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It seems to me that clubs have this "rule" that you play with your school age for a reason! It would also seem that if you make the exception for one then why not for all, regardless of who you are, who your parents are or how good you are! Doesn't look good for the club when you let one girl play the birthdate/ school year card whenever it benefits her most! If she plays with 2019 now then she should end with them as well. Won't be able to play with her team at recruiting and showcase events in a few years. Eventually you have to move back to grad year. Why can't she play at showcase/recruiting events?
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So, how bout them uniforms? LOL Yeah, if you expect to play good you better look good. College coaaches are known to walk away from players at tournament because they don't like the uniforms. Maybe they should jack the tuition way up to cover the cost of a top rate uniform. Plenty of other clubs out there with really nice uniforms,if that is what is important to you, you should go seek them out.
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These type situations are also created by the weak job US lacrosse does enforcing age groupings.So funny people complain of the age group a child is playing when it is the exact age group the kid should be playing based on skill and age. When they eventually move the child to their correct YOG I think opposing teams will have a more legit complaint.This discussion should be more about appropriate age groupings in general than individual kids.
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So, how bout them uniforms? LOL Yeah, if you expect to play good you better look good. College coaaches are known to walk away from players at tournament because they don't like the uniforms. Maybe they should jack the tuition way up to cover the cost of a top rate uniform. Plenty of other clubs out there with really nice uniforms,if that is what is important to you, you should go seek them out. You may need to have your medication level checked.
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It seems to me that clubs have this "rule" that you play with your school age for a reason! It would also seem that if you make the exception for one then why not for all, regardless of who you are, who your parents are or how good you are! Doesn't look good for the club when you let one girl play the birthdate/ school year card whenever it benefits her most! If she plays with 2019 now then she should end with them as well. Won't be able to play with her team at recruiting and showcase events in a few years. Eventually you have to move back to grad year. Why can't she play at showcase/recruiting events? Most if not all recruiting/showcase events do not allow kids to play outside of the graduation class. It's a recuiting event, coaches are watching many teams and hundereds of kids. They want to know the kids they are watching are all one graduation class.
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Let's hope we don't look like the redhead ugly step child again this year and the organization uses the $$ to improve the uniforms. Will it make a girl play better? Who knows, but it can't hurt!
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It seems to me that clubs have this "rule" that you play with your school age for a reason! It would also seem that if you make the exception for one then why not for all, regardless of who you are, who your parents are or how good you are! Doesn't look good for the club when you let one girl play the birthdate/ school year card whenever it benefits her most! If she plays with 2019 now then she should end with them as well. Won't be able to play with her team at recruiting and showcase events in a few years. Eventually you have to move back to grad year. Why can't she play at showcase/recruiting events? Most if not all recruiting/showcase events do not allow kids to play outside of the graduation class. It's a recuiting event, coaches are watching many teams and hundereds of kids. They want to know the kids they are watching are all one graduation class. Not true YJ 2015 goalie played with 14s all along and is already recruited
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It seems to me that clubs have this "rule" that you play with your school age for a reason! It would also seem that if you make the exception for one then why not for all, regardless of who you are, who your parents are or how good you are! Doesn't look good for the club when you let one girl play the birthdate/ school year card whenever it benefits her most! If she plays with 2019 now then she should end with them as well. Won't be able to play with her team at recruiting and showcase events in a few years. Eventually you have to move back to grad year. Why can't she play at showcase/recruiting events? Most if not all recruiting/showcase events do not allow kids to play outside of the graduation class. It's a recuiting event, coaches are watching many teams and hundereds of kids. They want to know the kids they are watching are all one graduation class. Not true YJ 2015 goalie played with 14s all along and is already recruited Recruited or Committed?
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verbally committed to Notre Dame
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verbally committed to Notre Dame That's great. Best of luck to you.
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So now that winter league has started how did everyone do?
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The best thing about the Top Guns it is a family organization that puts the girls first. It's NOT take the money and make as many teams needed like some of the other larger ones. 3 teams at 2018 ,you will have as many teams as girls who try out.How do those words taste now that all you have become is the poor mans wanna be yellow jackets.
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So now that winter league has started how did everyone do? Why don't you tell us
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trying to change the subject and get off the hate trend?
