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Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 B_O_T_C #180413
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Bluefish lost many games this year by double digits. Was that with the massapequa kids?

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Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 B_O_T_C #180416
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Yes the Bandits have a daddy coach but he is also a professional and college coach! Probably the best coach at this age group. Blue Fish? Maybe the B Massapequa kids went there not the A players. Their are kids from 9 different towns on TB. Oh and as far as recruiting goes yes Adelphi but also Yale Maryland and other top schools. Don't be a hater because you know you are paying a lot of money for some half [lacrosse] coach! Do your homework and find the best coach for your kids skill level.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 B_O_T_C #180417
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Looking for solid Program that has a lot of practice and is competitive but right below the A bracket teams that dominate. I'd rather see my kid have more playing time and gain experience than wear a big time jersey and watch from sidelines. Suggestions?

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180418
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	How many practices does TB offer in fall and spring? Where?

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 B_O_T_C #180420
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Once a week until tournament season then a couple of times a week. Massapequa and Adelphi

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Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180477
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous You need a job! Originally Posted by Anonymous This is a critical year for the 6th graders. Parents should be very very Much aware that it's extremely important they land their kids with an organizations TOP team where he will play his fair share. Winning tournaments/tee-shirts is not what this about. In a year or two, College Coaches could care less about scores of games, what club you play for or the jersey you wear. They will sit on the sidelines and watch the Kids who are playing on the field. Find a team with stability with coaches who are committed to making your kids better. Those tryouts are where you should be. Tryouts and what parents should be doing: Ninety One - Bandits PROS: are the best but will always look to find the one or two players who have improved so much that they are better than existing kids. They will dominate again because of JS ability to coach winning team. CONS: He will carry a small roster so he can run with his best Kids most of the game. You know in advance what you get with this team - if your good, you'll play, if not, you'll sit. Not many open spots to steal so crazy that parents would try. OPINION: Avoid! Badgers - PROS: probably the most athletic team with some depth. Fairly solid at each position. They should do well but other teams are clearly closing the gap. Alot of depth at midfield With 2 very good goalies. CONS: team is self imploding. They had trouble this year moving to the next level of play even though they had the goods to do so. Parents control the coach's decisions which is a recipe for disaster. Alot of coaching "favors" on the team that hmders their ability to play the right kids. Still very unstable situation that sill take Another disappointing year to fix. OPINION:Avoid! Igloo: PROS: 1st team to beat the Bandits. Great accomlishment. Solid team Made up of a bunch of hand picked Manhassett 32 players from Daddy coaches. They proved this past year that they can compete and will again this year. CONS: turmoil with coaching. Head coach leaves after providing a solid Season. 2nd time AA has made that change at the top which doesn't allow the team to get settled. Will they change it up every year?? I would caution going to this team this year because of the uncertaintybof too many variables. OPINION: Go check out tryouts Out-laws: PROS: MB is doing a great job rebuilding this organization and team. New coach with a winning experience and record. Some good players. They will find ways to have goodntournament showings. CONS: you nust never know what you will get with this team mostly because Of the constant changes at the helm. Rebuilding year. Will have mostly disappointing runs at the better clubs. OPINION: checkout tryous Legacy: PROS: up and coming organozation and team. Recently won world series which showed alot of naysayers that they are for real. Very solid group of core kids with some obvious holes. Consistent head coaching and new coach coming in with a winning record should provide an immediate lift to the next level. Tremendous opportunity for kids who want and should be playing in the first 10 spots. CONS: depth at various positions. Need to show they can compete. OPINION: Go to Tryouts S2S PROS: DK has done a great job with what he has to deal with. Had an impressive year with some talented North Shore kids. They will be competitive again this year. CONS: not 100% sure of their model. Mostly local Manhassett kids so the pool isn't their to continually feed the A team. Hand picked additions. No real tryouts. Not too sure that model can sustain itself very long. Not a place If you want exposure. OPINION: Hand picked Wow.... Thanks Mr. Free Time. So all kids on LI should tryout for those 3 teams and avoid the rest??? Spoken like someone that spends way too much time reading these boards and not enough time watching what's going on out on the field. Thanks for the advice, but I'll make my own decisions.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 B_O_T_C #180496
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Are you serious. Wow

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180499
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	I hate the term "hold backs". If the player is is a rising 6th grader, then it's not cheating. Has anyone a parent of a supposed "hold back" why their son is in that 2023 class? Consider the child who at 3/4 years old was developmentally delayed in some way, struggled with speech, was in occupational therapy, on the autism spectrum, maybe ADHD or the family religious and educational views differed from the state, or the kindergartener started school in another state where the cutoffs are different. You just don't know......................As the rules are currently, if they are a rising 6th grader, it is NOT CHEATING!!!!!

