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thought this was interesting. Had to fill-in online waiver for young guns and had to acknowledge below -

As parent/guardian, of this player, I am attesting that my son is registered in the correct division for this tournament. Realizing players may play up, but never down, I understand that my team will forfeit all games and be barred from championship round should there be an eligibility violation. The Tournament Director has not, and will not, make exceptions for players or programs attending Crab Feast and Young Guns.

2020 - If your son was in the 9th grade this spring 2016 and is repeating/reclassifying for 9th grade fall 2016, he is NOT eligible to play 2020 division.

thought this was interesting. Had to fill-in online waiver for young guns and had to acknowledge below -

As parent/guardian, of this player, I am attesting that my son is registered in the correct division for this tournament. Realizing players may play up, but never down, I understand that my team will forfeit all games and be barred from championship round should there be an eligibility violation. The Tournament Director has not, and will not, make exceptions for players or programs attending Crab Feast and Young Guns.

2020 - If your son was in the 9th grade this spring 2016 and is repeating/reclassifying for 9th grade fall 2016, he is NOT eligible to play 2020 division.

Notice Crab daddy did not say anything about 8th graders this spring repeating 8th in the fall 2016 would not be eligible for 2020. If he did, half of his team would be ineligible.

Rumor has it the crabs double holdback midfielder unc commit is moving from crabs to FCA

Notice Crab daddy did not say anything about 8th graders this spring repeating 8th in the fall 2016 would not be eligible for 2020. If he did, half of his team would be ineligible.

The grade to holdback is 8th grade. At several schools including Maryland publics and in private leagues like MIAA a kid can only participate in high school sports 4 years. That's why the bursar's office at MIAA and IAC schools are so happy to see full paying lacrosee families walk through their doors.

Writing a rule to say kids aren't eligible for a 2020 team if they were in 9th grade last year is moot. It's the ultimate Trojan Horse that Baltimore parents use as a crutch around it. Just because kids are sneaking in the back door doesn't mean people don't notice. How about an AGE cutoff? If a kid is a year old for his grade he has to play up. Where are all the tough guys when that is suggested? Hiding in their team tents at Boys' Latin it seems. Phony tough.

No surprise since he is going to Calvert Hall this fall and the lax coach at CH is also the 2020 coach of FCA. I'm sure this was strongly suggested by the FCA/CH coach. I'm sure Crab daddy isn't happy.

No surprise since he is going to Calvert Hall this fall and the lax coach at CH is also the 2020 coach of FCA. I'm sure this was strongly suggested by the FCA/CH coach. I'm sure Crab daddy isn't happy.

Benched against Loonies because kid quits mentally when down. Let's see how he adjusts to being on a losing football team at CH that gets owned by nearly every MIAA A team and a consistently underperforming CH lacrosse team that fails every year to live up to their hype. Hold backs won't be there to help any more. Will he quit there too. All this early committing hype is a joke. Colleges put a ton of verbal offers out there. Only offer that matters is the one on Feb 3rd during your senior year on signing day. Kids offers get pulled all the time for many reasons. 8th graders are just 8th graders and no one cares about any of this. HS performance in the classroom and on the fields is what matters.

He will have a difficult time. Looney's players, who are smaller than this kid, shut him down in two games, the HOCO championship and CrabFeast. What does this show, that he is just at best an average lax player. He is bigger and stronger than most of his opponents but that is really all he has going for him, his size.
When he gets to HS and starts to play against really smart players with a high lax IQ he may be lost.

His father is a loudmouth - the big guy - run through that - turn and rip. All the critiques are valid - big - mediocre player that has trouble beating younger kids. Yawn.

Don't know the kid or father. I do know that you are anonymously posting negative stuff about a kid. You are chicken sh$t

Developing a players lacrosse IQ. The more they raise this, the better player they become. What to do with the ball and off ball, where to be on the field etc. You are probably right, Crabs doesn't really develop players, they try and load their teams with holdbacks that are older and bigger. Well, that plan didn't work this year for them but Ryan will still follow his business model even though it is flawed.
I didn't post what you are referring to but again, no one is saying anything negative, just stating what they see, how he plays/performs. I do not see anything wrong with that, no one is name calling/belittling him or being an [lacrosse] about it. But I do know one thing that is true, his father is a real piece of work, yep, a load mouth and post really stupid crap on Facebook. Crabs will no longer have to deal with him, FCA will. Even though he has committed to UNC there is no guarantee that he will get any solid worthwhile offer come signing time. UNC coach has time to revisit his decision and who knows what can happen. If I were the UNC coach I would have backed away, just because of his father. Lot of coaches don't want to put up with parents like that.