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The best thing about the Top Guns it is a family organization that puts the girls first. It's NOT take the money and make as many teams needed like some of the other larger ones. 3 teams at 2018 ,you will have as many teams as girls who try out.How do those words taste now that all you have become is the poor mans wanna be yellow jackets. Instead of wanna be YJ, most people are playing TG because they don't wanna be YJ's.
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The best thing about the Top Guns it is a family organization that puts the girls first. It's NOT take the money and make as many teams needed like some of the other larger ones. 3 teams at 2018 ,you will have as many teams as girls who try out.How do those words taste now that all you have become is the poor mans wanna be yellow jackets. Instead of wanna be YJ, most people are playing TG because they don't wanna be YJ's. Agreed but unfortunately it seems to be the same business model, as many teams as possible ,as much money as possible, politics as usual. Now with the questions about the amount of involvement Shanon will be able to have due to time constraints and NCAA regulations I think the club is heading in the wrong direction, I hope not.
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YJ's are still the big name and when in doubt coaches will go with a YJ kid on club name alone. Easier to defend if it doesnt work out.
One could argue that more marginal players are given opportunities in college because the played for YJ then some of the other clubs.
Name definitly opens doors just look at the commitments.
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YJ's are still the big name and when in doubt coaches will go with a YJ kid on club name alone. Easier to defend if it doesnt work out.
One could argue that more marginal players are given opportunities in college because the played for YJ then some of the other clubs.
Name definitly opens doors just look at the commitments. Name does open doors to a small extent, YJ is a name with clout but so is Shannon Smith. All the NCAA coaches are quite aware of who she is, so that may be a small edge for those looking to continue play in college. Either way your kid still needs to play at a high level to get the nod, simply being from club X or Y doesn't mean much in the end. I would like to think all of the posted commitments were earned by the girls' play and not a factor of the laundry on their back.
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YJ's are still the big name and when in doubt coaches will go with a YJ kid on club name alone. Easier to defend if it doesnt work out.
One could argue that more marginal players are given opportunities in college because the played for YJ then some of the other clubs.
Name definitly opens doors just look at the commitments. Name does open doors to a small extent, YJ is a name with clout but so is Shannon Smith. All the NCAA coaches are quite aware of who she is, so that may be a small edge for those looking to continue play in college. Either way your kid still needs to play at a high level to get the nod, simply being from club X or Y doesn't mean much in the end. I would like to think all of the posted commitments were earned by the girls' play and not a factor of the laundry on their back. gpa and sat scores have more to do with it then lax
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YJ's are still the big name and when in doubt coaches will go with a YJ kid on club name alone. Easier to defend if it doesnt work out.
One could argue that more marginal players are given opportunities in college because the played for YJ then some of the other clubs.
Name definitly opens doors just look at the commitments. Name does open doors to a small extent, YJ is a name with clout but so is Shannon Smith. All the NCAA coaches are quite aware of who she is, so that may be a small edge for those looking to continue play in college. Either way your kid still needs to play at a high level to get the nod, simply being from club X or Y doesn't mean much in the end. I would like to think all of the posted commitments were earned by the girls' play and not a factor of the laundry on their back. gpa and sat scores have more to do with it then lax Not on the early early commits, that is based mostly on Lax. 10th graders don't have enough grades
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Name does open doors to a small extent, YJ is a name with clout but so is Shannon Smith. All the NCAA coaches are quite aware of who she is, so that may be a small edge for those looking to continue play in college. Either way your kid still needs to play at a high level to get the nod, simply being from club X or Y doesn't mean much in the end. I would like to think all of the posted commitments were earned by the girls' play and not a factor of the laundry on their back. Hofstra has put together a fine Spring schedule which will help establish even additional connections for the Summer Showcase being put together by the Lacrosse-By-3 organization. Expectations should be that the showcase will be a fine regional draw backed by some of the coaches playing against Hofstra this season.
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The best thing about the Top Guns it is a family organization that puts the girls first. It's NOT take the money and make as many teams needed like some of the other larger ones. 3 teams at 2018 ,you will have as many teams as girls who try out.How do those words taste now that all you have become is the poor mans wanna be yellow jackets. Not true. There were many girls cut from tryouts, at all age groups. 2018 is the only group with 3 teams, due to approx 100 girls at tryouts. They don't take everyone, and have 4 teams at every age group. We're new to TG, and it's been great so far...small, family feel, with solid coaching, and excellent talent. YJ is a great program too...just different, and more of a corporate setup.