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180508
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Yes the Bandits have a daddy coach but he is also a professional and college coach! Probably the best coach at this age group. Blue Fish? Maybe the B Massapequa kids went there not the A players. Their are kids from 9 different towns on TB. Oh and as far as recruiting goes yes Adelphi but also Yale Maryland and other top schools. Don't be a hater because you know you are paying a lot of money for some half [lacrosse] coach! Do your homework and find the best coach for your kids skill level. Complete money grab!!! They had 22 kids on the roster after tryouts and added 5 or 6 players before the first tournament all from Massapequa! It's the Mohawks alter-ego. Don't bother if your not from Massapequa. The players from the 9 other towns are just a check to cash for JC!!

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 B_O_T_C #180509
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Heard Outlaws select has a few spots available. Think with MB coaching they will build a solid team. Sounds like a great opportunity

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 B_O_T_C #180511
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Lol, how a person knows so much about youth lacrosse teams is a little strange. Just odd man. You must be the one guy on the block that gives the kids nickles for halloween.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180518
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous You need a job! Originally Posted by Anonymous This is a critical year for the 6th graders. Parents should be very very Much aware that it's extremely important they land their kids with an organizations TOP team where he will play his fair share. Winning tournaments/tee-shirts is not what this about. In a year or two, College Coaches could care less about scores of games, what club you play for or the jersey you wear. They will sit on the sidelines and watch the Kids who are playing on the field. Find a team with stability with coaches who are committed to making your kids better. Those tryouts are where you should be. Tryouts and what parents should be doing: Ninety One - Bandits PROS: are the best but will always look to find the one or two players who have improved so much that they are better than existing kids. They will dominate again because of JS ability to coach winning team. CONS: He will carry a small roster so he can run with his best Kids most of the game. You know in advance what you get with this team - if your good, you'll play, if not, you'll sit. Not many open spots to steal so crazy that parents would try. OPINION: Avoid! Badgers - PROS: probably the most athletic team with some depth. Fairly solid at each position. They should do well but other teams are clearly closing the gap. Alot of depth at midfield With 2 very good goalies. CONS: team is self imploding. They had trouble this year moving to the next level of play even though they had the goods to do so. Parents control the coach's decisions which is a recipe for disaster. Alot of coaching "favors" on the team that hmders their ability to play the right kids. Still very unstable situation that sill take Another disappointing year to fix. OPINION:Avoid! Igloo: PROS: 1st team to beat the Bandits. Great accomlishment. Solid team Made up of a bunch of hand picked Manhassett 32 players from Daddy coaches. They proved this past year that they can compete and will again this year. CONS: turmoil with coaching. Head coach leaves after providing a solid Season. 2nd time AA has made that change at the top which doesn't allow the team to get settled. Will they change it up every year?? I would caution going to this team this year because of the uncertaintybof too many variables. OPINION: Go check out tryouts Out-laws: PROS: MB is doing a great job rebuilding this organization and team. New coach with a winning experience and record. Some good players. They will find ways to have goodntournament showings. CONS: you nust never know what you will get with this team mostly because Of the constant changes at the helm. Rebuilding year. Will have mostly disappointing runs at the better clubs. OPINION: checkout tryous Legacy: PROS: up and coming organozation and team. Recently won world series which showed alot of naysayers that they are for real. Very solid group of core kids with some obvious holes. Consistent head coaching and new coach coming in with a winning record should provide an immediate lift to the next level. Tremendous opportunity for kids who want and should be playing in the first 10 spots. CONS: depth at various positions. Need to show they can compete. OPINION: Go to Tryouts S2S PROS: DK has done a great job with what he has to deal with. Had an impressive year with some talented North Shore kids. They will be competitive again this year. CONS: not 100% sure of their model. Mostly local Manhassett kids so the pool isn't their to continually feed the A team. Hand picked additions. No real tryouts. Not too sure that model can sustain itself very long. Not a place If you want exposure. OPINION: Hand picked Wow.... Thanks Mr. Free Time. So all kids on LI should tryout for those 3 teams and avoid the rest??? Spoken like someone that spends way too much time reading these boards and not enough time watching what's going on out on the field. Thanks for the advice, but I'll make my own decisions. No problem AH. It's meant as an opinion to help guide people. It's expected that everyone will make their own decision. Always so angry???

