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College coaches are going to a handful of HS games and for a very select few High Schools. Are you saying 95% of all HS lacrosse programs are awful?

5+ college coaches at every HS games? Name the high school.
Been to many high school games at some of the best schools in the country and it is rare to see 5+ coaches at a game with the exception of a championship.

Agree and the chances are the kid they are looking at also plays club lacrosse and they are watching him there. For most of us, we choose to live in a town for various reasons such as good school for academics, easy commute for
parents, convenience, etc. Unfortunately, lacrosse is not usually the reason. If it is then I hope it works out for your children but it's probably not the best reason to pick the town. This excludes discussions about private schools and this is not a debate about public vs. private.

Agree and the chances are the kid they are looking at also plays club lacrosse and they are watching him there. For most of us, we choose to live in a town for various reasons such as good school for academics, easy commute for parents, convenience, etc. Unfortunately, lacrosse is not usually the reason. If it is then I hope it works out for your children but it's probably not the best reason to pick the town. This excludes discussions about private schools and this is not a debate about public vs. private.

Many of the top lax programs also are within top schools, especially in Class C. EG, if you chose to live in CSH or LV for lax, would you consider that a concession for education and/or locale? (I will concede the commute from these two are not "optimal". ) How about Manhasset or Garden City or Hewlett in Class B? Class A is a different story. And that's just Nassau.

Very happy you can afford to live in these areas. I still don't believe 5+ college coaches are going to every game or even a few games for all the schools you mention. I have no doubt there are college coaches or representatives of the college at some games. Be realistic and admit the most consistent and competitive lacrosse is not at the HS level and is still at the premier club tournaments, individual showcases and college prospect days. I have no factual evidence to back this statement up but I doubt there is any kid that foregoes club lacrosse and only plays HS lacrosse that is heavily recruited.

5+ coaches at a high school game in the middle of the week in April and EVERY game of the season? Not buying it. Stay away from the tailgates next season and hopefully you can see better.

Yup. Denver coach Bill Tierney said at a showcase we attended that the best way to have your kid seen is to attend showcases, prospect days and share highlight reels. The college coaches and their staff are too busy with their own teams during the spring season. And you better have grades.

Tierney doesn’t know squat or how to recruit. After all he has only won a few national championships. Nassau powerhouse daddy is the expert.

So the guy who gets paid boatloads of cash for having showcases and prospect days said to attend show cases and prospect days! There is one born every minute! Let me know when Tierney has a free showcase or prospect day. I'll hold my breath sucker.

No need for superstar to attend. Remember according to Nassau powerhouse dad those coaches of the major schools are at every HS game. I assume your son isn’t playing club either? I mean why should he?

Assume superstar won’t be doing Under Armour, Maverik or playing for aclub team? All money grabs too. Besides why would he since there are a bunch of college coaches at every HS game.

PS..not too late to admit that having all those coaches at every HS is [ChillLaxin].

So to summarize, your sons HS team stinks, your son is still on JV, you pay big bucks to a man who told you your son is special. Go on.

I won’t name the school other than to say Nassau powerhouse. As stated, if you don’t see college coaches at your sons HS games weak program. How about YOU tell me what program your son plays for? Then we can all discuss.

This guy is the same troll from earlier in the year. He has never played lacrosse and knows nothing about the game. The claim of five coaches at every game shows he is just stirring the pot. His problem with club is his little Johnny can’t play on the top teams. He says his HS program is great to boost his pride. But if the program were truly great a 10th grader would see little to no time. Plus as HS season hasn’t started his kid hasn’t played anyway. Lastly if the troll claims his kid started as a 9th grader, the HS program blows.

So much FL$ sour grapes...

Stay tuned to next fall, the bashing will shift to Igloo, TT's and Express from the disenchanted. Brings to mind the U2 song,
"but I still, haven't found what I'm looking for..."

this is good, and i know where it is directed... Appropriate, they will never find what they are looking for.

St. Johns shot themselves in the foot when they got rid of the one guy that gave them any credibility for lacrosse. Many good players coming up through the ranks, but you can't imagine the beatings they will take this year. The rest of the coaches in the league are pissed about the firing because SJ was on the verge of helping their league. The guy taking over is looked at as a traitor for throwing the old coach under the bus to secure his position. This guy had the team for years. He sucked then and will stink now. SJB threw away any chance ant being competitive because there are [ChillLaxin] that can't handle the demands of being a good team. They go home and complain to the parents and the parents complain to the school. It ends up with the kids being short changed. My son plays there and grew as an athlete more in a year than any other time. The athletic director is a baseball guy and could give a hoot about lax. Those good players should leave like my son is. The new staff there is made up of a bunch of babies.

St. Johns shot themselves in the foot when they got rid of the one guy that gave them any credibility for lacrosse. Many good players coming up through the ranks, but you can't imagine the beatings they will take this year. The rest of the coaches in the league are pissed about the firing because SJ was on the verge of helping their league. The guy taking over is looked at as a traitor for throwing the old coach under the bus to secure his position. This guy had the team for years. He sucked then and will suck now. SJB threw away any chance ant being competitive because there are weaklings that can't handle the demands of being a good team. They go home and complain to the parents and the parents complain to the school. It ends up with the kids being short changed. My son plays there and grew as an athlete more in a year than any other time. The athletic director is a baseball guy and could give a hoot about lax. Those good players should leave like my son is. The new staff there is made up of a bunch of babies.

Let's talk about this: kids from out of state coming to live on Long Island with "host families" and attend St. Anthony's while also playing for Crush or Terps. St. Anthony's is the worst....their standards are literally non-existent.

Let's talk about this: kids from out of state coming to live on Long Island with "host families" and attend St. Anthony's while also playing for Crush or Terps. St. Anthony's is the worst....their standards are literally non-existent.