Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
I’m not sure who was attacking 2way as a holdback club, it seemed people were merely staring the fact that they have a lot of holdbacks which isn’t false. Whether or not everyone in the mid Atlantic is doing it is irrelevant. Everyone knows that holdbacks are here to stay because no one that has power (college, clubs) wants it any other way. But it does turn the sport into an elite select few of haves and have nots on the collegiate and high school level. As goes the cliche, it is what it is.

Reality is, if you want to play top D1 college lacrosse now… you will probably need to holdback. Develop more! Check out the top recruits! Majority are holdbacks that are the top recruits. Sad facts, but true. Just the way it is now.
That's more of a result of the COVID rules giving a blanket year of eligibility to college players. Many schools have bloated rosters as it is and it will take another year or two for that to level out.

If everyone is a hold back, than no one is.

Agree that covid has led to abnormal rosters and has really hurt the 22-23s for recruiting. But I would say the majority of kids are not holdbacks. The majority of mid low recruited kids are on age but the majority of top recruits are holdbacks for 1-3 years. What’s lost in all of that is the poor souls who hold back who don’t get a better college selection than if they just stayed in their normal year.