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180522
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous You need a job! Originally Posted by Anonymous This is a critical year for the 6th graders. Parents should be very very Much aware that it's extremely important they land their kids with an organizations TOP team where he will play his fair share. Winning tournaments/tee-shirts is not what this about. In a year or two, College Coaches could care less about scores of games, what club you play for or the jersey you wear. They will sit on the sidelines and watch the Kids who are playing on the field. Find a team with stability with coaches who are committed to making your kids better. Those tryouts are where you should be. Tryouts and what parents should be doing: Ninety One - Bandits PROS: are the best but will always look to find the one or two players who have improved so much that they are better than existing kids. They will dominate again because of JS ability to coach winning team. CONS: He will carry a small roster so he can run with his best Kids most of the game. You know in advance what you get with this team - if your good, you'll play, if not, you'll sit. Not many open spots to steal so crazy that parents would try. OPINION: Avoid! Badgers - PROS: probably the most athletic team with some depth. Fairly solid at each position. They should do well but other teams are clearly closing the gap. Alot of depth at midfield With 2 very good goalies. CONS: team is self imploding. They had trouble this year moving to the next level of play even though they had the goods to do so. Parents control the coach's decisions which is a recipe for disaster. Alot of coaching "favors" on the team that hmders their ability to play the right kids. Still very unstable situation that sill take Another disappointing year to fix. OPINION:Avoid! Igloo: PROS: 1st team to beat the Bandits. Great accomlishment. Solid team Made up of a bunch of hand picked Manhassett 32 players from Daddy coaches. They proved this past year that they can compete and will again this year. CONS: turmoil with coaching. Head coach leaves after providing a solid Season. 2nd time AA has made that change at the top which doesn't allow the team to get settled. Will they change it up every year?? I would caution going to this team this year because of the uncertaintybof too many variables. OPINION: Go check out tryouts Out-laws: PROS: MB is doing a great job rebuilding this organization and team. New coach with a winning experience and record. Some good players. They will find ways to have goodntournament showings. CONS: you nust never know what you will get with this team mostly because Of the constant changes at the helm. Rebuilding year. Will have mostly disappointing runs at the better clubs. OPINION: checkout tryous Legacy: PROS: up and coming organozation and team. Recently won world series which showed alot of naysayers that they are for real. Very solid group of core kids with some obvious holes. Consistent head coaching and new coach coming in with a winning record should provide an immediate lift to the next level. Tremendous opportunity for kids who want and should be playing in the first 10 spots. CONS: depth at various positions. Need to show they can compete. OPINION: Go to Tryouts S2S PROS: DK has done a great job with what he has to deal with. Had an impressive year with some talented North Shore kids. They will be competitive again this year. CONS: not 100% sure of their model. Mostly local Manhassett kids so the pool isn't their to continually feed the A team. Hand picked additions. No real tryouts. Not too sure that model can sustain itself very long. Not a place If you want exposure. OPINION: Hand picked Wow.... Thanks Mr. Free Time. So all kids on LI should tryout for those 3 teams and avoid the rest??? Spoken like someone that spends way too much time reading these boards and not enough time watching what's going on out on the field. Thanks for the advice, but I'll make my own decisions. No problem AH. It's meant as an opinion to help guide people. It's expected that everyone will make their own decision. Always so angry??? No, not always. Just when I waste my time reading some moron's nonsensical dissertation of the state of youth lacrosse on LI for the 2023 grade level. That was pure and complete dog crap. Your opinions are as useful as ejection seats on a helicopters.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180527
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous You need a job! Originally Posted by Anonymous This is a critical year for the 6th graders. Parents should be very very Much aware that it's extremely important they land their kids with an organizations TOP team where he will play his fair share. Winning tournaments/tee-shirts is not what this about. In a year or two, College Coaches could care less about scores of games, what club you play for or the jersey you wear. They will sit on the sidelines and watch the Kids who are playing on the field. Find a team with stability with coaches who are committed to making your kids better. Those tryouts are where you should be. Tryouts and what parents should be doing: Ninety One - Bandits PROS: are the best but will always look to find the one or two players who have improved so much that they are better than existing kids. They will dominate again because of JS ability to coach winning team. CONS: He will carry a small roster so he can run with his best Kids most of the game. You know in advance what you get with this team - if your good, you'll play, if not, you'll sit. Not many open spots to steal so crazy that parents would try. OPINION: Avoid! Badgers - PROS: probably the most athletic team with some depth. Fairly solid at each position. They should do well but other teams are clearly closing the gap. Alot of depth at midfield With 2 very good goalies. CONS: team is self imploding. They had trouble this year moving to the next level of play even though they had the goods to do so. Parents control the coach's decisions which is a recipe for disaster. Alot of coaching "favors" on the team that hmders their ability to play the right kids. Still very unstable situation that sill take Another disappointing year to fix. OPINION:Avoid! Igloo: PROS: 1st team to beat the Bandits. Great accomlishment. Solid team Made up of a bunch of hand picked Manhassett 32 players from Daddy coaches. They proved this past year that they can compete and will again this year. CONS: turmoil with coaching. Head coach leaves after providing a solid Season. 2nd time AA has made that change at the top which doesn't allow the team to get settled. Will they change it up every year?? I would caution going to this team this year because of the uncertaintybof too many variables. OPINION: Go check out tryouts Out-laws: PROS: MB is doing a great job rebuilding this organization and team. New coach with a winning experience and record. Some good players. They will find ways to have goodntournament showings. CONS: you nust never know what you will get with this team mostly because Of the constant changes at the helm. Rebuilding year. Will have mostly disappointing runs at the better clubs. OPINION: checkout tryous Legacy: PROS: up and coming organozation and team. Recently won world series which showed alot of naysayers that they are for real. Very solid group of core kids with some obvious holes. Consistent head coaching and new coach coming in with a winning record should provide an immediate lift to the next level. Tremendous opportunity for kids who want and should be playing in the first 10 spots. CONS: depth at various positions. Need to show they can compete. OPINION: Go to Tryouts S2S PROS: DK has done a great job with what he has to deal with. Had an impressive year with some talented North Shore kids. They will be competitive again this year. CONS: not 100% sure of their model. Mostly local Manhassett kids so the pool isn't their to continually feed the A team. Hand picked additions. No real tryouts. Not too sure that model can sustain itself very long. Not a place If you want exposure. OPINION: Hand picked Wow.... Thanks Mr. Free Time. So all kids on LI should tryout for those 3 teams and avoid the rest??? Spoken like someone that spends way too much time reading these boards and not enough time watching what's going on out on the field. Thanks for the advice, but I'll make my own decisions. No problem AH. It's meant as an opinion to help guide people. It's expected that everyone will make their own decision. Always so angry??? No, not always. Just when I waste my time reading some moron's nonsensical dissertation of the state of youth lacrosse on LI for the 2023 grade level. That was pure and complete dog crap. Your opinions are as useful as ejection seats on a helicopters. Got it. Your kid got cut and you think he should be a starter.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180530
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous You need a job! Originally Posted by Anonymous This is a critical year for the 6th graders. Parents should be very very Much aware that it's extremely important they land their kids with an organizations TOP team where he will play his fair share. Winning tournaments/tee-shirts is not what this about. In a year or two, College Coaches could care less about scores of games, what club you play for or the jersey you wear. They will sit on the sidelines and watch the Kids who are playing on the field. Find a team with stability with coaches who are committed to making your kids better. Those tryouts are where you should be. Tryouts and what parents should be doing: Ninety One - Bandits PROS: are the best but will always look to find the one or two players who have improved so much that they are better than existing kids. They will dominate again because of JS ability to coach winning team. CONS: He will carry a small roster so he can run with his best Kids most of the game. You know in advance what you get with this team - if your good, you'll play, if not, you'll sit. Not many open spots to steal so crazy that parents would try. OPINION: Avoid! Badgers - PROS: probably the most athletic team with some depth. Fairly solid at each position. They should do well but other teams are clearly closing the gap. Alot of depth at midfield With 2 very good goalies. CONS: team is self imploding. They had trouble this year moving to the next level of play even though they had the goods to do so. Parents control the coach's decisions which is a recipe for disaster. Alot of coaching "favors" on the team that hmders their ability to play the right kids. Still very unstable situation that sill take Another disappointing year to fix. OPINION:Avoid! Igloo: PROS: 1st team to beat the Bandits. Great accomlishment. Solid team Made up of a bunch of hand picked Manhassett 32 players from Daddy coaches. They proved this past year that they can compete and will again this year. CONS: turmoil with coaching. Head coach leaves after providing a solid Season. 2nd time AA has made that change at the top which doesn't allow the team to get settled. Will they change it up every year?? I would caution going to this team this year because of the uncertaintybof too many variables. OPINION: Go check out tryouts Out-laws: PROS: MB is doing a great job rebuilding this organization and team. New coach with a winning experience and record. Some good players. They will find ways to have goodntournament showings. CONS: you nust never know what you will get with this team mostly because Of the constant changes at the helm. Rebuilding year. Will have mostly disappointing runs at the better clubs. OPINION: checkout tryous Legacy: PROS: up and coming organozation and team. Recently won world series which showed alot of naysayers that they are for real. Very solid group of core kids with some obvious holes. Consistent head coaching and new coach coming in with a winning record should provide an immediate lift to the next level. Tremendous opportunity for kids who want and should be playing in the first 10 spots. CONS: depth at various positions. Need to show they can compete. OPINION: Go to Tryouts S2S PROS: DK has done a great job with what he has to deal with. Had an impressive year with some talented North Shore kids. They will be competitive again this year. CONS: not 100% sure of their model. Mostly local Manhassett kids so the pool isn't their to continually feed the A team. Hand picked additions. No real tryouts. Not too sure that model can sustain itself very long. Not a place If you want exposure. OPINION: Hand picked Wow.... Thanks Mr. Free Time. So all kids on LI should tryout for those 3 teams and avoid the rest??? Spoken like someone that spends way too much time reading these boards and not enough time watching what's going on out on the field. Thanks for the advice, but I'll make my own decisions. No problem AH. It's meant as an opinion to help guide people. It's expected that everyone will make their own decision. Always so angry??? No, not always. Just when I waste my time reading some moron's nonsensical dissertation of the state of youth lacrosse on LI for the 2023 grade level. That was pure and complete dog crap. Your opinions are as useful as ejection seats on a helicopters. I actually think it's fairly accurate

