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Some of the top YJ girls should tryout for Igloo.

[quote=Anonymous]YJ does not lose to Igloo again??
The kids always battle and have great games; the last 5 meetings have gone Igloo's way, but they are always tight games.
This year
Igloo won 9-5, 6-3 and 8-7. All in full games. YJ needs to strengthen their offense if they expect to win. They avg 5 goals a game vs Igloo

Agreed but Igloo is not drawing girls as the they get closer to recruiting age YJ will draw more talent their reputation is well known. Igloo can't get into competitive tournaments and their players won't get seen by college coaches playing in the tournaments they participate in. On the other hand YJ will play in the top tournaments and have a much better opportunity to be recruited. If your daughter aspires to only play club and high school lacrosse then Igloo fits the bill.

They are already trying out for TG.

[quote=Anonymous]Some of the top YJ girls should tryout for Igloo.

Why? Igloo is a 2 team club that can't get into any top tournaments. Igloo is more likely to fold then have top YJ players tryout for their team.

agreed most of the igloo players must really just want HS and club.n which is fine , college lacrosse isnt for everyone. If they want to play in college they will move clubs. They will have too.

A couple things: Top Igloo girls will not be going to YJ. Furthermore, YJ will not be attracting “top talent “ they will be lucky if they keep the talent they have with the coaching issues on that team. The best girls in the grade play for TG, Igloo, and YJ right now, after that there’s a big gap. There are a handful of other girls on teams such as Jesters that could turn out to be top recruits but those are few and far between and would need proper development to advance. No top player from TG would ever go to YJ, infact YJ has already lost top players to TG. As for Igloo, will be interesting to see what unfolds there. If the coach and his daughter leave, it would most likely be to TG, that would essentially end the Igloo program an separate TG and YJ even further. Guess we’ll have to wait and see.

YJ also lost a bunch of decent players to Legacy. You have to ask yourself why all these good players left? And it’s not because they sat on the bench.

think it was just announced that Igloo has folded its girls program, anyone can confirm

Confirmed

That is correct. Igloo girls folded across the board

Yep - Igloo is done - will be heading to Liberty tryouts this Thursday!XwY

I heard this too

That's your best bet, good luck

Lol, why would they do that? Oh you must mean the bottom of the team.

Yep - Igloo is done - will be heading to Liberty tryouts this Thursday!XwY

Thank you for the update Danielle. I'm sure that the Igloo girls will be attending a couple of clubs tryouts this weekend. Late notice of them folding has left players scrambling for a new team.

Translation: stay away from daughters team. You might take her spot. Who cares about making the team better. It's all about me and mine.

No way Iglooo will go to YJ . They know all about the problems with that coach on that team. They would never go there and subject themselves to that. But they will be knocking girls out of their spots in other programs grabbing A positions for sure.

If it's true that Igloo is going to TG, I can think of 5-6 girls that will be easily replaced. Be careful what you wish for, because it may be those girls who wind up on the YJB team!

you mean they will not have a girls program?? at all??

Honestly, they barely had one before this with only three teams. Writing was kinda on the wall.

why B? why not A?

Smith’s hounded them

Maybe, talent wise, absolutely, but tough to break the friends and family pact!

Hmmm what’s going on with igloo? All girls going to Liberty? TG? Empire? YJ? Or was it a Rumor that they Folded?

I know a lot of them are registered for Liberty tryouts that are taking place this Friday and Saturday. Need to explore all options!

that is absolutely true...and coach has favorites it is all who you know on that team. all are friends or kids have siblings on other A teams. they would certainly take a great player but even then who knows if they would even play

Guess we'll see! Liberty tryouts today and TG on Sunday. Doesn't Liberty have the same issues as Igloo, where they don't play in any big tournaments? I also know that they are not a strong team, but if they get some of the good Igloo girls, they could be more competitive.

This is odd.. just got an Igloo email for tryouts..

