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My guess is that every player wants to go to Coppermine. It only makes sense right?

My guess is that every player wants to go to Coppermine. It only makes sense right?

I have no idea if anyone will go to SW or not although they've had plenty of people come practice with them the past two weeks. So if that is any indicator they'll pick up some girls. I'd be surprised if Coppermine picked up new girls. One - their tryouts are the same days as M&D and SW ( i guess they'll commute back and forth to DE for these youth nationals and norris field on tryout days🤔) but two they rely heavily on two maybe three players and the others can seem like place holders. That will begin to not work as the teams get older. i'm not saying they won't still win games but they'll have more losses and closer games going forward. It's already happened this summer. Third - a panic sets in when recruiting comes. i'm not saying it's right or that it's necessary. It just happens and families won't want to risk being at a club that doesn't have a strong recruiting history. again - i don't know whether or not girls from other clubs would be recruited as highly but people don't want to risk it. Heros lacks competition for girls in their geographic area. I think they'll get some good players at tryouts but after 8th grade they stop holding open tryouts

Maybe to fill the holes from girls leaving for Heros, SW and M&D. Parents would be fool to risk keeping their girls at CM with no recruiting history.

You people here know absolutely nothing! Coaches will find good players no matter where they play. There is no risk staying. Just because you are at SW or Heros doesn’t mean they will recruit those teams more. All have B level players on their team that don’t go to top schools. The recruiting game is changing and players from different teams and different areas are being recruited. 26-30 SW will not measure up to past SW teams just because of the name on front.

You people here know absolutely nothing! Coaches will find good players no matter where they play. There is no risk staying. Just because you are at SW or Heros doesn’t mean they will recruit those teams more. All have B level players on their team that don’t go to top schools. The recruiting game is changing and players from different teams and different areas are being recruited. 26-30 SW will not measure up to past SW teams just because of the name on front.

On a forum that is full of dense comments, this one wins.

Skywalkers is more than fine, peaking in middle school isn’t their objective and their 26-28 teams are all going in the right direction quickly. The 26 and 28 teams are in top 20 and 27s are sub 30 with a TON of talent banging on the doors for tryouts.

Tell 26-28 to step up and make sure they play in the top brackets. Not like 27 did at summer genesis origins.

27s took the number one team in country to the wire ina 3-2 game.

Anyway this is the 28 board and don’t understand your issue w Skywalkers

On a forum that is full of dense comments, this one wins.

Skywalkers is more than fine, peaking in middle school isn’t their objective and their 26-28 teams are all going in the right direction quickly. The 26 and 28 teams are in top 20 and 27s are sub 30 with a TON of talent banging on the doors for tryouts.

27s took the number one team in country to the wire ina 3-2 game.

Anyway this is the 28 board and don’t understand your issue w Skywalkers

[quote=Anonymous]Tell 26-28 to step up and make sure they play in the top brackets. Not like 27 did at summer genesis origins.

27s took the number one team in country to the wire ina 3-2 game.

Play a full game! It’s not the same.

Those Coppermine parents are more interested in winning t-shirts for their kids than joining SW and going to a better college! You can’t fix notIntelligent.

The most amazing thing about Coppermine is the girls on the team are all really nice kids and hang out w girls from other clubs…Despite having awful parents who peaked in 8th grade

Whooaaaa Nelly! Watch out...less than a week until chaos!

Predictions on the number of new players each of the top teams will pick up or lose?

Will be a big change for some. Clubs that think they will be on top will find out soon enough.

My prediction: very little change among the top teams. The top players on Coppermine, MDU, and Crush will not leave for M&D or Hero's, nor, despite the optimism, SW. Same good teams competing next year. Teams not named Coppermine need to figure out a way to stop them. The top players on the Maryland top 5 will have successful recruiting processes even without one of the top historical names on the front of their jersey.

My prediction: very little change among the top teams. The top players on Coppermine, MDU, and Crush will not leave for M&D or Hero's, nor, despite the optimism, SW. Same good teams competing next year. Teams not named Coppermine need to figure out a way to stop them. The top players on the Maryland top 5 will have successful recruiting processes even without one of the top historical names on the front of their jersey.

The attendance at practices and private workouts says otherwise.

Recruiting doesn’t really start until fall of your sophomore year, coaches live in the now and aren’t even thinking about 27 and younger.

No need to move now but next year maybe.

I’d be most concerned if I was in crush, that is where I can see some girls bailing.

Wrong. The longer the club coaches and recruiting director know about a player firsthand, the better. Using M&D as an example, you know Scott R. is saying to schools, “player x has been with M&D for 4 years, so blah blah blah.”

So you have insight into who is attending multiple teams practices and "private workouts"? Unless you are a coach at one of the teams, this sounds made up. And even then you wouldn't have insight into what's happening at the other teams. Don't say "people talk". The smart ones don't about decisions like these.

The moment a player shows up at practice, the text messages begin. It is no secret who is showing up where they don't belong until tryouts. And we all wonder why club lacrosse has such a bad rap these days. Nothing is done fairly anymore. Private tryouts are held, multiple "invites" to practices are given, so many back door door deals are made, teams are already decided prior to tryouts year after year, but continue to hold them for the extra money, and kids continue to be blindsided and lied to. This is club lacrosse. And it's only going to continue to get worse because the behaviors will never change. It's sad really. There was a time when the youth level was respectable.

Lies…coaches are NOT looking at 28s for a few years

Well said, you just described some of the top clubs including the top and how they do things.

So what is the guess based off of knowledge of players at other teams. Who will come out the best?

Bam! NEMS is back…and better than ever! Coppermine isn’t the only team that wins championships! NEMS just won the Grind Championship and now have shifted their focus on winning the Mid-Atlantic! One tourney championship at a time!

I think there is really only one player that people are focused on where she goes. The quiet about it is interesting, as I am sure she already has an offer or 2 or 3 even though tryouts are 24 hours away.

It’s ALL being driven by the parents not the clubs

Kids aren’t writing emails and making calls…it’s the parents