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No more posts until this weekend about Madlax.

They have Hawks and Madlax back to back. We'll know exactly where they stand Sunday afternoon.

The 3 wins may get them through to the playoffs. crabs have only one wins left. They are toast.

True still has the Hawks and Madlax. Two games they could lose and still make the playoffs.


Depending on which True team shows up, True could easily lose all 3 of their final games—including to BLC. At this point, they should just go all-in with the fly-in scheme and let the chips fall. Would be more fair to Crabs and NL who are still in the playoff hunt. But I suppose consistency for the sake of fair competition is too much to ask of these people.

I'm not a fan of Crabs or Next Level, but it doesn't seem right that in a league where one loss makes a massive difference in terms of who makes the playoffs, that they played an entirely different version of True than other teams played.
I would agree with this, assuming the two versions are dramatically different. Did true not fly in the kids from out of town for the other games?

I don't want to be too harsh on T91, but it's hard to fathom that 91's only win of the season came against the same or a substantially similar True National squad to the one that beat Crabs and NL. But welcome any True parents brave enough to poke their heads up and comment on this budding HOCO superpower.
Team 91 is actually pretty physics and big, both sides of the ball. I’m not a 91 dad, just saying… they will give everyone a tough time going forward as they continue to develop their sticks, and gain experience. They are absolutely capable of beating the bottom half of Elite. And in another year or two, they could be competitive up top as well.
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
No more posts until this weekend about Madlax.

They have Hawks and Madlax back to back. We'll know exactly where they stand Sunday afternoon.

The 3 wins may get them through to the playoffs. crabs have only one wins left. They are toast.

True still has the Hawks and Madlax. Two games they could lose and still make the playoffs.


Depending on which True team shows up, True could easily lose all 3 of their final games—including to BLC. At this point, they should just go all-in with the fly-in scheme and let the chips fall. Would be more fair to Crabs and NL who are still in the playoff hunt. But I suppose consistency for the sake of fair competition is too much to ask of these people.

I'm not a fan of Crabs or Next Level, but it doesn't seem right that in a league where one loss makes a massive difference in terms of who makes the playoffs, that they played an entirely different version of True than other teams played.
I would agree with this, assuming the two versions are dramatically different. Did true not fly in the kids from out of town for the other games?

I don't want to be too harsh on T91, but it's hard to fathom that 91's only win of the season came against the same or a substantially similar True National squad to the one that beat Crabs and NL. But welcome any True parents brave enough to poke their heads up and comment on this budding HOCO superpower.
Team 91 is actually pretty physics and big, both sides of the ball. I’m not a 91 dad, just saying… they will give everyone a tough time going forward as they continue to develop their sticks, and gain experience. They are absolutely capable of beating the bottom half of Elite. And in another year or two, they could be competitive up top as well.

Most elite teams, including 91, will have nearly complete roster turnover in the summers before 9th and 10th grade. And the current 91 starters left Kelly Post because it was nothing BUT stick skills, so don't anticipate growth there, either. They'll be on FCA White or Predators soon enough.
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
No more posts until this weekend about Madlax.

They have Hawks and Madlax back to back. We'll know exactly where they stand Sunday afternoon.

The 3 wins may get them through to the playoffs. crabs have only one wins left. They are toast.

True still has the Hawks and Madlax. Two games they could lose and still make the playoffs.


Depending on which True team shows up, True could easily lose all 3 of their final games—including to BLC. At this point, they should just go all-in with the fly-in scheme and let the chips fall. Would be more fair to Crabs and NL who are still in the playoff hunt. But I suppose consistency for the sake of fair competition is too much to ask of these people.

I'm not a fan of Crabs or Next Level, but it doesn't seem right that in a league where one loss makes a massive difference in terms of who makes the playoffs, that they played an entirely different version of True than other teams played.
I would agree with this, assuming the two versions are dramatically different. Did true not fly in the kids from out of town for the other games?

I don't want to be too harsh on T91, but it's hard to fathom that 91's only win of the season came against the same or a substantially similar True National squad to the one that beat Crabs and NL. But welcome any True parents brave enough to poke their heads up and comment on this budding HOCO superpower.

Newsflash - crabs isn’t that much better than 91.
I’m sure this pains you.

It's pretty well accepted that there's a fair amount of parity between the bottom of Elite and the top of AA teams. As you said, the only ones to dispute this are parents of kids at the bottom of Elite.

Agree, and related point, there is a lot of parity between individual players on the bottom third of the roster of elite teams (and maybe even the middle third) and lower division teams' starters. If your seventh grader is on an elite division team but he not one of the 6-8 players who dominates at his position, he is pretty interchangeable with starters on the AAA teams. And even worse, if he is on an elite team but hardly ever plays in games due to a bloated roster or the True model, then his self-esteem and enjoyment of the game is DEFINITELY lower than the starters on the lower division teams. But hopefully your own self esteem for having an "elite" level player makes up for that!