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Seriously? This is what people are taking out of this, that the TG organization does such a great job developing talent and they walk away to be game changers for all the other clubs? Not very good at spinning this are you. Listen, that team was a great collection of talent for the first two years. I will give TG's credit in that they initially attracted the top talent when that team first came together. Their ability to continue to attract talent has fallen off a cliff since then at all age levels. And worse is the track record to keep talent. They have watched some of the very top girls in several age groups, walk away. Do you really think they developed the talent that made 2020 what they once were? No, those kids walked on developed and ran when they recognized the lack of development. I actually hope the TG situation settles down and stabilizes, I love the idea of multiple strong clubs available for girls to choose from, but lets keep the ridiculous spin theories to a minimum.

Well said, I was baffled at the lunacy that I was reading. These people should be PR reps, they actually make the spin sound credible.

please ,strong compared to what other clubs c team. They are at best the 3 or 4th best 2020 team on Long island and most likely the 5th best. SS tried her best to keep players from leaving by saying she was going to put all this time into this team, sadly the only kid she really wanted to stay left and she will not be doing much with this team as her Hofstra team needs attention

YJ are better however TG beat Legacy and Elevate last summer

Top players are leaving because there's no reason to stay, coaching is bad, recruiting is great if you want to go to Hofstra or have a 2100+ on your SAT scores and they keep filling teams with B and C and below level players.
PS - the third 2019 from LI just committed to a top program 2 of the 3 are kids who left TG program

So YJ's get the credit for players that didn't start with them

Seriously? This is what people are taking out of this, that the TG organization does such a great job developing talent and they walk away to be game changers for all the other clubs? Not very good at spinning this are you. Listen, that team was a great collection of talent for the first two years. I will give TG's credit in that they initially attracted the top talent when that team first came together. Their ability to continue to attract talent has fallen off a cliff since then at all age levels. And worse is the track record to keep talent. They have watched some of the very top girls in several age groups, walk away. Do you really think they developed the talent that made 2020 what they once were? No, those kids walked on developed and ran when they recognized the lack of development. I actually hope the TG situation settles down and stabilizes, I love the idea of multiple strong clubs available for girls to choose from, but lets keep the ridiculous spin theories to a minimum.

Yeah. Right. 10 year old girls walked on developed.

So what exactly is your point? Even if this club had part in her development into a top player does she owe them something? Isnt this the reason why we are all paying for club lacrosse in the first place? Is the real reason you are so twisted that she went to YJ and maybe a hint of envy?

So what exactly is your point? Even if this club had part in her development into a top player does she owe them something? Isnt this the reason why we are all paying for club lacrosse in the first place? Is the real reason you are so twisted that she went to YJ and maybe a hint of envy?

Maybe US Lacrosse should implement a salary cap so YJ can't keep taking other teams' players.

Wasted weekend

We were talking to some new people this weekend about our daughter and recruiting. I was shocked to hear that some schools wont want our daughter depending on her major? That left a really sour taste about the whole D1 process with these kids being employees and not students. Our daughter is very good but not great so I don't think she will have the power to have coaches look the other way if she picks a super hard major for her lifelong CAREER!

We were talking to some new people this weekend about our daughter and recruiting. I was shocked to hear that some schools wont want our daughter depending on her major? That left a really sour taste about the whole D1 process with these kids being employees and not students. Our daughter is very good but not great so I don't think she will have the power to have coaches look the other way if she picks a super hard major for her lifelong CAREER!

What majors are considered easy? Which majors are considered hard? Some schools are known for certain areas of study as well. Can you elaborate?

What majors are considered easy? Which majors are considered hard? Some schools are known for certain areas of study as well. Can you elaborate?

Engineering, Nursing, Architecture, Medical or anything with large volumes of projects and offsite requirements at hospitals that are tough to work around team functions.

Easy ones are undecided LOL, communications, Humanities, Health

Go look at the UNC Roster 90% are Undecided, Communications or exercise & sports science majors. Now a degree from UNC is great but nobody is engineering or pre-med, why do you think that is??????

Well look at Stanford, Princeton, Duke and even Northwestern. They have some pre med and engineering on their rosters. Not easy, and might need summer classes, but those schools have some. Of course those are better schools. So maybe the answer is for the girls to focus on their academics and get into those type of schools?

"So maybe the answer is for the girls to focus on their academics and get into those type of schools?"

Ding, ding, ding - we have a winner! All of the girls should be looking at academics first - college lacrosse is for 4 more years, a college education is for the rest of their lives.

We were talking to some new people this weekend about our daughter and recruiting. I was shocked to hear that some schools wont want our daughter depending on her major? That left a really sour taste about the whole D1 process with these kids being employees and not students. Our daughter is very good but not great so I don't think she will have the power to have coaches look the other way if she picks a super hard major for her lifelong CAREER!

good luck to her @ Nassau CC?

Sheila Nesselbush, Northwestern:
2015: One of just two position players to start all 21 games ... All-Big Ten ... IWLCA Second-Team All-West/Midwest ... Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on February 9 ... Proved to be the Wildcats' most consistent player end to end, leading the Wildcats with 36 ground balls, finishing second with 65 draw controls and ranking fourth on the team with 27 goals ... Ranked fifth in the Big Ten in draw controls per game (3.10) ... Recorded nine multi-goal games, including three hat tricks and a career-high four goals in Northwestern's 16-11 NCAA Tournament win over Notre Dame ... Led the Wildcats with a pair of goals and an assist in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals against No. 1 Maryland ... Had a season-high seven draw controls against Marquette and Penn State ... Picked up a season-high four ground balls against Syracuse and at Notre Dame ... Scored a pair of game-winning goals and finished the season 7-for-10 on free-position opportunities ... Academic All-Big Ten.

MAJOR: ENGINEERING

So no, they r not all the bench sitters. I will happily find plenty more there, at Stanford, Duke, Princeton and others if you like. Some schools are a great mix of academics and great lacrosse. Others not so much. But to wave your hand indiscriminately over everyone does a disservice to some of these amazing young women that are accomplishing great things on and off the field.

(Cue the snarky "Thanks mom" comments)

good luck to her @ Nassau CC?

good luck to her @ Nassau CC?