, I will entertain this response. When you register for a tournament and are told there are 15-20 teams in your age group you expect there to be an A and AA divisions as there were in most age brackets in the MD tourney.
When the tournament puts out schedule the week before and tells you they are only going to have one division..... guess what, you just deal with it and go play. Simple as that.

As a side note there is some positive comments on this thread today which is nice to see for a change. You however seem to be a very angry, disgruntled individual who should really take a moment and think about the fact that you are trying to disparage a team of 11 year-old kids.

Congratulations to Igloo the new # 1 team in America with the Warriors a close#2. Best of luck the rest of the summer.

You can say that again! Different players as well!

[quote=Anonymous]Congratulations to Igloo the new # 1 team in America with the Warriors a close#2. Best of luck the rest of the summer.

That's hysterical........Warriors a close #2 . They haven't beat any good teams, they have a hard time playing empire.

haha...Warriors

Where do they post the national rankings of 5th graders?

Empire Green should have been in the A division and were placed in B by tourney directors. NUMEROUS calls were made about the error and were told there were too many teams in A division - which translates to "Empire could potentially beat the Warriors, so we will keep you out of that bracket so that the 91 teams can own it"
as for kids quitting, there was 1 kid who quit. You seem to have been misinformed.

That's hysterical........Warriors a close #2 . They haven't beat any good teams, they have a hard time playing empire

which is exactly why Empire Green was "mistakenly" placed in the B division. They would have given the Warriors a good run and we wouldn't want that to happen.

No Warrior parent thinks they are #2. That's just silly. Our kids and parents are happy playing competitive lacrosse. Kids are getting better and making some good friends.

That was not written by a Warrior parent.

Empire

Is that what they told you? Don't hide under excuses now. If you looked at Tourney Machine, there certainly seemed like there was an open spot. You might want to look that up and check. It's pretty obvious. Instead you guys would rather beat up on our team that was playing it's first summer season. Very classy.

The tournament, nyndeewon, and Empire are all owned by the same company. I don't get the conspiracy theories regarding bracket placement. Especially since there were enough A teams to permit Empire and Warriors to not play each other.

No conspiracies. Just excuses.

Hide under what? excuse? no need for either, I am stating facts.
Our boys get nothing out of "beating" up any team. They learn nothing and quite frankly it's not fun at all. It's not the way we play or what our coaches teach the boys. Like I said, we enter EVERY tourney as an A team, we have a B team and they enter B brackets. Where the tourney places us is out of our control. There was actually a team in the A bracket that dropped out and our directors called AGAIN to move us up to A and were told no. And yes that was per tourney machine, which I am quite familiar with, thanks thought.

agreed. Which is why we are still stumped that they wouldn't move us to the correct bracket - the bracket we requested when registering.

Obviously your coach/ organization has a different perception of your team. Kings of the B division.

All I know is that the Bandits finally lost to an age appropriate team in their grade level. It's about time and I'm sure every 5th grader who has lost to them by 20 goals is going to be VERY happy to hear the news.

Get over your self.... If its your first summer season, get used to it. You will see a lot of teams misplaced. Crying on here wont change nothing!

LOL ok.
Man I love the haters on this page. It's actually comical.

not crying at all. Responding to the genius who brought it up, blasting the team (11 year old boys mind you) as kids who like to play in a B division and beat up on other teams.

Empire didn't request it Let me guess they beat you and your pissed

They could probably care less. It seems as if you are very excited though !!! Strange.

Guess we know which team brought their 6th graders to play! Assume Igloo had their 2022s play most of the game. Certainly wasn't a lot of subbing on that bench. Typical Igloo, adding the older kids.

Didn't see anyone on Empire beat up on anyone in the 6 games they played. I get it that some teams got frustrated at the end of some games, but it happens. Welcome to travel Lax, its not PAL!

First off......Lets clarify and tell it like it is. Yes a parent pulled their kid off of the team...because of the parent, not the kid. The kid is a good player but the parent was never satisfied. This is the same parent who quit last year and was let back on the by the coach.
As far as playing in the B bracket...Don't bash the kids for playing where they are told. We are a second year organization with talented kids that are a work in progress.....Yes being in A bracket would have been more competitive. Attempts were made without success. Move on!

Parents on empire weren't happy they were put in the B bracket. It was a waste of time for kids. Empire is a B team but not with those teams they played. It will come full circle cause when they play good teams they can't beat them. It's obvious the coaches were running up the scores. Not unexpected with those two guys though. That team will be split up after the season. Too many unhappy parents.Hopefully they play in A so we can see the outcomes. Only thing going for them is their D. Too many ball hogs at attack and zero team players!Some kids quit and more will follow. Parents unhappy with the coaching I've been told.

I heard Igloo parents were pissed. Some of their precious recruits never saw the field. If you want to win, you need to play the best kids...Hands Down!!!Be a good teammate, stop complaining and continue to work hard in practice and earn your time.

The Igloo organization, players, parents, and coaches have nothing but respect for the 91 organization and the Bandits. This is just one game in a very long development process for the boys.

This coming from the parent who left!.....Coaches didn't run up the score...they made the kids work the ball around multiple times before they were allowed to go to the net. There is a very good group of core kids on the team. It would be more embarrassing to play keep away.....

My kid was at this tourney in a B bracket other than the one that contained Empire Green. Based on the scores in the playoffs, Empire Green would have smoked the entire B division. It wasn't a function of the particular teams they faced. Forget labels. They are a cut above that group, which contained 17 teams from multiple states. They are not a B team as that term is used on LI. They should have been in the A bracket. My son also played them last year, and its funny this poster said they have too many ball hogs and don't play as a team, because that was my impression of them last year as well, even though they killed my son's team and had better players. It took them a while to get going because of the ball hogging, and they only won easily because our team wore down defending the ball hogging and then lost a bit of faith once the score got out of hand.

was that the Manhasset recruits?

Just clarify. The Express were challenged in MD, they barely pulled out the win versus S2S. They won, but they were outplayed for the vast majority of the game. They also barely survived the semi final match.

Ouch!!!!! It's obvious the Badgers took a huge step back. Say what you want but they are missing the intensity of the previous coach.

You realize you people are all nuts. This is 5th grade lacrosse. None of you have one anything. None of you are the best. Let the kids play and enjoy themselves l. If your kid is unhappy with his team them change.

Bandits are a different team when JS is there and the Badgers are a different team when BM was there. Says alot for the type/styleof coaching they have. Bottom line; They know how to win.

Must have been the South Shore parents

Did empire coaches know what division they were entering ?

Anyone playing this weekend?