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Express North is the best 2019 team I've seen play this Fall. No ball hogs, all hard working players who play as a team and win as a unit. Coaches want to see players who can win in a team environment. Fact. Let's all take a page form their playbook and start playing as a team not a bunch of showcase attention seekers.

Isn't HHH a town team? Did the top team lose to a town team?

Just saw names of some of the kids they say "Dazzled" at the Philly showcase .My son played against some of these names and I hope some of these kids were impressive in their other games because the game I was at they didn't do much. Even these writers seem to be politically motivated. what a joke some of the things written. I'm sure most kids are outstanding but to read this stuff it should be in the comic section. Half the kids are mentioned every time or they leave the name out one showcase and then put it in the next.

I have an older kid whose class and what you wrote is correct. Those blurbs are usually written before the games are played and are often just scribed straight from club coaches trying to market kids. Soon enough the spoilage of early recruiting will play out. My oldest is a junior at an ACC program and he said to me just this past weekend how unimpressed he was with the 2016 recruits after fall ball. Two star players and then all bench players. The market will adapt. Encourage your son to keep playing and keep playing well. It eventually comes around. BTW, I think you'd be shocked at how much the sentiments have turned against the lacrosse recruiting media pair of guys...with some college coaches. Right now it is a real struggle to filter and evaluate the avalanche of kids who all want to play college lacrosse, and the guys trying to do it have been burned quite a bit already by the club hypsters and the media guys they use to get their kids placed. One of the reasons it has reached comic book proportions is the same 20 somethings who play in the MLL or NLL are either club coaches or college assistants to make money. So the mutual reliances have led to some misleading data and to disastrous results. Consider that my son plays at an ACC school that is very much in the NCAA mix, and they are stuck with 9 kids in their freshman class who can't even hang in practice to give the first line a good run. It will correct itself sooner rather than later.

100% false statement, and I'm a guy who despises early recruiting and thinks the Ty Xanders of the world carry too much weight.

You're obviously either a club guy or a defensive parent. Fact: 2016s who just finished fall ball were one very heralded class on my son's team. Coaches are numb over how many of them just can't play. Nearly all of this class committed either summer before 10th grade or at latest early 10th grade. The outcomes were a DISASTER. Expect a lot of coaches seeking to counsel kids to decommit by way of telling them where they stand as HS seniors. Coaches can always go recruit more and fix mistakes, and that is what they are starting to do.

So what is the false statement then?

Just saw names of some of the kids they say "Dazzled" at the Philly showcase .My son played against some of these names and I hope some of these kids were impressive in their other games because the game I was at they didn't do much. Even these writers seem to be politically motivated. what a joke some of the things written. I'm sure most kids are outstanding but to read this stuff it should be in the comic section. Half the kids are mentioned every time or they leave the name out one showcase and then put it in the next.

Sorry, we played Laxachusetts and were outclassed and outsized......They were strong and talented!

Sorry, we played Laxachusetts and were outclassed and outsized......They were strong and talented!

I thought it was interesting that NONE of the kids on Edge got mentioned from the Sunday Philly tourney even though that team went 3-0, and their closest game was a 3 point win over Eclipse (they also smoked Patriot and Madlax by 6 or 7). They had a few studs, between the two twins (G and the A who was built like a keg but finished like a beast), a few strong mids and a big poles. But i guess since Cormier wasnt there, the others didnt warrant any kudos??

I will say the did get some of it right. The A from Colo they gave the MVP on Sat was pretty lights out that whole day, and the laxachusetts kids who got mentioned were well deserved. The twins from GA were dominant on Sat in the showcase, but a bit less so once they got into more of a team game on Sunday. But they are HUGE and athletic.

I thought it was interesting that NONE of the kids on Edge got mentioned from the Sunday Philly tourney even though that team went 3-0, and their closest game was a 3 point win over Eclipse (they also smoked Patriot and Madlax by 6 or 7). They had a few studs, between the two twins (G and the A who was built like a keg but finished like a beast), a few strong mids and a big poles. But i guess since Cormier wasnt there, the others didnt warrant any kudos??

I will say the did get some of it right. The A from Colo they gave the MVP on Sat was pretty lights out that whole day, and the laxachusetts kids who got mentioned were well deserved. The twins from GA were dominant on Sat in the showcase, but a bit less so once they got into more of a team game on Sunday. But they are HUGE and athletic.

Who are the top 2019 teams

It doesn't matter who the top teams are anymore..Its about getting your son to the next level.. How he does is all that matters now. Selfish yes but the truth

...and older...I spoke with one parent who mentioned all the turnover from last years club...lots of 2018s who got cut last year, now on that team (odd reclass time?)

Nuts to leave Steps and Patriot out of that list.
Both have beaten several of the teams listed plus all of the 3D teams, fl$, etc.

Raise your hand if you play for the top tier version of the aforementioned clubs and you have lost to Steps or Patriot.

the tryout process although cold had some good competition - if you have the $$ and time it is a good experience. If you make it to the 2nd round, games are really good. Are politics involved, maybe who knows, if you go in with a who cares attitude your son will get something out of it. Hard play by many top players. if you go to Richmond kids loved it as an experience with the other LI boys bonding as a team. gets your kids coached by some good coaches and they can make a friend from their.

if you are not on a top 5 team in the country, could be your first exposure to college coaches on a first

Raise your hand if you play for the top tier version of the aforementioned clubs and you have lost to Steps or Patriot.

I saw them both beat HHH, fl$, 3D two weeks ago. I don't know about last week. I think Patriot beat Schwalje.

Patriot is not in this conversation
Last week, doubled up by Edge, tied Eclipse (who is not close to this convo) and lost by 1 to Madlax who was missing a slew of guys playing elsewhere.

Patriot is not in this conversation
Last week, doubled up by Edge, tied Eclipse (who is not close to this convo) and lost by 1 to Madlax who was missing a slew of guys playing elsewhere.

Just read the Philly show case review. Sounds the same as the other ones, just plugging in a few more names and going back to old ones mentioned earlier in the fall.very funny.whoever said comical had it right. Starting to think if I have the guy $100 how good he could have made my son look..just joking but probably not far off

Thanks so much, that was helpful. I think he will tryout, it sounds like a good experience for him!

Can anyone advise , how many 2019 Bluefish teams there are?
Feelings on the organization?
How is top team, if more than one?

In no particular order; 91, Edge, Crabs, Laxachussetts, LI Express N., Madlax, LI Express, FCA and at least one team from the HHH/Dukes complex. I don't know enough about NXT, 3d, or WCS to include their teams.

You left out Sweetlax.