[quote=Anonymous]It is funny how so many people cry politics on these select tryout events, yet it is many of the same girls selected from two completely different events with zero common connection.
Many of the same "impartial" people are involved with selection for UA and School Girls. The same clubs are represented and very often take care of their own, whether picking their player or not picking someone perceived as their player's competition on the recruiting circuit.
Here are the School Girls coaches for 2018. All these people were evaluators...
LI Metro 1: Matthew Maloney (Mattituck) & Steve Levy (East Islip /LEGACY)
LI Metro 2: Mary Bergmann (Westhampton) & Thomas Carro (Suffolk CC/YJ)
LI Metro 3: John Geagan (Mercy) & David Kotowski (Holy Trinity/ELEVATE)
You really are a loser. "Their player's competition on the recruiting circuit " may be the funniest thing I have seen. Don't know all of the coaches but here are some factual examples of why what you are saying is nonsense. Maloney , well of the 5 players who went to the tryout from Mattituck it looks like 2 made a team, as Mattituck is a decent team not exactly taking care of his own. Steve Levy , well his own child was cut from any team and she is easily good enough to play so again taking care of his own seems like nonsense. Bergman , again had none of her players on the top team and had one who was on top team last year but team 3 this year , again does not seem like taking care of her own. Carro had 1 of his YJ players on top team which honestly seems low for 1 of the if not the top 2019 team on LI.
There are a lot more examples but convincing people that have kids that were cut that politics may come into play its not all politics is impossible.
I'm the original poster, and in spite of your name calling, not a loser.
If you don't want to hear what I have to say, how about D1 Head Coach Mindy McCord? Here are her timely tweets from yesterday:
(@JUwomenslax 7:16 p.m. 6/3/18)
"Some tryouts are decided based on what brand name school a kid has already committed to or who is their HS coach/runs the tryout. It's all brand name economics & does not address the real needs of a young player. It benefits the HS/Club coach's rep. Think deeper than a logo."
(@JUwomenslax 7:35 p.m. 6/3/18)
"You think that by making a team at a tryout that you will gain some recruiting advantage, but the 19/20 kids selected have already committed & selectors pick the ones that provide their all-star game the most notoriety at the moment. Doesn't benefit aspiring players at all."
My daughter will continue to play her heart out against any opponent, whether some "committee" filled with conflict$ of intere$t thinks she's worthy of their recognition or not. Don't bother calling my daughter a loser either, because she does not value an ignorant opinion. She knows her worth and things will turn out just fine for her.
There are some girls who are the obvious choices at a tryout - they just draw your eye and you know they are special. Then there are a lot of girls who are very similar in skill, speed, style. In my opinion, this is where the "politics" comes into play. We'll have to agree to disagree on that point, I suppose.
Good luck to all the girls in their recruiting process. May they find their "right fit" school with the proper sport/academic balance for them and may they all enjoy the great sport of lacrosse for as long as they possibly can.
