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just an observation, team 24 needs to teach their kids to pass the ball in one of the their 50 practices this season.

What team would you be from??

50 practices? is that for real. that is an agressive number.

Igloo

50 practices? is that for real. that is an agressive number.

I sure they looked good playing in a bracket with two 2026 teams, a town travel team and to "C" travel teams

I saw their 2025 team won the b bracket. They looked like a good team.

Their 2025 team was in a weak bracket. We played them at a tournament earlier in the Fall and beat them by double digits, I think everyone did that tournament. That's with mandatory working the ball around twice before even going to the goal.

No actually just the legacy golden geese team beat them by double digits in the Columbus Day tournament so you must be a parent from that team. So not surprised by your obnoxious comment. Too bad for the geese its parents like you that ruin sports for everyone else. And the team only played one 2026 team on Saturday. They played in the b bracket which is the right ability level for them so why do you have to put them down? They played mamas boyz in the championship who happened to be a very competitive team. Their goalie was awesome.

You know the cost of playing for team 24? Doesn't sound at all like a geese parent at all because why would they care or try to find out the cost? more like a bitter PAL parent just trying to stir the pot. Get a life.

Wow must have struck a nerve getting all crazy pants with your insults. It's 4th grade lacrosse. Grow up. Maybe it's not in everyone's budget to spend $3,000 to play on a travel team. Unless a team is hosting a tournament how would anyone know what other teams plan on entering? Why would a brand new b level team enter an a bracket? To get crushed? A level teams like geese, express, 91 igloo etc belong in the a bracket.

Sorry this was in response to an earlier post about Team 24 2025 team

Their 2025 team was in a weak bracket. We played them at a tournament earlier in the Fall and beat them by double digits, I think everyone did that tournament. That's with mandatory working the ball around twice before even going to the goal.

Remember Geese Daddy, "WE" didn't win anything. You sat on the sideline with your red solo cup living your life through a bunch of 8 year olds. Sad my friend, real sad. Time to get a life

Igloo lost got hammered to by Express so I guess they are on the same level d bag.

They got hammered by express and geese in that tournament, lost to ###### b team and beat a rebuilding express b team. The bracket this past weekend was very weak. And they barely beat a town travel team and a weak Mamas Boyz team. Keep drinking the cool aid dude its only costing you %1600

Not a bitter PAL parent douch. If you're happy spending that kind of money to play against 3rd graders and sub par teams you really are a moron. But hey who am I to tell you how to spend your money you loser.

Wow must have struck a nerve getting all crazy pants with your insults. It's 4th grade lacrosse. Grow up. Maybe it's not in everyone's budget to spend $3,000 to play on a travel team. Unless a team is hosting a tournament how would anyone know what other teams plan on entering? Why would a brand new b level team enter an a bracket? To get crushed? A level teams like geese, express, 91 igloo etc belong in the a bracket.

No nerve struck, keep collecting those T-Shirts. Why did you go in the Columbus Day Tournament if you knew you were gonna get crushed? Like I said keep drinking the cool aid.

Why you ask??? Because they needed another team last minute. Other so called a teams must have been hiding.
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Igloo should stick to making pretend they are a contender..

Agree. Team is at the bottom of the age bracket.

Wow, sounds like the only nerve that has been struck is the parents who shelled out that kind of money to play 2026 teams, town teams and lower tier travel programs. Enjoy your T-Shirts, come spring what a joke!!

Go back to the 2025 feed.

Lets talk about 2029 now
Go back to the 2025 feed.

2024 should learn to recognize a double or triple team and pass to the open man. Running into and through a double and triple team gets kids hurt when they get older.

Yep, it's gotten that bad that the 2025 banter has jumped into the 2024 thread.

Who knows if the intentions of the first post about TwentyFour was to start (S***) or if it was just an observation but we all need to know that no matter what is posted on here, it will be ridiculed.

I get it, 91, Express, Igloo, Legacy all clearly "elite" travel teams, no question. Then there are your "B" teams or lower tier teams. I watched these "elite" teams and I was impressed. Eventually with hard work and some good coaching/mentoring, there will be several more A-teams.

Stay in that elite world, it fits for what you are trying to do, leave everyone else alone. Travel town teams need to back off start-ups as well. It's not fair to a kid that wants to grow as a player to be punished. All of these programs are good and they ALL meet or exceed what a parent is looking for so their child can become a better player. Some may be blinded by the big names, so be it, if they have the money, have at it.

So we bash B-brackets while bundled up under three layers of jackets and sweatshirts drinking coffee, while a child is out there busting their butt for the love of the game. Here's the challenge for the "elite" parents, it's your turn, put the gear on get out there and run up and down the field in rainy cold weather and prove to them that you belong in the "elite" division, oh wait, it has nothing to do with you, it's your kids that are playing, so why do you think it's OK for you to be their voice? Please stop with this "weak" team nonsense, ALL teams have their weaknesses from too many kids on a roster to undesirable coaches to ridiculous costs. It is what it is.

Forget Trump and Clinton for the fall of Western civilization, we need to focus on youth sports and it's not even the kids it's the parents. Again there are awesome teams out their but don't fault a 9 year old because of politics, because parents work and the travel team they have selected fits their needs but can give their child a little more than maybe a PAL team. PARENTS ruin sports, period. The only way your kid is talking like this is because they hear it from mom and dad.

STAY OUT OF IT. Let the coaches coach, let the kids play and if you're not happy look for another option. You add nothing to the team or the development of your child if all you do is BASH, BASH, BASH.

Chances are your child is going to be more than a professional lacrosse player and what will your response be, "NO WAY, we invested too much time and money into youth lacrosse for you to be a doctor, a fireman, a lawyer, etc."

Here is a suggestion (start bashing away) but I will provide anyway. Be a chauffer, be that ATM machine for when they need gear, be their fan, be their support, DON'T be their voice, they can handle it, trust me, but if they can't, that would be YOUR fault.

Back to the bracket issue. SO a new team goes to a tournament where they may not belong at the start, they get beat up, but I did not see one kid from that team with his head down crying, but I did see a lot of disappointed parents, WHY? ALL you did was drive them their so get over it. Hopefully it was a learning experience for the coaches who the parents pay to train their children. They make some adjustments, enter a tournament based on their ability as a new program (with NO CONTROL over who is in the bracket with them) beat some teams WIN, they wear their CHAMPIONSHIP shirts to school proud as can be and you MOCK them for it? Those boys earned those shirts, PERIOD. That is truly SAD and this is why parents have no place on the field.

When I start my travel program I guarantee the parents will not like it. The boys don't have to try out, the parents do!

PLEASE just stop.


Can't wait to see the masters degree rebuttals to this post but like everything else on this board, it's JUST AN OPINION, right?

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