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BM will be the 3rd coach there if he lasts and he only brought 2-3 kids, one of which is his kid........

After he gets fired from Tornados he'll be taking the Igloo coach's spot.

I don't know who this BM is but he must be really popular. It seems like he's the most talked about person in youth lax on LI. Is he that crazy or wronged so many people? I am officially curious

That depends on the coach. Once you go to a B team coaching usually drops off. Also a lot of kids run from B teams so you end up with kids that still can't catch and throw good! That could frustrate your kid. See what the talent level is before you jump because your kid will get better by playing with the better kids in practice. 5 tournaments compared to 40 practices.

That's true, and clubs don't matter once you hit high school. Your high school coach will be your sons advocate for the school he wants to go to.

So wrong....good luck if that is your approach

So wrong....good luck if that is your approach

Really..... Tell me how all of the top kids around the country (not LI or MD) get recruited.

High school coaches come and go -- one BOE meeting and they can be out. Also how many high schools have dedicated resources and funds for college recruiting - from showcases to highlight reels to simply keeping stats. Maybe a few select privates. The directors of the top Clubs have far deeper relationships with College coaches. They have been feeding colleges top talent in the regions for years.

There are no major top clubs in Ohio, California, Texas, etc. Kids are coming from all over the country in areas that lacrosse doesn't even reach the map. How are all of those players recruited without being on a top club, or any club?

Read Myles jones article on the players tribune site. He explains how he got recruited to duke. Not one word of club teams or the outlaws he played for. He credited trying out for the Empire State games, which was a function of high school. He also threw a mention to his PAL club for getting him interested in lacrosse.

BM will be the 3rd coach there if he lasts and he only brought 2-3 kids, one of which is his kid........

Rob Pannell never played club lax. He only played at Smithtown West.5 foot 8, and 170 lbs. Very smart kid got him into Cornell, the list goes on.

7/8 new kids. Some came from Badgers and others came because they knew he was coaching. 1st practice was pretty good from where I was standing. Extremely up tempo. Teams looks pretty good and there were 5 missing due to football. Time will tell.

outside of JS, BM is the best youth coach on Long Island.

outside of JS, BM is the best youth coach on Long Island.

Can he get my kid recruited?

Rob Pannell never played club lax. He only played at Smithtown West.5 foot 8, and 170 lbs. Very smart kid got him into Cornell, the list goes on.

Can he get my kid recruited?

That's laughable. He was terrible, demoralizing and could not relate to young children. Yelling doesn't always work. Sometimes a coach needs to teach.

Can he get my kid recruited?

Rob Pannell never played club lax. He only played at Smithtown West.5 foot 8, and 170 lbs. Very smart kid got him into Cornell, the list goes on.

Zummo can

Terrible??? He developed one of the best teams in the grade. Stop being angry. He's a good coach. he's loud and does a great job instructing the kids. and btw get use to it, college coaches are going to baby your kid. Petro, Tierney, Corrigan all yell.

He was a holdback too.


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Even though Pannell is not old, the landscape of club lacrosse and recruitment has changed dramatically in the last 6 years. There are now more clubs, more tournaments, more showcases. AD's and college coaches are not going to HS games to watch one player when they can go to a showcase and see 100. That's not my opinion, it's the way it works now. Football being the obvious exception.

He didn't develop that team. He was handed the players, had two good seasons and then got shown the door because he was ruining the team. Call a spade a spade. 4 years ago all the Suffolk kids that could catch went to the Bandits and all the kids that could catch in Nassau went to Badgers. He had nothing to do with it. Anyone can coach the best kids

He didn't develop that team. He was handed the players, had two good seasons and then got shown the door because he was ruining the team. Call a spade a spade. 4 years ago all the Suffolk kids that could catch went to the Bandits and all the kids that could catch in Nassau went to Badgers. He had nothing to do with it. Anyone can coach the best kids.

BM took group of second grade boys and developed them into great team, the same way that JS did with the Bandits. Both are top notch coaches. Let's see where the Tornados are at the end of the year. My guess is that they are top 5.

I hate when this one Dad keeps bashing the guy. Do not speak for the entire team because you're Not even close to being true. He recruited our 5 best players from the South Shore who were not coming if not for his contacting those parents. The big attackman was a family friend and wanted to play for him for years, he put our best middy on the team without a trying out because the kid has a broken collarbone ar that time,he found and developed our best goalie at the hub and convinced the Dad to bring him to pracfice.

His departure had to do with differences with AJ and the Express directors who should leave our team alone.

He developed our team. That's the spade you shoukd be calling.

Maybe if he was head coach. But he's 2nd assistant. He just needed to get his kid on a team and only wanted to coach him himself.