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Lets be even more accurate. They had 26 kids on the team last year. Th new roster is 22. So, of the 26, they moved 11 down wheich means they kept 15 of the top kids and added 7 new kids and based on the amazing talent at tryouts, adding 7 kids to the top 15 will make them even better. That is accurate.

Lets be even more accurate. They had 26 kids on the team last year. Th new roster is 22. So, of the 26, they moved 11 down wheich means they kept 15 of the top kids and added 7 new kids and based on the amazing talent at tryouts, adding 7 kids to the top 15 will make them even better. That is accurate.

I don't know why elevate parent would be debating with a tg parent. There is absolutely NO comparison in the operation of tg and elevate. Elevate is by far a much more superior organization. Dont banter with these miserable people.

Sounds great for Elevate, then why duck the competiton this fall? 2021 attending two local tourneys with no competition and avoiding the big programs by not attending Prime Time Youmg Guns, Lax For The Cure or T3. You you want to pound your chest about being one of the best teams in this age group, then show-up and play against the best. Are we going to hear the excuses again this year that the team does not practice much before the summer tourneys and we have to wait for them to gel and get results? You cannot have it both ways!!!

Sounds great for Elevate, then why duck the competiton this fall? 2021 attending two local tourneys with no competition and avoiding the big programs by not attending Prime Time Youmg Guns, Lax For The Cure or T3. You you want to pound your chest about being one of the best teams in this age group, then show-up and play against the best. Are we going to hear the excuses again this year that the team does not practice much before the summer tourneys and we have to wait for them to gel and get results? You cannot have it both ways!!!

there's lots of miserable people to go around at both organizations and others too. They are certainly not limited to any one club.

Summer is the big season, have your young kids play soccer, field hockey and basketball in the fall/winter. They'll benefit more. Fall club is important for Freshmen, Sophomores and unrecruited Juniors. They should be going to as many premier recruiting avents as possible. Running the babies up and down the east coast is as big a waste of team parent's money as running off to the U15 championship. Club is for getting recruited, why do you insist on committing money to events that do not further that objective? For bragging rights? Seriously?? Hiring a personal trainer if you can't help yourself would give you more bang for your buck at this age...though that's a waste too.

I don't think 6th grade teams need to be traveling in the fall when the real season starts in the summer. I think it's a lot to ask of people from time and from an expense perspective. Does TG need to go to NJ, MD, etc in the fall when those kids can stay on LI and lose to local teams? If they were really good it may make sense but the are no better than most of the local talent. Why put that on parents and kids at 11 or 12 years old. No need. Save your money - lose locally.

Agree - well said.

Agree - well said.

Summer is the big season, have your young kids play soccer, field hockey and basketball in the fall/winter. They'll benefit more. Fall club is important for Freshmen, Sophomores and unrecruited Juniors. They should be going to as many premier recruiting avents as possible. Running the babies up and down the east coast is as big a waste of team parent's money as running off to the U15 championship. Club is for getting recruited, why do you insist on committing money to events that do not further that objective? For bragging rights? Seriously?? Hiring a personal trainer if you can't help yourself would BOTC, Back of THE CAGE youth lacrosse. You are not logged in.
give you more bang for your buck at this age...though that's a waste too.

Nowhere - they are still there - have the roster - just an angry TG parent trying to cause trouble since they lost to elevate last year - all top kids from
2021 elevate are there - TG people are desperate and taking to starting rumors - we have our rosters so we know who is there.

Sounds great for Elevate, then why duck the competiton this fall? 2021 attending two local tourneys with no competition and avoiding the big programs by not attending Prime Time Youmg Guns, Lax For The Cure or T3. You you want to pound your chest about being one of the best teams in this age group, then show-up and play against the best. Are we going to hear the excuses again this year that the team does not practice much before the summer tourneys and we have to wait for them to gel and get results? You cannot have it both ways!!!

Then why bother having your 12 and under kid play lacrosse in the summer at all or travel off Long Island to play lax ever if all you do is based on recruiting and you feel their lacrosse skill would develope better playing soccer etc..

Does anyone know if Purple 2018 is scheduled for any Fall recruiting showcases? Black 2018 is scheduled for one in Maryland in November.

