BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2025 - 5th Grade Fall 2017/Summer 2018

It's the start of the Fall 2017/Summer 2018 season. Use this thread for your posts regarding this age group

Here is my take:

Express - solid coaching with Channy at the helm. Very large team and playing time is limited if you're not on the first or second line. The first line gets all the love in games, 2nd line plays when they need a break and no one else sees the field. Nothing wrong with that as long as you know it going in and your kid is good enough to break into the top lines.

91 - train wreck last year for a variety of reasons, mostly related to the HC who is now gone. The 91 organization is making a major investment in coaching resources to right the ship. I see a lot of opportunities here as 91 is looking to shake things up and get back on track.

Geese - solid team that upgraded players last year putting them on top. Good coaching. I doubt much will change and any new player will really have to stand out at tryouts to make an impression. If it ain't broke don't fix it and Geese doesn't have much to fix.

Just want to dispute the "if it ain't broke" line. If you don't change a couple of kids each year, then you get passed by. If it ain't broke, you still gotta fix it. No matter what team it is.

Just take a look at 9d1's record last year and they can hardly be called a "train wreck". They also played Box all winter and had an awesome record. The new head coach, O'keefe along with Gillis and Mule will provide a stable environment for a great bunch of kids who are a strong core which has played together for 3 years. New facility being readied for the fall for practice for all teams. They don't keep 28-30 kids to have 15 of them keeping the bench warm either. Definitely a team worth taking a look at for learning great skills, conditioning, and team work.

You can no go collect your fee for posting on behalf of Team 9d1 . . .

All those teams are good. And at this age there is a lot of teams still building and need new faces to improve. And my guess is 9! will likely add, Geese like any team will look to add, and Express will always adds. That's why they are doing the top team and an i between team. It seems these special arrangement teams never last more than a season. Maybe this one does. But it is only successful building a second team from bottom and moving up. Not the top and moving down. Parent egos cant process it and move on. And it usually takes commitment from the parents and coaches. 9! Warriors at the 2023 level is a prime example of a successful 2nd team.

Rankings going into 17-18

1 Mixed Nuts
2 Geese
3 Channy
4 Blast
5 ?

You are correct: it is a "NO GO" for me with 9d1. Just an observer who is sharing an opinion. It appears you think your opinion is the only one that counts. Only time will tell!!

Geese are trimming down the size of the team.

Momma Goose had enough it seems

It means a kid will have to stand on his head at tryouts to break into a team looking to trim numbers already. When you consider pre-tyrouts where some kids may already have a spot that arent on the team this year it will make it even harder.

Please stop with the Mixed Nuts crap already.

Best kids, best parents, worst gear!!!!! Lmao!

Undefeated!! Don't be a hater.

Because you played in B tourneys.

Tell that to Channy, And lighten up and learn to laugh a little.

They beat Channy back to back. Channy a B team? Haters gonna hate!

If your kid is good and hasn't played for a travel team before, go to 91 tryouts. Probably the most opportunity for spots with the most potential for improvement. Just my two cents. Good luck!

Then why are you bragging about beating a B team, Mr lax?

Football is here now, its funny how some adults can't get enough of this shoot. Let it go already. It's over now.

Notice the question mark? Moron.

Cause he hid his B level kid with a bunch of borrowed A players to win a championship and thinks that makes his kid good at lacrosse. He's not.

Another club [lacrosse]...

Lol, name calling. Enjoy, coach.

Mix Nuts coaches should be the new coaches of 9D1. They are great at what they do, and their kids are studs!!

24 Major upgrades

More like Phil Jackson. Won with Jordan and Kobe. Put together a "non studs" and then measure their greatness.

Like what?

I heard they lost some good kids. I also noticed the turnout at the tryouts were weak so I doubt major upgrades. Still a b team at best

Thanks Nick

Prices are getting ridiculous with these club teams , money grab.

Mass post across boards . . . ugh!

What do you mean an inbetween team? Will Express have an A, B & C team? Any other clubs doing this?

Hitmen 2025 is going to be the dark horse in this age group. This team will surprise people.

All teams that are good in the smaller clubs have a retention problem. Your best kids will eventually leave. That's why we have prices going up when the market is saturated with teams. Parents pay for the top clubs when they see what extra money buys them.

They can't even beat town teams and that's even when they have help from the 9d1 kids. They should just fold the hitmen program up. What a joke. Talk about waste of money.

Sounds like you were just cut from the tryouts... Only town team that team lost to last year was an Islip team that can beat most teams that age.

Those players from 9d1 have played on that team before they were with the other one and only play lacrosse so they do multiple teams. I wouldn't put my kid through that but they do.

This team will be the dark horse of B not A...if anything.

There's a lot of money grabs out there that don't put a good product out. Especially B teams I know some B teams from big companies can beat a town team. Legacyyy charged there teams extra $125 a tournament sometimes $250 for 2. For a $1000 tournament where's the extra money go ??? MONEY GRAB !! Go outside Long Island tryouts are $40 $50 bucks .

Getting more expensive than ice hockey where ice time is a lot of money.

You got that right Katy Perry!!