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If your kid plays for a non NLF team get are behind the 8 ball complete joke statement. 700 division 1 recruits in each class. NLF has 120 kids in each class. And in the 2020 group, outside teams are beating these NLF teams consistently!! Plent of space for other clubs and kids. However, thats what these 6 clubs are telling their families, their kids and kids parents that they want. JOKE. Develop your own back yard. Big fraudulent scam. Some snippits from HS thread: here are some numbers. There are approximately 100 2019 verbal commitments. I would guess 95% have not played a Varsity game. It looks like every single one of the kids play Club. There are approximately 30 Clubs represented. Sweetlax, Laxachussets, Big 4 HHH, and Edge are leading the pack. Express, Madlax, Crabs, 91 and some others are not far behind, all have multiple commits. There will be another 150 - 200 kids committed after this summer with the majority of kids being from the 30 or so clubs with current commits. About 20 DI Schools have at least one 2019 commit. The usual suspects have as many as 13. I would guess that 15 - 18 of the current Top 20 college programs have at least one freshman committed and just about all of the Top 30 - 40 schools were actively recruiting the class of 2019 this past summer and fall. Like it or not playing on one of the top club teams has advantages. Exposure to more college coaches and playing in the most competitive tournaments are two of the advantages. Even after kids commit college coaches are encouraging their recruits to continue to play with these club because they want them playing against the best competition. You are correct that there are a lot of spots but they are filling up fast at many of the top programs/schools. Remember, there is more than on way to skin a cat. You do not have to play on one of the top club teams in order to be recruited but to diminish or ignore the facts and or benefits/advantages is foolish. To each his own. I agree. There are enough events to get noticed though and not be an NLF member. Does it help? Yes, but these coaches know who the other top teams are. Looneys 2020 has a ton of D1 kids on it. You think colleges aren't going to find them because their not NLF members?
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You guys sure love looking at the birthdays of kids, calling people cheaters, etc.
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If your kid plays for a non NLF team get are behind the 8 ball complete joke statement. 700 division 1 recruits in each class. NLF has 120 kids in each class. And in the 2020 group, outside teams are beating these NLF teams consistently!! Plent of space for other clubs and kids. However, thats what these 6 clubs are telling their families, their kids and kids parents that they want. JOKE. Develop your own back yard. Big fraudulent scam. Some snippits from HS thread: here are some numbers. There are approximately 100 2019 verbal commitments. I would guess 95% have not played a Varsity game. It looks like every single one of the kids play Club. There are approximately 30 Clubs represented. Sweetlax, Laxachussets, Big 4 HHH, and Edge are leading the pack. Express, Madlax, Crabs, 91 and some others are not far behind, all have multiple commits. There will be another 150 - 200 kids committed after this summer with the majority of kids being from the 30 or so clubs with current commits. About 20 DI Schools have at least one 2019 commit. The usual suspects have as many as 13. I would guess that 15 - 18 of the current Top 20 college programs have at least one freshman committed and just about all of the Top 30 - 40 schools were actively recruiting the class of 2019 this past summer and fall. Like it or not playing on one of the top club teams has advantages. Exposure to more college coaches and playing in the most competitive tournaments are two of the advantages. Even after kids commit college coaches are encouraging their recruits to continue to play with these club because they want them playing against the best competition. You are correct that there are a lot of spots but they are filling up fast at many of the top programs/schools. Remember, there is more than on way to skin a cat. You do not have to play on one of the top club teams in order to be recruited but to diminish or ignore the facts and or benefits/advantages is foolish. To each his own. I agree. There are enough events to get noticed though and not be an NLF member. Does it help? Yes, but these coaches know who the other top teams are. Looneys 2020 has a ton of D1 kids on it. You think colleges aren't going to find them because their not NLF members? Don't tell 91 or Express parents your inside info. The owners need more $$$$
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Best 2020 teams
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Coaches will want to see top players playing other top players. Hopefully Looneys can find some tournaments that let second rate clubs in or Next year our tryouts will be crowded in MD
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[quote=Anonymous]Best 2020 teams
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Looneys will beat all those teams!
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what LI team has the most players born in 2001
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Best 2020 teams
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Everyone else In that order? I doubt that. Madlax maybe shouldn't even be included. And keep in mind Crabs is really a 2019 team, based on DOB for most of its starting players.