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180533
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous You need a job! Originally Posted by Anonymous This is a critical year for the 6th graders. Parents should be very very Much aware that it's extremely important they land their kids with an organizations TOP team where he will play his fair share. Winning tournaments/tee-shirts is not what this about. In a year or two, College Coaches could care less about scores of games, what club you play for or the jersey you wear. They will sit on the sidelines and watch the Kids who are playing on the field. Find a team with stability with coaches who are committed to making your kids better. Those tryouts are where you should be. Tryouts and what parents should be doing: Ninety One - Bandits PROS: are the best but will always look to find the one or two players who have improved so much that they are better than existing kids. They will dominate again because of JS ability to coach winning team. CONS: He will carry a small roster so he can run with his best Kids most of the game. You know in advance what you get with this team - if your good, you'll play, if not, you'll sit. Not many open spots to steal so crazy that parents would try. OPINION: Avoid! Badgers - PROS: probably the most athletic team with some depth. Fairly solid at each position. They should do well but other teams are clearly closing the gap. Alot of depth at midfield With 2 very good goalies. CONS: team is self imploding. They had trouble this year moving to the next level of play even though they had the goods to do so. Parents control the coach's decisions which is a recipe for disaster. Alot of coaching "favors" on the team that hmders their ability to play the right kids. Still very unstable situation that sill take Another disappointing year to fix. OPINION:Avoid! Igloo: PROS: 1st team to beat the Bandits. Great accomlishment. Solid team Made up of a bunch of hand picked Manhassett 32 players from Daddy coaches. They proved this past year that they can compete and will again this year. CONS: turmoil with coaching. Head coach leaves after providing a solid Season. 2nd time AA has made that change at the top which doesn't allow the team to get settled. Will they change it up every year?? I would caution going to this team this year because of the uncertaintybof too many variables. OPINION: Go check out tryouts Out-laws: PROS: MB is doing a great job rebuilding this organization and team. New coach with a winning experience and record. Some good players. They will find ways to have goodntournament showings. CONS: you nust never know what you will get with this team mostly because Of the constant changes at the helm. Rebuilding year. Will have mostly disappointing runs at the better clubs. OPINION: checkout tryous Legacy: PROS: up and coming organozation and team. Recently won world series which showed alot of naysayers that they are for real. Very solid group of core kids with some obvious holes. Consistent head coaching and new coach coming in with a winning record should provide an immediate lift to the next level. Tremendous opportunity for kids who want and should be playing in the first 10 spots. CONS: depth at various positions. Need to show they can compete. OPINION: Go to Tryouts S2S PROS: DK has done a great job with what he has to deal with. Had an impressive year with some talented North Shore kids. They will be competitive again this year. CONS: not 100% sure of their model. Mostly local Manhassett kids so the pool isn't their to continually feed the A team. Hand picked additions. No real tryouts. Not too sure that model can sustain itself very long. Not a place If you want exposure. OPINION: Hand picked Wow.... Thanks Mr. Free Time. So all kids on LI should tryout for those 3 teams and avoid the rest??? Spoken like someone that spends way too much time reading these boards and not enough time watching what's going on out on the field. Thanks for the advice, but I'll make my own decisions. No problem AH. It's meant as an opinion to help guide people. It's expected that everyone will make their own decision. Always so angry??? No, not always. Just when I waste my time reading some moron's nonsensical dissertation of the state of youth lacrosse on LI for the 2023 grade level. That was pure and complete dog crap. Your opinions are as useful as ejection seats on a helicopters. Got it. Your kid got cut and you think he should be a starter. Nope. Not even close. But even if he did, he could make another team. You, on the other hand, will always be a d-bag.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180539
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Are the open spots for outlaws select for the attack position?

