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Someone seems to have a "thing" for Mark Millon and is hung up once again on "elite". If the folks on a club are happy with their coaches then why do you care?

I have a thing for Mark Millon, and it's good and hard. Another carney guy I think folks should avoid.

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I have a thing for Mark Millon, and it's good and hard. Another carney guy I think folks should avoid.

Well if these Fallston kids were any good, they could also choose to leave Hazard County and play for a real club.

Why are you talking about Millon on a Madlax thread?

Do not stop them they will go back to talking about the email and reclass kids.

Where are they going to talk about Breakers and Team 91??? What ever happened to their Threads??? Does moderator get rid after no activity??? Seems like there should be a thread for Maryland Team91 , Greene Turtle, etc??

Man this is true welcome Cannons to the Madlax Family. This is going to make the National teams really hard to make. Can't wait for the first Madlax and partner only tournament.

Man this is true welcome Cannons to the Madlax Family. This is going to make the National teams really hard to make. Can't wait for the first Madlax and partner only tournament.

I hope you're kidding. They have 1-2 decent teams and that's it. Like the other clubs Madlax is buying, maybe 1-2 kids per grade would be considered for their national team.

Their national team is basically their Capital team plus a combination of a handful of good players and those allowed to play on the team for political reasons.

National team is madlax going to Tampa again this year? What did they win to get an invite?

National team is madlax going to Tampa again this year? What did they win to get an invite?

National team is madlax going to Tampa again this year? What did they win to get an invite?

Why did they just not make them join the Madlax Maryland teams?

The 2020 division has the Madlax Nationals, Madlax West Nationals and the Madlax East Nationals. How good will each of the various teams be?

You're confusing it with that [lacrosse]'s Sporting Goods tournament.

No matter. Both tournaments are a complete joke.

The [lacrosse]'s Tournament is fine if you are looking/can afford a family vacation in FL. Both like Vail, most of the teams are dreadful.

And any tournament that has rising sophomores playing U15 is pitiful.

Dicks is great in theory....you take the winners from all the top regional tournaments and have them play in a national playoff. Unfortunately many of the regional tournaments do not have the top teams in that region, so a lot of B level teams qualify and get blown out by the 1 or 2 AA teams that do decide to pay the money to travel to Florida.

The [lacrosse]'s Tournament is fine if you are looking/can afford a family vacation in FL. Both like Vail, most of the teams are dreadful.

And any tournament that has rising sophomores playing U15 is pitiful.

This is true but not as bad as it sounds. You go from AA+ all the way down to B. So there will be plenty of blowouts, but you will also inevitably play teams near your own level.

For example, in the U13 division (won by Madlax), other than the local team (kudos to them for playing), all of the bottom seeds from day 1 had at least one victory and one or two very close losses. Same in the U11 division. And there were a lot of 1 goal games among some of the top seeds in all the divisions.

And how great is it to play teams from all over North America that you would never otherwise play?

So, as long as families make the trip with the right expectations (and avoid I-75 N of Tampa and I-95 in SC after 8am) and make sure to get to the beach or pool, it's a great trip and not much more expensive than any other tournament.

PS - My team qualified but I never bothered to tell anyone. Who's going to spend their Winter break going to a lacrosse tournament? Well, a Mom talked me into sending out an email in the Fall and 2 days later I had 17 players committed. I controlled expectations about W-L's and everyone had a good experience. Spent NYE with my feet in the sand. Not a bad deal. All that said, I'm not happy about them moving the age cutoff from 8/1 to 6/1 - I understand why they are doing it but I think 8/1 was the right date.

Once again you need to put the year. And this makes sense everyone knew the Maryland teams would not be strong this first year. I think the Maryland teams will be a lot better in the spring. There is lots of rumors of several Maryland clubs closing the doors. Club Blue, Next Level and one other one. But these are rumors take them for what they are.

Sorry, Cavs 2020 vs. Madlax MD 2020

The Madlax Virginia/Maryland teams are already a disaster. Splitting their B teams into two weaker B teams was just a move to bring in the kids they'd normally cut. More money for them, but worse for those kids.

Did this Cavs team add any kids from Freedom folding or off of any other clubs?

I think you need to go through the spring and summer tryouts before you kill this new plan. Madlax has structure like it or not . Please write back 12 months from today you might still be correct but I would bet on Madlax putting good teams out there in 12 months.