Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Telling the guy to ignore CH, BL, McD stm because his son won’t play is the biggest participation trophy lost mindset I’ve ever heard.

Those schools are always top ten in the country - and manage rosters accordingly.

Sheesh. Hit the wall.

Ignore these schools unless they pursue you. They recruit who they really want. Don't reach out to them. Otherwise, you'll be practice fodder.

Could not have been said better. If this were to be put into practice the rosters @ McD, CHC, LB, BL, StP, StM would be significantly smaller. There are legacy considerations. There may be some academic considerations, such as more money from one school or course study. Beyond that go talk to the remaining A conference and even the stronger B conference coaches. They would love to talk to you based on this logic. They scratch their heads at all the cleans uniforms that stand on the sidelines at those schools. There are high quality players at the above mentioned schools on the depth chart from 18-30ish that could make a serious impact at other schools. Those schools only play 16-19 players or so on any given competitive game in the MIAA. Those coaches know that they are keeping many of the remaining players from being great and playing at other schools. Rosters at the schools mentioned range from 35-55. Most being over 40 and some over 50. That is 50-65% of the roster that never plays. This is high school ball for crying out loud, it more fun to play than watch if you are in that top 30 on the depth chart. There is greener grass out there-go find it.

Here's the difficulty folks, in 8th grade, very few folks know for certain whether their son will be good enough to be part of the 16-19 players you reference. Yet, when you sign that enrollment contract at an MIAA school you can't transfer without sitting out an entire year of lacrosse. There is no transfer portal in the MIAA. In 8th grade, every kid (and many parents) believes they will make that 16-19 count for the program they love. Your choices are pick a mid tier or even lower tier program to improve your odds of playing or to reach for the stars and try and make it. There is a third response which has worked in the past (see the Fab Five in college) albeit requires some leadership and organizational skills. Get a bunch of good players on your rec and travel teams who like each other to approach a mid level program and enroll as a package. Four or five quality players in one class can change a program from an also ran into a Final Four one.

I like your approach. Now we are coming up with great ideas. Unfortunately, those 8th graders and parents are sold a bill of goods. They should interview sophomores & juniors so they are not receiving fake news from coaching staff & admin. This approach keeps players together, allows them to continue to develop together and most important to play more. The bi-product will be a more competitive league, closer games and more turnover in the top 6 playoffs teams every year. If you are on JV as a freshman, you can still transfer. As long as BK and the rest of the Varsity coach's whose teams are mentioned in this thread did not put the ball & chain on you by playing you for 30 seconds in an MIAA game-because they do that. Just the facts. I do believe based on the regular season results of the MIAA "A" this past season, that this is slowly starting. More education of parents & 8th graders should help remove the "Iron Curtain" that has been hiding the truth that is being discussed here. It is a great league with legendary programs that allows many student athletes to move on and play in college. It just needs a little more balance by allowing promising players to see the field.