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Let me take a guess with this one. Your kid was one of the players who did not see the field? I thought so. Instead of spending your free time bitching and moaning on the site you should be at the field with your kid. Showing her that hard work will get her more playing time not complaining. If you are not happy leave the program. Honestly the constant complaining from parents every weekend is getting old.

YJ blue is on the downward spiral already with many unhappy parents and players.
Legacy doing more with less and almost beating us.
TG should have beat us, we got lucky.
We lost credibility this weekend and many of us feel the tourney was bittersweet.
It's sad but true!

Obviously not a YJ parent, the best team won the tournament , congratulate them and move on like many of your TG families are doing. If doing more with less is losing to Elevate than congrats to them , near the top of the B teams.

Maybe I will pay the coach for training to get her on the field like you do.

Even that won't work, kids that are trained by AC sat for entire game. AC is a puppet of CR; modified line up takes strength away from team. They have gone to this modified line up several times resulting in a loss and several wins by a goal, "agreed pretty good results" however how would AC even know if results would be any different if she played it straight the results would probably be the same and if they weren't only CR would care. College coaches don't give a crap who won some youth tournament. It's actually a bad business decision if all would play top team would put even more kids into "big time" lax schools. CR would still get her "championships" and get to showcase all of her talent. "Top" kids are going to get theirs regardless. It's all about the money AC much like CR doesn't care how it is earned. Hope you sleep we AC

The good news for the YJ parents is next year the kids that do not play much in the big games will see more playing time , the addition of the next "new" kid will make it very difficult for any team in the age group to compete with them. The bad news is there is only 1 ball .the good news for TG next year is all the players will actually get equal playing time and it will be a true team effort unfortunately they instantly become a B level team and non competitive with the top teams . Next year they are down to only 1 competitive age 2018.

Even that won't work, kids that are trained by AC sat for entire game. AC is a puppet of CR; modified line up takes strength away from team. They have gone to this modified line up several times resulting in a loss and several wins by a goal, "agreed pretty good results" however how would AC even know if results would be any different if she played it straight the results would probably be the same and if they weren't only CR would care. College coaches don't give a crap who won some youth tournament. It's actually a bad business decision if all would play top team would put even more kids into "big time" lax schools. CR would still get her "championships" and get to showcase all of her talent. "Top" kids are going to get theirs regardless. It's all about the money AC much like CR doesn't care how it is earned. Hope you sleep we AC

Amen to that. You are 100% correct with your statement. All parents were told how this team operates. We are here to win tournaments. plain and simple. AC realizes if certain kids are on the field it is a turnover or sloppy play. Again, PLAY TO WIN.

Amen to that. You are 100% correct with your statement. All parents were told how this team operates. We are here to win tournaments. plain and simple. AC realizes if certain kids are on the field it is a turnover or sloppy play. Again, PLAY TO WIN.

The reason YJ goes out and wins is because that makes the better players want to play for them, just ask TG which has essentially become the minor leagues for YJ. Getting the better players gives YJ more exposure which in turn makes more kids want to be a part of it which brings in more money. As a result you get YJ parents who come on here to complain about playing time but will never leave because they want to be a part of the best teams and you get TG who come on being delusional about their program and how happy they are even when the best players are leaving in bunches. YJ has been the biggest and best which also brings the most competitive and cut throat , TG is heading the way of liberty which is not a bad thing just different.

We will see who leaves from both teams... I'm sure there were plenty of 12 year olds crying in the car ride home from NJ after they didn't play a minute in 3 games on Saturday. Time will tell but many parents will need to look in the mirror and see the face that is staring back at them if they leave their daughter in the 2020 blue mix.

So what is better? Being on the Blue team and not playing in meaningful games or being on the Gold team or third YJ team or Top Guns or whoever and playing? Is it possible to be a very good Blue player - worthy of playing D1 - but yet not get on the field for Blue? Or are the bench Blue players just not that good and are there for another reason (politics, FAF, etc.) Curious. Serious replies, please!

There were plenty of TG kids who didn't play in the final game this weekend.

Most would say it's better to be on th eblue team and not play in meaningful games. This is because you are playing for the best coaches that the club has. Girls learn a lot more in practice than they do in the games.

What you don't understand is once they hit 9th grade and they are playing in recruiting tournaments it all changes. All girls are required to play 50% of every game. So the goal is to stay on the top team until high school because once you are there, you are going to be see by coaches.

All this back and forth about middle school lacrosse is stupid. Unless your girl is miserable because she doesn't play in the close games then I guess you have to make a decision. But as we all know, with teams like YJ, M&D, etc 80% of their games are not all that close and at the end of the day, the girls usually end up playing the same amount.

All this back and forth between YJ & TG is so STUPID. Both teams are good in their own way. Both teams offer different things, depends what you're looking for. Hopefully your daughter is the the place you feel is the best for her to grow as a lax player and young lady. Hopefully is is learning and laughing! If not, then it's time to to make some decisions at the end of the season. TG is not for everyone and neither is YJ. Kids will come and go, super talented ones down to the okay ones. In the end make sure your daughter is in the place that is best for HER.

All the posts about the poor YJ kids that don't get to play in the final games of tournaments with playoff games. If there are 6 games in a weekend they get equal time, if not more, in 7 of those 8 games. THIS is what you [lacrosse] and moan about? You would complain no matter what YJ did.

Most would say it's better to be on th eblue team and not play in meaningful games. This is because you are playing for the best coaches that the club has. Girls learn a lot more in practice than they do in the games.

What you don't understand is once they hit 9th grade and they are playing in recruiting tournaments it all changes. All girls are required to play 50% of every game. So the goal is to stay on the top team until high school because once you are there, you are going to be see by coaches.

All this back and forth about middle school lacrosse is stupid. Unless your girl is miserable because she doesn't play in the close games then I guess you have to make a decision. But as we all know, with teams like YJ, M&D, etc 80% of their games are not all that close and at the end of the day, the girls usually end up playing the same amount.

You can draw attention to the fact that I type quickly and hit the 6 instead of the 8 but I assure you I know how to count and the point remains. If you need me to better clarify... If there are 8 games in a weekend, they get equal or more time in 7 of the 8. They just get less or no time in the 1 playoff game. For this people argue relentlessly. Notice the point was not argued, just the typo.

At ND they had 4 pool play games and 2 playoff games = 6 games most of the team did not play in the last 3 games.

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Wrong, but keep telling yourself that. The girls that don't play usualy get replaced the next year! Do you think YJ wants 1/2 a bench they don't fee confident enough about to put in a final game? Once someone better shows up those girls will be replaced.

It's true my kid hardly played in last 3 games. Was going to call coach like a parent did from MD. It worked. She doesn't come off field

How exactly are these girls getting replaced? Very rarely do you ever see more than 2 or 3 girls change year to year. Especially in this case where the team is on the rise. Where are all these supposed replacements coming from? You may see one of the top girls from TGs or another club, or even a girl get moved up from within. Most of the top girls available are already there.