How did this sport get to a point where the ranking of a team is how many kids committed to colleges versus performance on the field. 3d has a high school team with 8 D1 commits. Three VMI, a Mercer a Marist and can't remember the others. My son's rec team could beat them. PVI has over 10 commits. How many of those kids can really play at a high level. One? Two? Remember, the Ryans are gone now so can't keep riding those two players for a reputation.
Lacrosse people look seriously stupid to impute quality by college commit lists. It has almost gotten to a point where a kid should legally change his name to John Doe (UNC) or Joe Smith (JHU). Jesus, as someone who did college sports and actually accomplished something in a sport at an ACC school, this is all a little silly and kind of offensive to me. You're a Cavalier when you've worn the V in a match. You're nobody for just showing up and attending.
Well when you are talking about a club team not a high school team it is all about the verbals and the college looks. High school team is about winning a ring and what your team ranking is. Club is about getting better and being seen. The high school team you should play out of position to help the team win. In club play where and what is best for you. If your club team runs 100s of plays and you score through scheme not skill it does not help the kids on that team to be scouted. Sorry to the old school guys but its true. If a high school basketball team runs the Princeton Offense perfectly its going to be really hard for those kids to scouted for there skill. So club is the same way the system needs to be set up to showcase the kids raw skill. Team play is important but the scouts want and need to see if you can take your guy one on one.