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Best 2020 teams
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Everyone else In that order? I doubt that. Madlax maybe shouldn't even be included. And keep in mind Crabs is really a 2019 team, based on DOB for most of its starting players. But aren't there holdbacks on all of those teams? Maybe you should keep that in mind and stop with the excuses! Or maybe it's easy to be a cry baby when you lose
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[quote=Anonymous]Best 2020 teams
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Looneys will beat all those teams! Definitely won't beat Crabs after they got beatdown in the fall.
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Like it or not, youth teams are not grouped by grade, so crying/investigating birthdays is a waste of time.
Funny to see Madlax on that list. Those dad sure like to pump up what is an average team at best.
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Best 2020 teams
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Everyone else In that order? I doubt that. Madlax maybe shouldn't even be included. And keep in mind Crabs is really a 2019 team, based on DOB for most of its starting players. But aren't there holdbacks on all of those teams? Maybe you should keep that in mind and stop with the excuses! Or maybe it's easy to be a cry baby when you lose This is the summer that holdbacks/repeaters start to show up on 2020 teams in the Northeast. (Sorry I don't really consider Maryland northeast on my map) All you have to do is sign up for a Md. based summer camp (eg. Stanwick), where they enroll kids up to grade 8, or up 16 years of age. My 2020 8th grade Westchester son will turn 14 this summer.
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Everyone else In that order? I doubt that. Madlax maybe shouldn't even be included. And keep in mind Crabs is really a 2019 team, based on DOB for most of its starting players. But aren't there holdbacks on all of those teams? Maybe you should keep that in mind and stop with the excuses! Or maybe it's easy to be a cry baby when you lose Sure, all teams have a few holdbacks but not to the extent that Crabs violates the spirit of grade base youth lacrosse. No one cries if they lose to Crabs, everyone knows how Crabs operates, especially their 2020 team with a few double holdbacks, they just abuse the system. Just from reading your post it appears you are the cry baby. Perhaps a Crab dad?
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[quote=Anonymous]Best 2020 teams
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Looneys will beat all those teams! Definitely won't beat Crabs after they got beatdown in the fall. Beatdown in the fall? You got to be kidding, they lost to Crabs 6/4, don't call that a beatown especially when mainly a team of 13 year olds playing a team of 14 and close to 15 year olds. If it makes you feel good that this was a beatdown, have at it. Good night Crab fan/dad.
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Coaches will want to see top players playing other top players. Hopefully Looneys can find some tournaments that let second rate clubs in or Next year our tryouts will be crowded in MD What are you talking about with Looney's? The only second rate club I can think of, as far as ethics goes, is Crabs, they have no ethics.
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Coaches will want to see top players playing other top players. Hopefully Looneys can find some tournaments that let second rate clubs in or Next year our tryouts will be crowded in MD What are you talking about with Looney's? The only second rate club I can think of, as far as ethics goes, is Crabs, they have no ethics. It's the Wolf of Wall St. Syndrome!
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[quote=Anonymous]Best 2020 teams
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Looneys will beat all those teams! Definitely won't beat Crabs after they got beatdown in the fall. Beatdown in the fall? You got to be kidding, they lost to Crabs 6/4, don't call that a beatown especially when mainly a team of 13 year olds playing a team of 14 and close to 15 year olds. If it makes you feel good that this was a beatdown, have at it. Good night Crab fan/dad. You must not have been there. Crabs were up 5-1 or something before letting in a few cheapie. It was not close.
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[quote=Anonymous]Best 2020 teams
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Looneys will beat all those teams! Definitely won't beat Crabs after they got beatdown in the fall. Beatdown in the fall? You got to be kidding, they lost to Crabs 6/4, don't call that a beatown especially when mainly a team of 13 year olds playing a team of 14 and close to 15 year olds. If it makes you feel good that this was a beatdown, have at it. Good night Crab fan/dad. You must not have been there. Crabs were up 5-1 or something before letting in a few cheapie. It was not close. So.... Coach Ryan McCoward and the double holdbacks only managed 6 goals? Truly pathetic!
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Just as many holdbacks on Looney's and other clubs. Team 91 has them, too.
You are the one looking idiotic since these are grade based teams.
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Just as many holdbacks on Looney's and other clubs. Team 91 has them, too.
You are the one looking idiotic since these are grade based teams. Almost every club team has holdbacks but not at the level of Crabs. They exploit the grade base system and are known as the cheaters of youth lacrosse. Double holdbacks on 2020 and their starters are all holdbacks. As someone else posted, all of Crabs rosters were accidentally released at tournament last fall, many other coaches have the birth dates of all of their players. So in the end, it is you who looks like an idiot by your continued denial that Crabs has no more than any other team. That's just plain BS and you know it.