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The best thing about the Top Guns it is a family organization that puts the girls first. It's NOT take the money and make as many teams needed like some of the other larger ones. 3 teams at 2018 ,you will have as many teams as girls who try out.How do those words taste now that all you have become is the poor mans wanna be yellow jackets. Not true. There were many girls cut from tryouts, at all age groups. 2018 is the only group with 3 teams, due to approx 100 girls at tryouts. They don't take everyone, and have 4 teams at every age group. We're new to TG, and it's been great so far...small, family feel, with solid coaching, and excellent talent. YJ is a great program too...just different, and more of a corporate setup. I actually round counted closer to 120 kids at ry out for that age group. I wouldn't go as far to say kids were cut though, kids certainly did not make a spot on teams they were trying for and instead went elsewhere.
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Purple 2017 is in desperate need of a goalie, despite that both teams looked decent, not much of a difference talent wise. My daughters team will face black next week and we stayed to watch- should be a good matchup. Happy Holidays everyone in the lax community.
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2017 beats 2017 purple 19-8 without 2 offensive studs !
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Stop with the nonsense they are all corporations and make as many teams as they have kids trying out and accepting positions.Around 90 kids at 2018 tryout ,very good number but to pretend that they want to keep it as a small family is misleading.
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2017 beats 2017 purple 19-8 without 2 offensive studs ! Does that make you feel good? First of all, the girl keeping score made a mistake, and the actual score was 18-9. Purple was missing a few studs also, and has a goalie that's still learning the position. None of that matters though. You're expected to win, so why don't you do so with class, and see how your team stacks up against other "A" teams, not your own program's "B" team...we'll be rooting for 2017 black, being part of Top Guns.
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2017 beats 2017 purple 19-8 without 2 offensive studs ! Am I reading this incorrectly or are you bragging that 2017 Blavk beat 2017 Purple?
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2017 beats 2017 purple 19-8 without 2 offensive studs ! Does that make you feel good? First of all, the girl keeping score made a mistake, and the actual score was 18-9. Purple was missing a few studs also, and has a goalie that's still learning the position. None of that matters though. You're expected to win, so why don't you do so with class, and see how your team stacks up against other "A" teams, not your own program's "B" team...we'll be rooting for 2017 black, being part of Top Guns. Why are there studs on Purple? Shouldn't they be on Black?? 2017 black didn't fare well at all last year against the other top clubs
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Congratulations on a nice win, the verbal offers from all the top colleges should start rolling in.
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2017 beats 2017 purple 19-8 without 2 offensive studs ! Does that make you feel good? First of all, the girl keeping score made a mistake, and the actual score was 18-9. Purple was missing a few studs also, and has a goalie that's still learning the position. None of that matters though. You're expected to win, so why don't you do so with class, and see how your team stacks up against other "A" teams, not your own program's "B" team...we'll be rooting for 2017 black, being part of Top Guns. Why are there studs on Purple? Shouldn't they be on Black?? 2017 black didn't fare well at all last year against the other top clubs Good point...I meant studs for the purple level. A couple of their best players..probably not studs on the black level.
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Stop with the nonsense they are all corporations and make as many teams as they have kids trying out and accepting positions.Around 90 kids at 2018 tryout ,very good number but to pretend that they want to keep it as a small family is misleading. They don't have as many teams as there were kids trying out. Do you think everyone was offered a position on a team? Not true. There were about 68 kids at 2017 tryouts, and about 50 offered spots on two teams. 2108 had about 100 kids, and about 75 offered spots on 3 teams. Some kids did not get accepted. That was my only point. It really doesn't matter. Good luck to everyone, on their teams, with whatever program they may be with. It's nice that there are teams for everyone.
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My daughter is on 2017 Black and I am embarrassed by the previous post from someone from our team. I have no idea why that parent would post the score. There was no need. My only hope was that it truly wasn't someone from our team and just a pot stirrer. We should all be supporting each other. My daughter said that the Purple team played very well. Please don't judge the rest of us. We will be there during our summer tournaments cheering your team on. We are all part of the same club.
