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The one director SL is now the head coach. Added 6/7 new players. Should be improved. At least daddy ball is no more.

That's who I heard was going to coach. I don't know anything about player additions but he's a solid tough coach. That alone should improve them a little.

More than a little!

Correct me if I’m wrong. But aren’t the other 2 coaches dads? If so daddy ball is still alive and well.

I'm correcting you. Your wrong. SL doesn't take any BS and will play the best players and workers. And the two you mention are not some PAL dads as assistants. A college coach and the other is an NCAA champ.

So still dads. You say highly qualified. Many others say biased.......

Yeah, a college coach and an NCAA champ who ran that team into the ground over the years. Let’s call a spade a spade.

US Lacrosse Rankings
2022- 1st 91 Smash
2023- 1st 91 Bandits
2024- 1st 91 Wolfpack
2025- 4th 91 Shock
2026- 43rd 91 Storm
2027- 1st 91 Machine
Hmmmm. Shock just won World Series probably should be 1 ...Hard to make such a mess in 2026 ..Half of Express team played or Tried out for Storm 🧐 ..

We will see this fall. Shock was in the tank prior to the last year and they fixed it. 2026 made some much needed improvements this season starting with the head coach and adding/subtracting players. Should have addressed it earlier, but at least they did now. It is true that some top kids tried out for 91 and weren't taken and are on Express now. And the hometown kids they picked over them aren't even on the team anymore. Hence the coaching change.

Shock was never as low as Storm. They were always competitive.

Agreed. Orange storm was a pretty dominant team when younger. We obviously know why that’s not the case anymore. You have to accept what they are at this point. Good team that will lose to top teams. No one that sees significant playing time is going to leave a top team to go play for them.

What did you say? Or should I say what did you mean to say?

Please explain Daddy ball to me. If you have a child you can’t be a good coach? This makes no sense to me. Why do you hide behind this? Just say the guy stinks as a coach.

But do they have kids? That’s how you judge a good coach. One kid your an eight okay coach. Two kids forget about it you stink.

It’s pretty simple. If a dad coaches his sons team he will give his son more playing time regardless of their ability. On occasion their kid may deserve it. But more often than not they don’t As a result you have kids playing a lot but haven’t earned it. As a result you get pissed off parents who eventually leave. Some teams have 7 dad coaches. That’s 7 kids they will get the most playing time regardless of ability. They will also have their kids stay on the top team even if they don’t deserve it.