Yes you're right the Commack coaches comb the island looking to poach players from other teams. lol. Where do you people come up with this stuff? Amazing how every good team gets bashed for being good and they must be cheating to do it. Maybe your team is just not that good. I heard that BBP has been pumping steroids into their boys since birth so they can dominate the 2024 PAL circuit. SWR... everyone knows those guys have been using HGH since they took the field at 5 years old. lol. PAL is for fun and for the boys to play with their friends, if you look at it any deeper than that you are an amateur at this game. Pal=Fun.... Travel = Competitive. Now grab a coffee and enjoy the ride because it doesn't last long.
Solid Post... but Bayport, ESM, Commack all grab kids from neighboring towns to "compete" for "fun."
FACT. just sayin..... and SWR needs to get with their drug rep because the HGH isn't working
Same lame-o, jealous guy. You think that is fact because this practice is absolutely common place in town lacrosse. We have all seen it. However, this is most common with really bad teams, for obvious reasons, or teams with short rosters that just need additional bodies for a particular tourney. There are teams with integrity out there, that win and lose with their town kids. But these teams don't lose, and they certainly don't need out of towners to beat bad '24 competition on LI. But keep on making excuses about why your kids team can't win any town games, if it makes you feel better.
I'm sure teams pick up kids for tourneys when they are short players but they don't do it to win tournaments. If that were the case they would just change their name to something else and enter. If they win great they won a PAL tournament, who cares. I've seen this with my 2021, it is getting to the point where the better players are widening the gap between the players who are borderline and the borderline dads\moms will say anything to keep the better players down and make themselves feel better. The days of being "faster" than all the other boys is slipping away. The sport at this age is favoring the player with IQ, stick skills, size, speed ,first step and overall tenacity to want to play the game. Face it, the sport is competitive especially on LI, you either have it or you don't. There is much more to this game than being the "fastest" or "biggest" kid on the field. Doesn't work anymore these boys aren't 3rd graders. Been there people, if you son isn't an overall player in these things he will struggle going forward, he doesn't have to been perfect in all of them but needs to be a force in a couple to hang.
This hits it right on the head. As close as you think you are to these parents they will try to sabotage the growth of your son if their boy is sub par or below. You're starting to hear " I know what happens in the future" or " My older son has been through this, so I KNOW" or my favorite " that kid is not that good he does this wrong and that wrong" The best part about this is they talk and bash to other parents in the same scenario instead of giving the kid who is really excelling a pat on the back. Or actually speaking up to the parents instead of hiding and running their mouth. I thought my daughters team was bad but now you are seeing it in the boys game. No matter how many excuses are made, be real with yourself ...you're boy may not have it. Period. The gap is widening fast and now they are scrambling. Never pay attention to these people, they are looking to poke holes in your situation because their situation isn't panning out. Like the post says, you either got it or you don't. Sad part about it is everyone around them sees it except for them.