I think Medusa Elite was from Garden City. As for the Hofstra 7on 7, most teams entered are coached by parents. The only teams with real coaches were from HS varsity teams or teams from out of the area. With many teams having 22-26 kids per team, all kids on one team can not be asked. So parents make up their own teams, whether it's all from one travel team or a mix of girls from a few teams. There was a few combo teams, along with girls who signed up as singles. ANY parent can make their own team. Parents that didn't and then bitched about why their kid wasn't asked to play with teammates. Maybe their is a reason for that. Parents that actually make the effort to go in these tournaments don't want to deal with cry babies and ball hogs.

Sounds like the bulk of them are at TG though. No rosters, daddy fall teams, excluding other kids, back stabbing - sounds like it is money well spent.

Because, like any sport, if they expect to eventually compete at an elite level, they have to be exposed to it. Playing in house leagues doesn't get it done. When did I say their lacrosse skills would develop better playing soccer, poor SAT scores on Reading Comprehension? Other sports keep the kids active and do teach kids a lot they can use during the Lax season, ever played hoops? Plus it gives the kids a needed break from lacrosse.

Agree and TG chooses the dadThe Hofstra 7v7 is not a tournament. It's a money grab for the school. Very, very few high school girls attend. The little ones enjoyed it, the older girls not so much. Do not confuse this with a recruting event, they are complete different animals.

Like stated above yes keeps the girls with their hands on their stick but if your an athlete you will be involved in a fall sport. Plenty of them. Also is girls are older they have fall tournaments too. For the older girls it's a complete waste of time and money. When SS was hired it was probably part of her contract with them. It just funds the school and gives SS recognition she doesn't deserve. Plenty if fall tournaments out there even for the younger girls where money is donated to a good cause like breast cancer not SS. My thoughts are that Hofstra will have enough of her shananigans and not renew her contract before our daughters go to college. She's an afterthought for me. Yg and other competitive teams are not going to want to go to Hofstra anyway as long as she is associated.

Obviously you have issues with SS. These tournaments are for raising money for the women's lacrosse program at Hofstra. Every college does it. They also do clinics to raise money for their programs. It allows Hofstra to give out money to players that they wouldn't normally have. Unlike other schools, Hofstra doesn't have another big D1 team at the school to bring a cash flow in. She is doing nothing different than any other D1 women's college coach. Northwestern, UNC, Maryland and many others have clinics right here on LI to raise money for their programs while watching future talent.

Obviously you have issues with SS. These tournaments are for raising money for the women's lacrosse program at Hofstra. Every college does it. They also do clinics to raise money for their programs. It allows Hofstra to give out money to players that they wouldn't normally have. Unlike other schools, Hofstra doesn't have another big D1 team at the school to bring a cash flow in. She is doing nothing different than any other D1 women's college coach. Northwestern, UNC, Maryland and many others have clinics right here on LI to raise money for their programs while watching future talent.

HA-HA-HA how funny that a few weeks ago they were killing the 2020 dad who left to go to YJ. Talking about him like a dog on and off BOTC and yet today I saw a bunch of TG kids played with him at Lax for Hope. COMICAL totally COMICAL. Now hopefully they will shut the [lacrosse] up about who left and where they went.

HA-HA-HA how funny that a few weeks ago they were killing the 2020 dad who left to go to YJ. Talking about him like a dog on and off BOTC and yet today I saw a bunch of TG kids played with him at Lax for Hope. COMICAL totally COMICAL. Now hopefully they will shut the [lacrosse] up about who left and where they went.

Was there a large turnover for TG 2018 teams? Are new players on the black team from other clubs or did are they players that have moved up from purple and white? What is the maximum roster size at top guns?

HA-HA-HA how funny that a few weeks ago they were killing the 2020 dad who left to go to YJ. Talking about him like a dog on and off BOTC and yet today I saw a bunch of TG kids played with him at Lax for Hope. COMICAL totally COMICAL. Now hopefully they will shut the [lacrosse] up about who left and where they went.

I have no idea who this guy is, but one thing about an anonymous forum is that one or two people can post as frequently as they want and make it look like an number of people don't like someone or make it look like someone was an outcast, when in reality they had a few people unhappy with them.