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[quote=Anonymous]Best 2020 teams
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Looneys will beat all those teams! Definitely won't beat Crabs after they got beatdown in the fall. Beatdown in the fall? You got to be kidding, they lost to Crabs 6/4, don't call that a beatown especially when mainly a team of 13 year olds playing a team of 14 and close to 15 year olds. If it makes you feel good that this was a beatdown, have at it. Good night Crab fan/dad. You must not have been there. Crabs were up 5-1 or something before letting in a few cheapie. It was not close. I was there, and it was never that much of a spread. And how is it that when another team scores on Crabs it is a cheapie? Go back to your 2019 team pretending to be a 2020. There are a few on 2020 who turn 16 this summer, that must make you really proud. Read the post above yours, the age difference is amazing and Crabs only won by 2 goals. What does that tell you Crab dad.
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Just as many holdbacks on Looney's and other clubs. Team 91 has them, too.
You are the one looking idiotic since these are grade based teams. Your right, I'm pathetic raising an A student who plays on age for a very competitive club that has beaten Crabs multiple times. Sorry your integrity and morals are flawed, allowing your 16 year old to play 14 year olds. If he can't handle his school work then get an IEP! Your coddled baby boy can be 16 learning Algebra I, but he shouldn't be 16 and playing against 14 year olds!
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[quote=Anonymous]Best 2020 teams
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Looneys will beat all those teams! Definitely won't beat Crabs after they got beatdown in the fall. Beatdown in the fall? You got to be kidding, they lost to Crabs 6/4, don't call that a beatown especially when mainly a team of 13 year olds playing a team of 14 and close to 15 year olds. If it makes you feel good that this was a beatdown, have at it. Good night Crab fan/dad. You must not have been there. Crabs were up 5-1 or something before letting in a few cheapie. It was not close. I was there, and it was never that much of a spread. And how is it that when another team scores on Crabs it is a cheapie? Not a Crabs dad, but it was a 4 goal spread. It was 6-2 and the Looneys scored a couple of goals very late when it had already been decided. The term cheapie usually refers to inconsequential goals when the outcome is not in doubt.
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Just as many holdbacks on Looney's and other clubs. Team 91 has them, too.
You are the one looking idiotic since these are grade based teams. Almost every club team has holdbacks but not at the level of Crabs. They exploit the grade base system and are known as the cheaters of youth lacrosse. Double holdbacks on 2020 and their starters are all holdbacks. As someone else posted, all of Crabs rosters were accidentally released at tournament last fall, many other coaches have the birth dates of all of their players. So in the end, it is you who looks like an idiot by your continued denial that Crabs has no more than any other team. That's just plain BS and you know it. It astounds me that as youth club lacrosse growth has skyrocketed there has never been a greater push to an age based system to at least 9th or 10th grade. The fact is the majority (not all) of Westchester and LI lacrosse clubs are made up of public school kids where the only way you can be held back is by failing academically, or moving to a private school. In Maryland suburbs, (Baltimore in particular) the majority of lacrosse players go to private schools where being held back is the norm. So, if this Crab parent wants to admit it or not, his son probably goes to (Boys Latin, Gilman, Loyola or one of their feeder schools)a boys private school where a typical 8th grader may be 16, whereas in the typical LI or Westchester public school the youth player is 14. It is what it is.
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Just as many holdbacks on Looney's and other clubs. Team 91 has them, too.
You are the one looking idiotic since these are grade based teams. Almost every club team has holdbacks but not at the level of Crabs. They exploit the grade base system and are known as the cheaters of youth lacrosse. Double holdbacks on 2020 and their starters are all holdbacks. As someone else posted, all of Crabs rosters were accidentally released at tournament last fall, many other coaches have the birth dates of all of their players. So in the end, it is you who looks like an idiot by your continued denial that Crabs has no more than any other team. That's just plain BS and you know it. It astounds me that as youth club lacrosse growth has skyrocketed there has never been a greater push to an age based system to at least 9th or 10th grade. The fact is the majority (not all) of Westchester and LI lacrosse clubs are made up of public school kids where the only way you can be held back is by failing academically, or moving to a private school. In Maryland suburbs, (Baltimore in particular) the majority of lacrosse players go to private schools where being held back is the norm. So, if this Crab parent wants to admit it or not, his son probably goes to (Boys Latin, Gilman, Loyola or one of their feeder schools)a boys private school where a typical 8th grader may be 16, whereas in the typical LI or Westchester public school the youth player is 14. It is what it is. It is comical how the Crabs keep trying to point the finger at other clubs. They do not seem to understand that they have made a systematic change within their organization and to the lacrosse landscape by encouraging kids in their club to hold back. Crabs is mostly if not all private followed by FCA but not all the clubs in maryland are mostly private- Looneys, Roughriders, 91 MD etc. are a good mix of public and private which helps to keep things real and prevents a starting line up of all holdbacks. If Hoco posted the rosters with schools and DOB, it would help the clubs who are being painted with the Crabs/FCA brush to prove once and for all they are a mix and there might be one holdback on those teams. Some summer DOBs which we can all argue about but not a team full of kids who made the decision to repeat a grade for a sports edge.
