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Can someone explain to me how 91 made it to the playoffs. it looks like the Clippers had more goals for and less goals Against than 91. I am confused

Can someone explain to me how 91 made it to the playoffs. it looks like the Clippers had more goals for and less goals Against than 91. I am confused

Clippers you're right were you belong. Once a Hawk always a Hawk!

Hawks are terrible - 1 goal scorer does not make a team

Wherever it is, good luck to the parents that have to put up with that kid’s dad

Just discovered this site/blog. Parent observation. Annapolis based. Kid is good, but not great.

1. Every lax game we've attended in 4 years (from lowest level to Elite) has the contingent of loud parents yelling at (i) the refs and (ii) their kids. Every game. Every level.

2. These parents don't realize how embarrassing it is. For some, it seems involuntary.

3. These parents don't realize that it harms the kid emotionally, either eventually or immediately.

4. Never seen a sport with the refs abused more than lax. Never seen a sport where the refs actually respond to the yelling in the stands.

5. If a kid is successful in high school and/or college, it is because he or she is talented (mostly born with it) and has worked hard and is coached well. It is not because of all of the parent stuff (and almost certainly in spite of it).

6. Most of these coaches are volunteering their (and their family's) time coaching these kids. Thank them regularly - or at least at the end of the season.


Finally, there is a contingent of parents in the stands that very much enjoy watching and listening to the vocal parents inserting themselves into the yourth sporting event. It is a little pathetic, but entertaining nonetheless.

HOT TAKE!

HOCO Championship

NL vs CRABS with NL suffering their 1st loss of the year!

Thanks anything on FCA?

You're not totally wrong, but you are a bit judgmental. I'll help you. #1 is correct. Good job. #2 varies from parent to parent. Some parents are self-aware but don't care. Others want to yell but don't have it in them. Some are absolutely nuts. Some are encouraging. Some are not, and so on and so forth. #3 is an assumption on both kids and parents. Know your kid, treat them accordingly. This isn't rec, a lot of these kids are wired a touch differently, and some of these kids already know what works or doesn't work for them. #4 prob true. #5 is true but misses the mark. There are plenty of talented kids who won't play in HS or college because their parents didn't do enough of the more positive aspects of "parent stuff". 6. Generally you're right, but there's a minimum standard of what's considered acceptable, and there have been times this season when the officiating has fallen short. Refs aren't the only ones making sacrifices. As parents, we make plenty of sacrifices with our time etc between practices, tournaments, etc...and these kids deserve a minimum level of competence in the refs. There have been times -- objectively speaking (since we were on the winning side of a bad call) -- where the outcomes were directly impacted by incompetence.

So you do you. Post on a forum frequently visited by intense lacrosse parents, hop on your soap box, criticize parents, and then announce how you enjoy laughing at others and calling them pathetic. Pretty ironic that you think you're any better.

Great response!
To the Annapolis Dad; spend less time being critical, more time helping your son improve. Maybe he’s good not great because your sanctimonious attitude validates not putting in the work. “Look at these fool people, just have fun bud”
Instead of laughing at other parents, try talking to them and laughing with.

Annapolis Dad, No response goes unnoticed when it hits home. This place teaches parents how to be elite lacrosse D1 parents.

Elite Final
FCA - 8
NL - 5

First loss of the year for those NL boys and you come on here to deride? At some point, a loss was coming, just didn’t see it against FCA, congrats to them

I would be curious how they assign different refs to games. I noticed some of the refs ,at least in the elite games, are the same guys I see at some MIAA games. Do the best refs get the elite games and so on? Of all the games I saw I can only remember walking away from one or two thinking the refs did well (I was pleasantly surprised after the Hawks v FCA game earlier this year as an example). Do they use HOCO as a training ground for high school refs? It feels like that should be what rec leagues are for.