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 B_O_T_C #180541
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Seems like he struck a nerve with that one. Lol.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180555
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Once a week until tournament season then a couple of times a week. Massapequa and Adelphi This seems like standard practices schedules for most clubs.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180563
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous You need a job! Originally Posted by Anonymous This is a critical year for the 6th graders. Parents should be very very Much aware that it's extremely important they land their kids with an organizations TOP team where he will play his fair share. Winning tournaments/tee-shirts is not what this about. In a year or two, College Coaches could care less about scores of games, what club you play for or the jersey you wear. They will sit on the sidelines and watch the Kids who are playing on the field. Find a team with stability with coaches who are committed to making your kids better. Those tryouts are where you should be. Tryouts and what parents should be doing: Ninety One - Bandits PROS: are the best but will always look to find the one or two players who have improved so much that they are better than existing kids. They will dominate again because of JS ability to coach winning team. CONS: He will carry a small roster so he can run with his best Kids most of the game. You know in advance what you get with this team - if your good, you'll play, if not, you'll sit. Not many open spots to steal so crazy that parents would try. OPINION: Avoid! Badgers - PROS: probably the most athletic team with some depth. Fairly solid at each position. They should do well but other teams are clearly closing the gap. Alot of depth at midfield With 2 very good goalies. CONS: team is self imploding. They had trouble this year moving to the next level of play even though they had the goods to do so. Parents control the coach's decisions which is a recipe for disaster. Alot of coaching "favors" on the team that hmders their ability to play the right kids. Still very unstable situation that sill take Another disappointing year to fix. OPINION:Avoid! Igloo: PROS: 1st team to beat the Bandits. Great accomlishment. Solid team Made up of a bunch of hand picked Manhassett 32 players from Daddy coaches. They proved this past year that they can compete and will again this year. CONS: turmoil with coaching. Head coach leaves after providing a solid Season. 2nd time AA has made that change at the top which doesn't allow the team to get settled. Will they change it up every year?? I would caution going to this team this year because of the uncertaintybof too many variables. OPINION: Go check out tryouts Out-laws: PROS: MB is doing a great job rebuilding this organization and team. New coach with a winning experience and record. Some good players. They will find ways to have goodntournament showings. CONS: you nust never know what you will get with this team mostly because Of the constant changes at the helm. Rebuilding year. Will have mostly disappointing runs at the better clubs. OPINION: checkout tryous Legacy: PROS: up and coming organozation and team. Recently won world series which showed alot of naysayers that they are for real. Very solid group of core kids with some obvious holes. Consistent head coaching and new coach coming in with a winning record should provide an immediate lift to the next level. Tremendous opportunity for kids who want and should be playing in the first 10 spots. CONS: depth at various positions. Need to show they can compete. OPINION: Go to Tryouts S2S PROS: DK has done a great job with what he has to deal with. Had an impressive year with some talented North Shore kids. They will be competitive again this year. CONS: not 100% sure of their model. Mostly local Manhassett kids so the pool isn't their to continually feed the A team. Hand picked additions. No real tryouts. Not too sure that model can sustain itself very long. Not a place If you want exposure. OPINION: Hand picked Wow.... Thanks Mr. Free Time. So all kids on LI should tryout for those 3 teams and avoid the rest??? Spoken like someone that spends way too much time reading these boards and not enough time watching what's going on out on the field. Thanks for the advice, but I'll make my own decisions. I think the OP assessment was pretty accurate especially about the team that held tryouts at Farmingdale last night. My son decided to accompany a friend last minute as we had no plans on trying out for this team. Things were pretty standard for tryouts until they pulled everyone off the field and split Bandit/Warrior players into two teams that will scrimmage everyone else. Now there must have been at least 12 coaches in that age group but 11 of them stayed on one side of the field the entire time and per my son told the loan coach on the other side of the field to let them know if anyone stood out. I don't know what hand picking the few you want is called but I would assume that's what it looks like to me.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180568
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Yep. That's everybody now. 50 practices or its just a waste of time and money.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 B_O_T_C #180572
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Where are the badgers from?