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I think ALL clubs should protest by not playing crabs when scheduled to do so in a tournament. then after a summer of no games they'll get it and just sign their team up for '19 bracket, where they should be and the world will return to order. 91 should bump their double hold back to their 19 team as well.
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Its a grade based system and college coaches actively recruit 8th graders. Should we really expect that there would be no holdbacks? I know we all want to blame Crabs but they didnt create this system. I also dont see how its relavant as to which team has the most holdbacks. You either have them or you dont.
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Its a grade based system and college coaches actively recruit 8th graders. Should we really expect that there would be no holdbacks? I know we all want to blame Crabs but they didnt create this system. I also dont see how its relavant as to which team has the most holdbacks. You either have them or you dont. You are absolutely correct, but if you are a team full of 16 year old's beating teams made up of 14/15/16 year old's you shouldn't come on here pounding your chest or complaining about a lack of respect. It sounds like they've gamed the system, and hopefully it doesn't affect these kids when they actually have to play against similar aged/sized competition later on
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Its a grade based system and college coaches actively recruit 8th graders. Should we really expect that there would be no holdbacks? I know we all want to blame Crabs but they didnt create this system. I also dont see how its relavant as to which team has the most holdbacks. You either have them or you dont. Not so. Ryan M created the holdback crap when he was doing it to his HS team players, getting them to repeat a year, in order to gain an advantage. He was one of the strongest proponents for the grade base system in other age brackets so he could further his cheating ways. It is very relevant as to the number of holdbacks. Most club teams have a few, Crabs has a sh*tload of them, especially on 2020 and 2021 teams, just outright abusing the sprit of the grade base system. Maybe college coaches are recruiting 8th grade players, who are usually 14 years old. Crab players in the 8th grade are 15 and some will be 16 by this summer, plus 2020 has two double holdbacks. Go check it out, Crabs and Ryan M created this bullsh*t and he struts around like it is nothing. He and his organization are a total embarrassment to youth lacrosse, in Md and in other areas of the country. Would I like to see teams boycott playing his 2020 team, I would love it but it won't happen. If it did and he had no one to play from Md just maybe he would wise up. Until then, he will just be the master thief and manipulator of youth club lacrosse. Sickening.
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People just single out Crabs because they are successful. Madlax has more holdbacks than anyone, but nobody cares as much because Madlax isn't nearly as successful.
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People just single out Crabs because they are successful. Madlax has more holdbacks than anyone, but nobody cares as much because Madlax isn't nearly as successful. No they don't, stop making things up to get the heat off of Crabs. Everyone knows about Crabs, the way they and Ryan M works and how he believes he is the top club in lacrosse. Give me a 2020 team of 15/16 year old youth lacrosse players and that team would do well. He just doesn't believe in doing it the right way, he wants older stronger teams, helps his bottom line cash flow.
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Its a grade based system and college coaches actively recruit 8th graders. Should we really expect that there would be no holdbacks? I know we all want to blame Crabs but they didnt create this system. I also dont see how its relavant as to which team has the most holdbacks. You either have them or you dont. Not so. Ryan M created the holdback crap when he was doing it to his HS team players, getting them to repeat a year, in order to gain an advantage. He was one of the strongest proponents for the grade base system in other age brackets so he could further his cheating ways. It is very relevant as to the number of holdbacks. Most club teams have a few, Crabs has a sh*tload of them, especially on 2020 and 2021 teams, just outright abusing the sprit of the grade base system. Maybe college coaches are recruiting 8th grade players, who are usually 14 years old. Crab players in the 8th grade are 15 and some will be 16 by this summer, plus 2020 has two double holdbacks. Go check it out, Crabs and Ryan M created this bullsh*t and he struts around like it is nothing. He and his organization are a total embarrassment to youth lacrosse, in Md and in other areas of the country. Would I like to see teams boycott playing his 2020 team, I would love it but it won't happen. If it did and he had no one to play from Md just maybe he would wise up. Until then, he will just be the master thief and manipulator of youth club lacrosse. Sickening. So the fact that the other big name clubs have taken on holdbacks is ok? Ok because they only have 3 or so? Is there a magic cutoff number? Not sure what your argument is? Is it ok to have 3 or 4, but not 5 or 6? I believe you can't single out the Crabs if your own club is playing with holdbacks. Trust me, I'm against it, and my son plays on a team that has some. However I feel it would be Hypocritical for me to call out other teams for doing the same thing my son's team does.
