I think you missed his point entirely, unless I am reading this wrong he is saying that the HS coach is still the main conduit to the college coaches for recruiting but they are seeing the players in the Summer with their select team, you are both saying the same thing that college coaches do not scout HS regular season games, to the point of the HS program still being important there are plenty of scouts at Stony Brook and Hofstra for the county championships so if you get to the championship game because you played together all summer and fall to make your school team better you are now in the Long Island Championship game in front of 100 college coaches then not only have you helped yourself but you have also helped your teammates and friends, there is nothing the matter with having a primary goal to win help your school win a HS championship as opposed to your primary goal is to get into a college for lacrosse.
No, BOTC did not miss the point and it is why we disagree. In short, the High School coach is NOT the main conduit for college coach access for some simple reasons. Off-Island college coaches will not travel to Long Island for a High School Varsity match during their own regular Spring season - period. As for "scouts" at Hofstra and Stony Brook at the Long Island Championships, you get us the listing of those schools and we will publish it from the rafters here on BOTC. We will guarantee you that you could draw a 30 mile ring around either of those two colleges and the coaches will all reside within that ring. This is not a regional tournament and without that regional pull, you are not attracting "100 college coaches".
We agree that playing for your school has HUGE value for your High School profile beyond lacrosse and specifically shows engagement with your High School and School Spirit. However that is NOT the discussion at hand. We are discussing the role of the High School coach in lacrosse recruitment and BOTC takes the position that the recruitment is driven through the premier clubs.