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My daughter is on 2017 Black and I am embarrassed by the previous post from someone from our team. I have no idea why that parent would post the score. There was no need. My only hope was that it truly wasn't someone from our team and just a pot stirrer. We should all be supporting each other. My daughter said that the Purple team played very well. Please don't judge the rest of us. We will be there during our summer tournaments cheering your team on. We are all part of the same club. That's great to hear. Unfortunately, it probably was a parent from your team, unless it was a pot stirrer, who knew exactly what the scoreboard said. Ya never know. But that's ok, we wouldn't judge you all anyway. Let's all pull for each other as a program, and encourage the girls to do the same!! See you on the field again soon!
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I agree with original poster. I am also a parent of the 2017 black and I too am embarrassed about the comment made about beating the purple. It is definitely a pot stirrer. From where I was sitting the parents on black were complementing good plays on both teams. We are one organization and unfortunately there are some people (on both sides) who don't look at it that way. Congratulations to both teams as they both played well despite both teams missing good players. Please stop responding to silly posts that are put on here to cause trouble. JT My daughter is on 2017 Black and I am embarrassed by the previous post from someone from our team. I have no idea why that parent would post the score. There was no need. My only hope was that it truly wasn't someone from our team and just a pot stirrer. We should all be supporting each other. My daughter said that the Purple team played very well. Please don't judge the rest of us. We will be there during our summer tournaments cheering your team on. We are all part of the same club. That's great to hear. Unfortunately, it probably was a parent from your team, unless it was a pot stirrer, who knew exactly what the scoreboard said. Ya never know. But that's ok, we wouldn't judge you all anyway. Let's all pull for each other as a program, and encourage the girls to do the same!! See you on the field again soon!
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2017 beats 2017 purple 19-8 without 2 offensive studs ! Ouch! A good old fashioned clock cleaning.
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2017 beats 2017 purple 19-8 without 2 offensive studs ! Ouch! A good old fashioned clock cleaning. Easy there , the only reason your kids are on black is because Papa begged the higher ups to give you 1 more year. The lack of sportsmanship displayed by black was disturbing. I am also concerned that the lack of playing time for some players will carry over to the summer. Time to mix the girls up and end the clique-it is not benefiting the team.
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[quote=Anonymous]2017 beats 2017 purple 19-8 without 2 offensive studs ! Ouch! A good old fashioned clock cleaning. Easy there , the only reason your kids are on black is because Papa begged the higher ups to give you 1 more year. The lack of sportsmanship displayed by black was disturbing. I am also concerned that the lack of playing time for some players will carry over to the summer. Time to mix the girls up and end the clique-it is not benefiting the team. C'mon the reason the girls are on black is they are simply the better players the score board reflects that.
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Well said, and I agree 100%. -2017 Purple Parent I agree with original poster. I am also a parent of the 2017 black and I too am embarrassed about the comment made about beating the purple. It is definitely a pot stirrer. From where I was sitting the parents on black were complementing good plays on both teams. We are one organization and unfortunately there are some people (on both sides) who don't look at it that way. Congratulations to both teams as they both played well despite both teams missing good players. Please stop responding to silly posts that are put on here to cause trouble. JT My daughter is on 2017 Black and I am embarrassed by the previous post from someone from our team. I have no idea why that parent would post the score. There was no need. My only hope was that it truly wasn't someone from our team and just a pot stirrer. We should all be supporting each other. My daughter said that the Purple team played very well. Please don't judge the rest of us. We will be there during our summer tournaments cheering your team on. We are all part of the same club. That's great to hear. Unfortunately, it probably was a parent from your team, unless it was a pot stirrer, who knew exactly what the scoreboard said. Ya never know. But that's ok, we wouldn't judge you all anyway. Let's all pull for each other as a program, and encourage the girls to do the same!! See you on the field again soon!
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2017 beats 2017 purple 19-8 without 2 offensive studs ! Ouch! A good old fashioned clock cleaning. Calling Bull S#%T on this post. YJ parent stirring the pot. Don't buy into it. You know how they are so be smarter than that. Go TG!!!
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