ML is in serious trouble. Huge roster, Fly-ins and majority of the team is made up of families that came over in the past year is a recipe for discontent. The only thing that can solve that problem is winning. Unfortunately, despite looking brilliant in spots ML is going to have trouble winning games. Too many mistakes are being made to fix them all in time for HOCO additionally look for the top players to be scraped off by DCE and NL by the summer.
I am no fan of Madlax, but it is comical that certain people seem so desperate to convince the Board (and themselves) that the team and the program is toast. But they seem to have nine lives, and through fly-ins and similar manipulations they will always put decent teams on the field and always make money. They won't win many popularity contests, but that has never been their goal, nor the goal of any travel lacrosse program. They are here to stay and get used to it!
I’m not trying to convince anyone of anything. I’m simply stating verifiable facts:
1 the roster is huge
2 there are a lot of fly-ins
3 most of the players are new
4 ML’s play over the last 5 games was riddled with turnovers and poor shots.
5 other teams are actively trying to recruit MLs best players.
If any of those statements are false pls let me know. I’d like to be wrong. I hope these boys have a great final season of HOCO. But as I see it ML 28 Cap is In for a rough time.
Btw I’m not a Cab hater. He’s put together a good program that has won lots of tournaments and produced great college players.
