Hearing the rosters are huge this year with their being lesser teams than last year. Can anyone confirm this.
Most semi-serious teams picked up bigger rosters this year which is not unusual for 7th-8th grade or beyond. No more showing up to tournaments with 13 kids "because football" or whatever.
As a coach, I find it a tough year for some kids because things are starting to get mixed up. Kids who used to be standouts because of size not skill, suddenly are losing their advantage. Kids who haven't had their growth spurt yet are struggling to keep up and coaches will see in the next 2 years what those kids are made of. Other kids are coming into their own all of a sudden.
Then, you mix with that, bigger rosters which means (unless you are playing A/B club ball or rec), some kids just aren't going to play much or at all. For example Team 91 was already rocking 30 kids before taking on 10? kids from Kelly Post, which was all before tryouts even happened, and as MM loves to advertise "We don't cut players." How many kids are playing if there are 38 on the roster.
But it is what it is. 91 is not alone in this. Prices and roster sizes went up universally this year.
