Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
What’s did they do…..#1 transferred to McD because it’s a much better school then St P academically and lacrosse wise. .#2 never prefirsted or held back

You are trying to make us believe that the academic and athletics gap between the two schools is so great that he needed to repeat 8th grade?

#1 is a very smart kid and is class president at McD. If you meet him, you can tell that "all cylinders are firing." I have a hard time believing such a gap existed in his case.

Own it. "We held #1 back, as the rules allow, because it was the difference between being the #38 recruit and the #1 recruit - the difference being "very talented" and "dominant." Top recruits are "dominant." We learned from that experience and started #2 a year late, as the rules allow, and he's showing just as much talent if not more, and is a likely top 10 recruit in his own class."

All of those things are true, why not just go there. Nobody (who matters) really objects. As others have noted, the elite 11th grade club teams are nearly all holdbacks. It's not a coincidence and it's very much allowed (for now). Even if the rules change, these decisions were made by the Millon family based on the rules at the time. Why make excuses for the guy?

Totally took advantage of the the system, to get his kid advantages! He’s not the only one, can’t wait for rules to change at the youth level. It will Even up the playing fields at the youth level and give on age lower and middle class kids a fair chance to develop. It will make it more fair for families who can not afford to “game” the system!

You're correct but also, so what. Until the rules change, they are what they are, and the sport of lacrosse (once modernized in elite schools) has never ever ever ever been a meritocracy. Millon #1 is surely and truly the best recruit in all of Canada and the USA? Including all players known and unknown? He's extremely talented, very hard working, and was provided advantages that others didn't have, such as being featured in club lax offensive sets since age 7. And holding back and transferring from the #30 lax school in the country to the #4-6 lax school in the country. All these things are true. And allowed.

The psychological curiosity for me, is since my above point is true, why do holdback/pre-first/started-late/other excuse parents have so many excuses? How about "lax is important to our family's culture and history and yeah we did it. We could afford to put him on a track to upper D1 while similar kids his age go play D2 or lower D1. So what, buzz off." So why are they so quick to lie about all of it?

Would you admit that your son couldnt make it on age and needed to play down to compete and reach your/his dreams