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People just single out Crabs because they are successful. Madlax has more holdbacks than anyone, but nobody cares as much because Madlax isn't nearly as successful. So what you are saying is that it's ok to abuse the system and the spirit of grade base lacrosse as long as you are successful. That's really weak.
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Its a grade based system and college coaches actively recruit 8th graders. Should we really expect that there would be no holdbacks? I know we all want to blame Crabs but they didnt create this system. I also dont see how its relavant as to which team has the most holdbacks. You either have them or you dont. Not so. Ryan M created the holdback crap when he was doing it to his HS team players, getting them to repeat a year, in order to gain an advantage. He was one of the strongest proponents for the grade base system in other age brackets so he could further his cheating ways. It is very relevant as to the number of holdbacks. Most club teams have a few, Crabs has a sh*tload of them, especially on 2020 and 2021 teams, just outright abusing the sprit of the grade base system. Maybe college coaches are recruiting 8th grade players, who are usually 14 years old. Crab players in the 8th grade are 15 and some will be 16 by this summer, plus 2020 has two double holdbacks. Go check it out, Crabs and Ryan M created this bullsh*t and he struts around like it is nothing. He and his organization are a total embarrassment to youth lacrosse, in Md and in other areas of the country. Would I like to see teams boycott playing his 2020 team, I would love it but it won't happen. If it did and he had no one to play from Md just maybe he would wise up. Until then, he will just be the master thief and manipulator of youth club lacrosse. Sickening. So the fact that the other big name clubs have taken on holdbacks is ok? Ok because they only have 3 or so? Is there a magic cutoff number? Not sure what your argument is? Is it ok to have 3 or 4, but not 5 or 6? I believe you can't single out the Crabs if your own club is playing with holdbacks. Trust me, I'm against it, and my son plays on a team that has some. However I feel it would be Hypocritical for me to call out other teams for doing the same thing my son's team does. I agree, all club teams have "some". I don't think/feel there is a magic number, most clubs probably have 2 or 3 on average. The problem I have with Crabs, as do many others, is the way their leader exploits this and creates teams with +7 or more holdbacks on many of their teams. This is done solely to gain an advantage over other teams, like their 2020 team, with much older kids playing 13 and young 14 year olds. This is wrong on so many levels, the entire lacrosse community knows they do it but this does not stop that organization from continuing this. It is not a level field. The worse that could happen is that other clubs start loading their rosters with 8+ holdbacks. This, in my opinion, would have a very negative impact on youth lacrosse. My sons team has two.
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They don't have 7+ holdbacks, but keep on lying.
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They don't have 7+ holdbacks, but keep on lying. No one is lying but you Crab dad.
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So I will start by saying I am bitter. My son was on the Crabs over the past two years. This year he was cut as there were many older boys brought down. Trust me when I tell you there are over 10 hold backs on that team some for academic reasons but many from the guidance of RM . These are facts there is no disputing this as my son knows all the boys
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They don't have 7+ holdbacks, but keep on lying. 6 holdbacks plus about 5 pre-first!
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They don't have 7+ holdbacks, but keep on lying. Take a look at 2019 Hudl page for BLC for the 2014-5 season - 4 of the current 2020 players are still showing there and two were the the biggest players on the 2019 team. Now they are just men among youth. Add to them, those that were already on the team and you are pretty darn close to 7 - now count the pre-firsts on the team. Are any of the players really 2020 AGE?
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Re: Boys 2020-8th Grade Fall 2015 Summer 2016
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I think ALL clubs should protest by not playing crabs when scheduled to do so in a tournament. then after a summer of no games they'll get it and just sign their team up for '19 bracket, where they should be and the world will return to order. 91 should bump their double hold back to their 19 team as well. 91 has a reverse double holdback - he is playing two years up on Crush and it is a well known fact. Who are you talking about on 91 with a double holdback. Rosters would prove otherwise.
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