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 B_O_T_C #180579
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Very accurate assessment of programs above...Pretty common knowledge as well...No need to kill the guy for stating what we all know is true...the person who is critical of the assessment Is more than likely one of those parents who jumps from team to team wearing out their welcome and is trying to relive their childhood through their sons 11 year old lacrosse team. This should be a forum for honest advise and assessments of programs. I also find it childish that certain programs can't be mentioned by name. Most people are really starting to look at this website as a joke...It has turned into a soap opera where kids and teams are disparaged by jealous parents...

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180583
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Very accurate assessment of programs above...Pretty common knowledge as well...No need to kill the guy for stating what we all know is true...the person who is critical of the assessment Is more than likely one of those parents who jumps from team to team wearing out their welcome and is trying to relive their childhood through their sons 11 year old lacrosse team. This should be a forum for honest advise and assessments of programs. I also find it childish that certain programs can't be mentioned by name. Most people are really starting to look at this website as a joke...It has turned into a soap opera where kids and teams are disparaged by jealous parents... So true and agree 100%. I come one here to learn as much as I can so I can make sound decisions. I hope that assessment was accurate.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180585
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Where are the badgers from? Kids are from all over. Practices are at NYIT.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180587
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Where are the badgers from? Kids are from all over. Practices are at NYIT. I can't find anything on them. Is this a name of an age group or an actual club name.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180589
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Yep. That's everybody now. 50 practices or its just a waste of time and money. Maybe not 50, but 100% agree. For the amount of money these clubs are, I expect a decent amount of quality practices expecially in season. you want dedication from the coaches and other players on the team and the parents.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180590
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Where are the badgers from? Kids are from all over. Practices are at NYIT. I can't find anything on them. Is this a name of an age group or an actual club name. Age group. 2023 LIE team

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180599
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Does anyone here know who will be coaching IGLOO??

