Bottom line, If they are better than the boys there today then chances are they would have been better last time too.
not sure the issue. Good luck to all today.
So why have a tryout. Sorry you were out of town, hurt, sick, whatever it maybe. You didn't go to first tryout you should not be at second. Great lessons you are teaching the kids. Listen you don't have to go to first tryout but you will get to the second because I know someone. What if the so called better kid had a bad tryout on that day. Any given day anyone can shine especially in the competitive lacrosse field. Remember these are supposed to be the better kids trying out for this event.
First tryout was well publicized and held in December. 60+ kids were invited back from a pool of about 140-160.
Second tryout(who knows why they had it?) was in March and was not well publicized. About a dozen kids invited back from pool of 80-90.
Then, recently several last minute additions.
Is it the coaches calling an making recommendations or is it parents whining?
I wonder if kids that did not get the original call back in December got to go to another tryout.
Feels murky.
Very Murky
If they are trying to field 2 teams like they have done for the past 2 years, you want to have a larger selection of players to choose from, whether they were in the initial tryout or not. Having a solid first team and a competitive second team makes it more enjoyable for the players.
This nonsense of favoritism has been going on for years, move on, make sure the best play at these events, i've seen where the best did not show up and it isn't pretty.
I agree with let the best play. Some of the player talent differential is negligible. At least show up to tryout or even let the coaches make the choices from those they picked. Last year daddys made phone calls after Johnny was sent home after the Pride teams were reduced to the two teams and from those two teams the selection were made. A number of players who were eliminated miraculously made the 2nd team to go to Brine after it was determined the talent of the two teams playing was good enough to field two Long Island based teams.
