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Very few '14s went to top level lax schools...

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What do you mean? There were plenty of good lax schools and plenty of good academic/lax schools. And once again, the point is they do not promote the commitments and do not post them. Very cool, and very different these days.

Is Boston College considered a top level school?

Is Boston College considered a top level school?

Usually true. Not in this age group. ME has never lost to the group you put them in. But all on here are correct, they don't get to play a lot against the better competition. If they did regularly, it would make them better. Wish they could.

Academically?

I LOVE that our club announces those accomplishments of the players!

Is UNC? Is Florida? Is NU? Is Duke? I think so. Guess you don't... Knew this would devolve into this. It is great that the club doesn't promote their commitments. It sets a great tone for the program. Everyone complains about the motivations of clubs etc. Why don't you just say that it's a good example to set by this club director and wish more would behave this way? No, instead you want to try to disparage the girls as somehow being inferior.

Nice try - ME finally decided to venture out for a competitive tournament and lost to Heros 7-3 and Sky Walkers 9-6 at the G8 last summer.

Nice try. Heros and Skywalkers both had 5 subs on the bench. ME 11 and rotated evenly.

And this about right for both Hero's and Sky Walkers - 5 subs and a goalie on the bench. And they also rotated evenly. What's your point? Dance with who you bring to the dance? IF the 11 ME players are not up to par - take it up with your club. In Maryland - looks like they just take the girls that belong on that team. And in Maryland they also do not have the luxury of pulling players from such a large area - there are just too many clubs competing for the talent.
I guess you are the dad that has his roster with him on the sideline and stopwatch - to make sure that his girl gets equal playing time. In Maryland that equal playing time thing ended in rec ball - in club - they earn their playing time.
That was such a lame excuse. Next year at G8 bring only the players that should be playing and leave the excuses at home.

IMO, any school that is top 25 academically and top 25 lax program is a top program.

Because these are verbals--not official. And reasonable families don't blast this stuff out until they actually sign.

Who is going to McDonogh this weekend? Chipolte and Panerra are within 3 miles as are other good options....

Because these are verbals--not official. And reasonable families don't blast this stuff out until they actually sign.

Who is going to McDonogh this weekend? Chipolte and Panerra are within 3 miles as are other good options....

It is stupid to post anything this early---girls will become increasingly like the boys and will start flipping their commitments in ever-larger numbers. And McDonogh is one of nicest places to play--but not looking forward to drive down.

The point is there is no such thing as a solid commitment until signing day senior year. And really, stupid to evaluate the classes until the kids are closer to actually matriculating.

No, you are wrong--new coaches sometimes don't honor. And if you go Ivy, every year a number of kids don't make the grade....literally.

Not just Ivies. Two girls didn't make it through admissions for the class that is freshman this year at Duke and 1 at Stanford. Probably more I don't know about elsewhere. Need to hit the ACT/SAT scores outlined, GPA, and number of AP/Honors classes at the top academic schools.

That's fine and good, except 95% of commitments are coming from verbal much sooner than that. They are verbal, but as good as gold. Terms, scholarships, all details of offer are all discussed and decided between coach and player/parents, and are exchanged in formal email. I have never heard of anyone scammed by a coach, even new incoming coaches honor verbal deals from exiting coaches. It is pretty rock solid.

You are completely out of your mind . If you are exchanging the deal in a formal email you and your future college coaches are committing a major NCAA violation. It's called s verbal for a reason.

I have to believe the posters coming on here bashing the verbals, are the ones that don't have one.

I have to believe the posters coming on here bashing the verbals, are the ones that don't have one.

Because these are verbals--not official. And reasonable families don't blast this stuff out until they actually sign.

Who is going to McDonogh this weekend? Chipolte and Panerra are within 3 miles as are other good options....

Okay folks, let me try to help, based on our experience only.
My daughter was a 2016, and is now a freshman at a D1 school in a mid-major conference.
Summer after freshman year (2013) of high school she started to get interest from a couple of schools. She made her first unofficial visit (that means we paid for the trip, per NCAA regs)during August of that summer. Over the next year she (we) made 7 more visits. During the summer after her sophomore year she started to get offers. Most of the time, percentages and such was not discussed in detail, but on two occasions it was discussed. During June 2014 (summer after sophomore year) she decided on which school and team she wanted. As instructed by her club coach, she then called the college head coach to accept the offer. We did not have a lot of detail but we knew it was a good offer. So, at this time, it was nothing more than a VERBAL commitment between her and the school. In November of her senior year of high school she signed her NLI. At no time were any details of the offer exchanged via email. I think that would be a violation of NCAA recruiting regs. As a matter of fact, no emails were exchanged prior to the legal date that such emails can be exchanged from college to player, which I believe is September of junior year of high school. Even then, it was after the verbal and fully within NCAA regs. Her club coaches are former college coaches and know the rules inside and out. I suggest anyone going through the process now to get very educated on what is and is not legal. It's not hard to do the research.
As a side note, be realistic about how much the coach can offer. Remember, at most, the coach has 12 scholarships to hand out, across the team. So, do the math...30 players on a team divided by 12 scholarships. Most will get somewhere in the 20-25% range. Sometimes the upper classmen will get a little more as they go up the ladder. Everybody doesn't get an equal amount. If the team is not fully-funded then the coach has fewer scholarships to give and the percentages will be lower. Good luck.

Thanks for the input, but when you said"we did not have a lot of details, but we knew it was a good offer" the only real details you needed were percentage of tuition or total cost...Did you have those details? When my daughter was going through the process, all her teammates had the details that mattered in making the decision. IMO i dont think people should be making decisions without having the details, You dont want people reading this and saying its ok to not have details and commit, think thats the wrong message here.

Thanks for the input, but when you said"we did not have a lot of details, but we knew it was a good offer" the only real details you needed were percentage of tuition or total cost...Did you have those details? When my daughter was going through the process, all her teammates had the details that mattered in making the decision. IMO i dont think people should be making decisions without having the details, You dont want people reading this and saying its ok to not have details and commit, think thats the wrong message here.

It is stupid to post anything this early---girls will become increasingly like the boys and will start flipping their commitments in ever-larger numbers. And McDonogh is one of nicest places to play--but not looking forward to drive down.

I recently read on one of the BOTC forums that yj doesn't post their commitments on their website, for some strange reason. I read that they think it's cool to not post them. However, I just went to their website for the first time, and their college commitments are clearly listed, going all the way back to 2004. And, there were actually some posters who were saying that it was a good thing to not post commitments. Why would it be a good thing? However, they're not special...just another club lax team.