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180601
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Alexander knows Originally Posted by Anonymous Does anyone here know who will be coaching IGLOO??

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180613
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Anonymous Unregistered A	My guess would be the worst kid's daddy. Good luck with that.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180616
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous You need a job! Originally Posted by Anonymous This is a critical year for the 6th graders. Parents should be very very Much aware that it's extremely important they land their kids with an organizations TOP team where he will play his fair share. Winning tournaments/tee-shirts is not what this about. In a year or two, College Coaches could care less about scores of games, what club you play for or the jersey you wear. They will sit on the sidelines and watch the Kids who are playing on the field. Find a team with stability with coaches who are committed to making your kids better. Those tryouts are where you should be. Tryouts and what parents should be doing: Ninety One - Bandits PROS: are the best but will always look to find the one or two players who have improved so much that they are better than existing kids. They will dominate again because of JS ability to coach winning team. CONS: He will carry a small roster so he can run with his best Kids most of the game. You know in advance what you get with this team - if your good, you'll play, if not, you'll sit. Not many open spots to steal so crazy that parents would try. OPINION: Avoid! Badgers - PROS: probably the most athletic team with some depth. Fairly solid at each position. They should do well but other teams are clearly closing the gap. Alot of depth at midfield With 2 very good goalies. CONS: team is self imploding. They had trouble this year moving to the next level of play even though they had the goods to do so. Parents control the coach's decisions which is a recipe for disaster. Alot of coaching "favors" on the team that hmders their ability to play the right kids. Still very unstable situation that sill take Another disappointing year to fix. OPINION:Avoid! Igloo: PROS: 1st team to beat the Bandits. Great accomlishment. Solid team Made up of a bunch of hand picked Manhassett 32 players from Daddy coaches. They proved this past year that they can compete and will again this year. CONS: turmoil with coaching. Head coach leaves after providing a solid Season. 2nd time AA has made that change at the top which doesn't allow the team to get settled. Will they change it up every year?? I would caution going to this team this year because of the uncertaintybof too many variables. OPINION: Go check out tryouts Out-laws: PROS: MB is doing a great job rebuilding this organization and team. New coach with a winning experience and record. Some good players. They will find ways to have goodntournament showings. CONS: you nust never know what you will get with this team mostly because Of the constant changes at the helm. Rebuilding year. Will have mostly disappointing runs at the better clubs. OPINION: checkout tryous Legacy: PROS: up and coming organozation and team. Recently won world series which showed alot of naysayers that they are for real. Very solid group of core kids with some obvious holes. Consistent head coaching and new coach coming in with a winning record should provide an immediate lift to the next level. Tremendous opportunity for kids who want and should be playing in the first 10 spots. CONS: depth at various positions. Need to show they can compete. OPINION: Go to Tryouts S2S PROS: DK has done a great job with what he has to deal with. Had an impressive year with some talented North Shore kids. They will be competitive again this year. CONS: not 100% sure of their model. Mostly local Manhassett kids so the pool isn't their to continually feed the A team. Hand picked additions. No real tryouts. Not too sure that model can sustain itself very long. Not a place If you want exposure. OPINION: Hand picked Wow.... Thanks Mr. Free Time. So all kids on LI should tryout for those 3 teams and avoid the rest??? Spoken like someone that spends way too much time reading these boards and not enough time watching what's going on out on the field. Thanks for the advice, but I'll make my own decisions. I think the OP assessment was pretty accurate especially about the team that held tryouts at Farmingdale last night. My son decided to accompany a friend last minute as we had no plans on trying out for this team. Things were pretty standard for tryouts until they pulled everyone off the field and split Bandit/Warrior players into two teams that will scrimmage everyone else. Now there must have been at least 12 coaches in that age group but 11 of them stayed on one side of the field the entire time and per my son told the loan coach on the other side of the field to let them know if anyone stood out. I don't know what hand picking the few you want is called but I would assume that's what it looks like to me. That's silly. They split for scrimmages, all teams were completely mixed. Just happened to be that 1/2 the kids there were Bandits/Warriors. After that scrimmage they changed the teams to included kids that they were interested in getting better looks at. Next week they will further scrutinize the 20 or so non-warrior/bandit kids and narrow the lot down to the 10 they are looking for. It's a tryout? How else would you figure out who to take unless they play against high quality kids?

