BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums PENNSYLVANIA LACROSSE PENNSYLVANIA FORUM Boys 2023

I agree with madlax. Unfortunately there are a lot of people like you out there who dismiss intelligent observations and raise kids to carry on that tradition of ignorance. Hope for the sake of your kid that he has some positive role models because he can't be getting much character from you. Bro, daddy, you're getting all the laughs. Leave it to us to make the intelligent contributions and have fun with your ignorant, negative, misinformed shtick.

I am fully aware of who and what, that story is old my friend. You have a coach at Episcopal in your Philly area whose transgressions are much more severe yet I take no umbrage with him. He appears to be a good man with a lapse in judgement the same applies for the coach cashing my check but I am at peace with him and his own lapse in judgement. What lapses are hidden in your closet? I would hazard a guess they are many and varied base upon your sardonic. narrative.

Ok Jimmy the Greek....let's here the excuses now. Lost to BL and Mesa...

Great job, Mesa. We played teams from Texas, NJ and LI, and you were the toughest. Good day for Philly 2023! Looking forward to our next meeting.

Agree as a BL parent good weekend for Philadelphia. Congrats

Why is MadLax playing as an A and not AA at NXT Cup?

Win a T shirt. Happens all the time.

Where do you see that? Don't see anything on tourney machine yet. If it is true, I assume it is just the 2023 team.

Awful showing by Freedom at Crabfest.....I far as I am aware they have never had a strong showing at any quality tourney.

Crabfeast is a HS tournament and this is a 2023 board, so yeah, you aren't very aware.

Awful showing by Freedom at Crabs Young Guns.....surprised they are so bad. Not even competitive with the top tier.

There is no way NXT should allow them to play in he A bracket. The program should be embarrassed

If it's not their national team, they are an A level team

They were a B team last year and they are now playing AA, why would you be surprised? I'm surprised they did better than Mesa.

[quote=Anonymous]Awful showing by Freedom at Crabs Young Guns.....surprised they are so bad. Not even competitive with the top tier
This Freedom 2023 team is a whole new (basically) team from their team last year. They have a new coach, that brought in a bunch of guys that his son plays with on Dukes National. They don't play as a team, the coach could care less about this "team", the only reason he did it was so his son had "local" playing opportunities. For example, the spring league. Not sure why the Freedom organization thought this was a good idea.

So you're saying the coach basically created a new team, played and won NXT spring league, won meltdown, and played average but better than any other local team at AA Young guns, all in the 1st year. Doesn't sound like he cares at all. What were they thinking?

They don't play like a team at all, and if you think winning is all it is about, you are something to learn. That "team" is a trainwreck. He cancels practice at the last minute, they even had to pull out of a tournament this summer because they didn't have enough kids. How is that even possible?

I agree its terrible to cancel a tournament without enough kids. They should keep 30 kids like all the other teams and never cancel.

If they have Dukes players shouldn't they be the best???? Daddy ball as its best.

Gotta give him credit he uses Freedom to recruit kids for Dukes....Freedom charging 1500-2000 a kid for what? All Dad coaching staff and 3 summer tournaments..

Where have you been? Dukes sucks

How old are some of those freedom / dukes kids? One looks like he is 16

That's just dumb. Freedom is the most cost effective club available and they play year round just like the other clubs charging $2500

And just like most clubs they are not teaching the kids anything. Go watch them play, one kid dodges 5 kids watches

My point is, at this level kids are expected to make a commitment to their team. How in the world does a club "not have enough" players for a tournament that was announced 6 months ago. Seriously, how does that happen? My kids have played club lacrosse for lots of years at all levels and I have never heard of a team that had to back out of a tounament. Never

Not at all fair to the parents/kids that do commit to the schedule. Amazing what parents will tolerate so their kid can "win" the NXT spring league and Meltdown Tournaments.....

Find a group with more committed parents

Probably should start with getting a coach that is committed

Any predictions for NXT Cup? Looks like a strong field.

91Warriors vs Brotherly Love in Finals

They are committed, but to any other team (Dukes) and so it the "coach", again, I don't get it. Why would Freedom want this for one of their teams? I know they can do better.

Warriors

How are you predicting anything at this age? Half of these teams haven't played that much and you never know who Dukes will bring...

NXT playing in the B bracket of their own tournament. When there is an AA and A level, beating teams by 4 goals +. I recall them telling people at their tryout they would be playing A level this season.......bait and switch if you ask me.....

Dukes unknown for sure .Havent seen Empire play. Warriors went 1-4 last weekend as Team 91. Strong faceoff kid though. Brotherly Love top pick for sure. Second could go to anyone else. Here is my best guess till Dukes /Empire game. BL.,Dukes, Long Island can fight it out for 3rd&4th place.

Total joke

Yes indeed, they flim flam every tournament at the young ages.

Probably why TD is bailing

Actually, the younger age NXT tournaments are actually well attended, now the fact that NXT plays B level, that is another story.
The HS NXT tournaments are a joke, no top teams go therrZ the top teams are playing NLF, Big 4, Naptown, Crab Feast.

I don't think anyone doubts the tourney's they run at the younger ages. I've always thought we were lucky to have them in our backyard.