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Club Blue on verge of folding shop. CB kids should bolster ranks at Madlax NL and BLC.

amy son is in a different grade and a different tournament, but that is funny.

Eclipse is a strong club. Looking at the online scores, that team played Madlax at the end of the day in a meaningless game. No shock that they packed it in. Trying to compare scores from one game to another isn't an exact science.

I heard Madlax 2020 got pounded all summer, but no idea if that's true. Either way, I would love to hear how you defend paying money to that jerk. Really teaching great morals to your kid.

amy son is in a different grade and a different tournament, but that is funny.

Eclipse is a strong club. Looking at the online scores, that team played Madlax at the end of the day in a meaningless game. No shock that they packed it in. Trying to compare scores from one game to another isn't an exact science.

I heard Madlax 2020 got pounded all summer, but no idea if that's true. Either way, I would love to hear how you defend paying money to that jerk. Really teaching great morals to your kid.

2020 Madlax better than VLC proven just a few days ago by playing the same opponent

Eclipse 7 - VLC 6
Madlax 14 - Eclipse 2

Caveat from other threads to 'explain' why VLC is better:
- the Eclipse FO guy had his illegal stick taken away before the MADLAX game
- VLC's 'marquis' attack VLC player would have stopped the Eclipse from scoring the other 5 goals

Madlax got pounded some because they only play in elite tournaments with all the college coaches.

The PP is right. I laugh at all the parents who get so wound up at these events. Winning is nice, but nobody cares who wins a tournament. The coaches certainly don't.

The three clubs mentioned on this thread all have solid talent. Depending on the grade, some are better than others. Certainly none of the three are a clear cut above the others. There is more than enough talent in the DMV for these teams to field good-great teams at every HS grade.

Chill out.

Sorry, I believe you're conflating "elite tournaments" with scheduled play in scrimmages. They got pounded because the other teams they scheduled are AA caliber, and MADLAX is A. Simple as that. Also doubt there were any college coaches at the play in scrimmages. If they were, it wasn't for MADLAX kids.

What parents really fail to understand is that once you get a lacrosse scholarship your are indebted to the team and coach in college. Say your interest turns elsewhere when you mature in college? You lose your Athletic scholarship and they you are up a creek. Keep the grades up, play where you are having fun. Enjoy the recruiting process but remember grades are everything. If you get injured in college your athletic scholarship will be pulled if you can not get back on the field. Your academic scholarship will not. Focus parents. No money in Lacrosse and the average athletic lacrosse scholarship is $4000. Keeping it real. I do enjoy the Jerry Spring banter on this site.

The kid should enjoy playing the game no matter the cost. I could may love playing with his buddies on the 1200 team that plays lesser tournaments and wins a few games. Another kid may hate playing on the 1600 team that plays every "Elite" tournament but gets smoked every time. I think the keyboard bandits chasing the $4000 college scholarships at a $1600 a year clip should take a chill pill. Just my 2 cents.

Madlax 2018 used to be a Top 5 team. Fell down, but had a good showing last weekend. No coincidence it was the weekend the 2017 kid started playing with them.

The 2018 team did have a good showing last week and won the weekend before at Big4HHH as repeat champions from the year before. They're a solid team with or without the attack player who's PG'ing. He's not a leading scorer, does not lead in assists or ground balls and is smaller than the average attack player in field... He's a good player but not a difference maker as you make him out to be...

A 2017 kid who claims he will PG a year after graduating next spring fell back to play on a 2018 team? That is pretty lame.

College coaches are going to learn very quickly in the next 1-3 years as ER recruits flow in that it was a mistake to flatter kids who played down to get noticed. It counts for a lot less as kids age into their later teens, but 13-23 months older than kids in the same grade is a huge advantage to kids through their mid teens. When I see a bigger, stronger, faster, more mature and more technically developed 16 year old versus a 14 1/2 year old all I really think is that kid SHOULD be better by a large margin against the younger competition. The spread collapses as they age up. Look at some DMV area prep teams. Gonzaga, PVI, Prep, Landon, yeah they get all the lights out 8th graders to assemble. Then as juniors and seniors a lot of those kids aren't even the 3rd best middie or attackman on their own team. Of course the accolades keep coming if they were early commits, but that just beards the reality that these kids lost their alpha which was to just be older than the herd during the growth phase years for boys. Look at the UVA commits in the 2016 and 2017 classes playing at WCAC and IAC schools. Zero examples of being elite versus high school competition. Yes, those are good prep leagues but high school ball is light years below college ball.

You need depth to win. Can't be a top program and just get through seasons running 4 middies into the ground and count on 2 LSMs, 1 quality FOGO, 1 quality goalie, 4 poles and 4 guys on attack. Injuries, kids dropping a non revenue sport to be a normal college kid / have a better social life / major in something hard like engineering where there are labs, etc. Then you have the laws of 1/2 the can't miss guys miss. The IAC, the WCAC, being a Crab or Madlax or whatever...those are kiddie pools compared to high level D1 sports. I get it that 6-7 kids get a fractional scholarship and then the last 4-6 get no money. I do think the mentality of, well if I can just find 4 kids who can play in every class that makes 16. A roster with 25-30 busts / practice players (assuming they don't quit) doesn't cut it. ER is a disaster. Getting 1 star a year means nothing if the talent and depth around the stars can't play. Look at UVA. They seem to get the unquestioned #1, 2 or 3 kid in each class and they sucked. 25+ kids on their team couldn't start at Tufts or Limestone. Doesn't cut it.

Where's 2024 Capital Madlax playing next weekend (9th)? Hershey or NXT Cup?

Ok please let me know what the kid who is planning on doing a PG year gets out of playing back a year if he does not PG? The college scouts are watching a 2018 game with that class in there heads. So if a college wants this player for his 2018 class he fits with this 2018 class coming into his school. If this kid tells the college later he will be coming to his college in 2017 class this kid will most likely not fit and be told he does not have a spot in this colleges 2017 class. And if we have a kid doing a PG year he is most likely behind the curve in some way, size,skill, or grades. So please once again tell me what the kid playing in a elite tournament gets out of playing down if he is not really going to do a PG year? Also can any one name a example of a kid ever planning on doing a PG year and changing his mind at the last second and going to college with his correct year?

How do you explain UNC then. They are one of the most if not most aggressive early recruiters. I believe they one the Nat'l Championship!

How do you explain UNC then. They are one of the most if not most aggressive early recruiters. I believe they one the Nat'l Championship!