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180618
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Alexander knows Originally Posted by Anonymous Does anyone here know who will be coaching IGLOO?? LOL. That's the truth. He won't tell anyone because of the internal problems going on and doesn't want to ruin the tryout numbers.

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180620
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous You need a job! Originally Posted by Anonymous This is a critical year for the 6th graders. Parents should be very very Much aware that it's extremely important they land their kids with an organizations TOP team where he will play his fair share. Winning tournaments/tee-shirts is not what this about. In a year or two, College Coaches could care less about scores of games, what club you play for or the jersey you wear. They will sit on the sidelines and watch the Kids who are playing on the field. Find a team with stability with coaches who are committed to making your kids better. Those tryouts are where you should be. Tryouts and what parents should be doing: Ninety One - Bandits PROS: are the best but will always look to find the one or two players who have improved so much that they are better than existing kids. They will dominate again because of JS ability to coach winning team. CONS: He will carry a small roster so he can run with his best Kids most of the game. You know in advance what you get with this team - if your good, you'll play, if not, you'll sit. Not many open spots to steal so crazy that parents would try. OPINION: Avoid! Badgers - PROS: probably the most athletic team with some depth. Fairly solid at each position. They should do well but other teams are clearly closing the gap. Alot of depth at midfield With 2 very good goalies. CONS: team is self imploding. They had trouble this year moving to the next level of play even though they had the goods to do so. Parents control the coach's decisions which is a recipe for disaster. Alot of coaching "favors" on the team that hmders their ability to play the right kids. Still very unstable situation that sill take Another disappointing year to fix. OPINION:Avoid! Igloo: PROS: 1st team to beat the Bandits. Great accomlishment. Solid team Made up of a bunch of hand picked Manhassett 32 players from Daddy coaches. They proved this past year that they can compete and will again this year. CONS: turmoil with coaching. Head coach leaves after providing a solid Season. 2nd time AA has made that change at the top which doesn't allow the team to get settled. Will they change it up every year?? I would caution going to this team this year because of the uncertaintybof too many variables. OPINION: Go check out tryouts Out-laws: PROS: MB is doing a great job rebuilding this organization and team. New coach with a winning experience and record. Some good players. They will find ways to have goodntournament showings. CONS: you nust never know what you will get with this team mostly because Of the constant changes at the helm. Rebuilding year. Will have mostly disappointing runs at the better clubs. OPINION: checkout tryous Legacy: PROS: up and coming organozation and team. Recently won world series which showed alot of naysayers that they are for real. Very solid group of core kids with some obvious holes. Consistent head coaching and new coach coming in with a winning record should provide an immediate lift to the next level. Tremendous opportunity for kids who want and should be playing in the first 10 spots. CONS: depth at various positions. Need to show they can compete. OPINION: Go to Tryouts S2S PROS: DK has done a great job with what he has to deal with. Had an impressive year with some talented North Shore kids. They will be competitive again this year. CONS: not 100% sure of their model. Mostly local Manhassett kids so the pool isn't their to continually feed the A team. Hand picked additions. No real tryouts. Not too sure that model can sustain itself very long. Not a place If you want exposure. OPINION: Hand picked Wow.... Thanks Mr. Free Time. So all kids on LI should tryout for those 3 teams and avoid the rest??? Spoken like someone that spends way too much time reading these boards and not enough time watching what's going on out on the field. Thanks for the advice, but I'll make my own decisions. I think the OP assessment was pretty accurate especially about the team that held tryouts at Farmingdale last night. My son decided to accompany a friend last minute as we had no plans on trying out for this team. Things were pretty standard for tryouts until they pulled everyone off the field and split Bandit/Warrior players into two teams that will scrimmage everyone else. Now there must have been at least 12 coaches in that age group but 11 of them stayed on one side of the field the entire time and per my son told the loan coach on the other side of the field to let them know if anyone stood out. I don't know what hand picking the few you want is called but I would assume that's what it looks like to me. That's silly. They split for scrimmages, all teams were completely mixed. Just happened to be that 1/2 the kids there were Bandits/Warriors. After that scrimmage they changed the teams to included kids that they were interested in getting better looks at. Next week they will further scrutinize the 20 or so non-warrior/bandit kids and narrow the lot down to the 10 they are looking for. It's a tryout? How else would you figure out who to take unless they play against high quality kids? Just curious, how many goalies were there?

Re: Boys 2023 - 6th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017 Anonymous #180621
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Originally Posted by Anonymous Alexander knows Originally Posted by Anonymous Does anyone here know who will be coaching IGLOO?? Not so sure he does. He didn't last year. Last year I asked him at tryouts if someone was going to be the coach. In fact I asked that someone too. Both AA and the unnamed coach said no. The unnamed coash did in fact coach and is coaching again. They will let you know after tryouts who the other coach is