[Anonymous]
Tucker can connect top schools with the top talent. Coppermine and MDU don’t have that yet and watch as some of the 28 and 29 jump instead of sticking with their current team.
Are you saying top players will leave Coppermine and MDU for other clubs? That isn't the case from what occurred this past summer.
It will happen before high school. you wont see it until your top sneak away for elite clubs.
Keeping thinking its circa 2015. No one is leaving the up and coming clubs and they are becoming the Elite clubs.
They aren't leaving FOR "elite" clubs when they are BECOMING an elite club themselves. There is no reason for them to leave. They will have just as good of a chance at being recruited as those on M&D, Heros, and Skywalkers. Hopefully this post stays around long enough to prove you wrong. The game is expanding outside of Maryland as well. Coaches are finding Athletes all over the country. So your status quo way of getting on M&D as a 2nd grader with the hopes that you will be garunteed a college scholarship is less realistic than those saying coppermine, MDU, or similar club can break into the top.
Coppermine is the one I can see making the biggest strides. They have the facilities, Tucker and coaches seem to be doing a great job developing the players. M&D is going to be in for a rude awakening when they don't get kids to jump after being developed elsewhere. Their philosophy has never been about developing players it was a "build it and they will come" philosophy. If anything the 29 M&D team could be the one with players looking to jump once they realize the other clubs give a similar opportunity with better facilities and coaching.
This person who keeps saying M&D doesn’t develop players is hilarious. Their teams are good across all ages… they must be doing a terrible job.
Anyway, the teams that are committed to developing players are not necessarily the teams who are winning every game at the 6th grade level because they do things like distribute playing time and challenge the girls to learn new skills and build IQ, which isn’t always smooth sailing. The teams who only care about the win in 6th grade ought to be far more concerning.
With that said, whoever this is who keeps pointing to other ages in a 2029 forum is hilarious.... we are talking the 2029s here. But keep using other age groups to justify why the 29s are okay. Tell me this, how much do they practice as a team fall, winter and spring? How much offseason skills training do they offer their kids? Any film study (I know the best team in the 29s does this)? Coach check ins with expectations and feedback?
Coppermine offers free clinics year around, Coppermine and Heros practice year around with film study sessions and constant touch points with their players. All of this is "developing" the athlete. This is top level club lacrosse, the expectation is far greater given both the financial and time commitment of these athletes and their families.
So, MAYBE the Coach is just waiting for the girls who were developed elsewhere to come like everyone else is pointing out... I can assure you the people who seem frustrated over the "iso" lacrosse are also pointing out your flawed theory that they are learning "high IQ" lacrosse. Seems you like to blame 6th graders for not getting it with your smooth sailing comment but as an observer, I think you should look internally at the staff before blaming an 11/12 year old because, if they aren't getting it, then maybe it isn't being instructed very well or dare I say, at all...
This forum is full of M&D coaches and parents who try to sell the brand and protect the brand. They do so by trying to bring down other clubs. I suggest everyone who is thinking of taking a sip really do some research first before jumping ship at this age, 2029.[/quote]
As BE said if the club ain’t for you maybe you should find a new one. Coming on here to bash a club while staying anonymous does no good. M&D isn’t for everyone. That’s okay, there are plenty of options. No one will be upset if you decided it wasn’t for your daughter.
