Anyone notice what a cupcake schedule CM gave Madlax aka “Supreme Nationals” at Club Nationals. Put all the strong teams in the South and West pools, and ML in the East with Mad Dog Gold (B team), Bostons Phinest and True Carolina. Meanwhile, South pool has Mad Dog Black (A team who put ML out last year), Red Hots National and Team 91 National and West pool has West Coast Starz A team and 3D National. Winner of South plays winner of West in semis. Madlax won’t play a competitive team until the championship (which they will likely lose big). This is significantly worse than 91 scheduling at NLF…borderline criminal. Is CM so desperate to have a good W-L that he dodges good competition? Kids may get a free pass into the championship but are they getting better like these other teams that are grinding it out against high-level competition? Considering the backslide last summer and this fall for ML, I would argue no.