I received the same email this morning, but it wasn't directly from Igloo..

It would be nice if Igloo officially sent out a message, or updated their webpage, advising what is going on. They still show that they have a full girls program.

Liberty plays at all the tournaments they need to be at, if you're interested in a college they will come see you play, when it comes time for recruiting DG gets it done

How come none of the Igloo girls showed up at the Liberty tryout?

Seriously?? They stink and have barely any recruits to good schools. Would be destroyed by any of the good 2023 teams.

If your goal is to win lax for the cure and pound your chest that your kids team is the best have at it. if your goal is to get a degree in lax and get some vague communications or marketing degree then stay on the path you're on. More than 50% of college lax players do not play all four years and very few are making a good living via lax when college is over. BTW when college coaches start watching you in 2-3 years they don't care what the score of the games are or who won. One last thing, the worst teams in the country have 1-2 kids that can play and they will get noticed and recruited, the player gets recruited, not the team. Go look at the college rosters of top 20-30 teams, it's amazing, but not all the players come from yj and tg and even less in Ivy's and top academic schools , but you will always have your championship t-shirt - go figure

If your goal is to win lax for the cure and pound your chest that your kids team is the best have at it. if your goal is to get a degree in lax and get some vague communications or marketing degree then stay on the path you're on. More than 50% of college lax players do not play all four years and very few are making a good living via lax when college is over. BTW when college coaches start watching you in 2-3 years they don't care what the score of the games are or who won. One last thing, the worst teams in the country have 1-2 kids that can play and they will get noticed and recruited, the player gets recruited, not the team. Go look at the college rosters of top 20-30 teams, it's amazing, but not all the players come from yj and tg and even less in Ivy's and top academic schools , but you will always have your championship t-shirt - go figure[/quote

Wow, you are really living with your head buried in the sand. You also really don’t care about excelling at Lacrosse. There are plenty of girls that care about both academics and athletics who play for the most competitive teams who have the best chances, hands down, at getting into a top 20 school, and competing both athletically and academically. Face it, Liberty Lacrosse just does not have the stats to show that they commit girls to top schools. And did you really just say you have one or two kids per team that are recruited to a good school?? That’s embarrassing! Both YJ and TG eclipse them. Not about the tee shirt, about the prize at the end, and unfortunately Liberty does not deliver there. When you play the best competition, you get better, and see where you stand, Liberty simply does not do that.

Something is strange. When you say the have barely any recruits and no good schools,, I am looking ta the liberty website and see their college commitments for the 2019's as follows - U Penn, Colgate, USC, Michigan, USC, Cornell, Stanford, Stanford, Holy Cross Holy Cross, Richmond as well as others. Either you aren't familiar with Liberty, you are confused or lying OR you don't know what a good school is. Please enlighten us...........

Very TRUE about DG and recruiting. Since she is a former D1 coach she has a lot of connections. In addition the person that runs the program with her is a former UNC player and also has great connections.

My Niece plays for Igloo (played) it was said most are going to YJ as a team a few are going to TG and Empire

where are most of the players coming from...North shore? i guess you could say that since those high schools are pretty good acedemically, there is kind of like a filter playing for Liberty as the likelihood of also getting a student with solid academics is high. Anyway, i am in Nassau but hesitate as I assume most of these kids are from manhasset and don’t want to be an outsider

Seen this before...Rose will put the best on A but to appease she will say there are two A teams now, and that they are equal. then B will basically become the C but they will be told they are still B because there are two As .

If you disband an entire team, as in this case, it makes sense that you have a scatter effect with a few girls landing at various clubs. You will likely see one or two make the top teams at TG and YJ, a couple make the second teams. Maybe some show up on Liberty, Elevate or Legacy, those teams are step down competition wise from what Igloo was (individual team and age group specific), but may offer other attractive advantages for an individual. So long as everyone finds a team they are happy with. There is no right place for everyone. My kids switched from Top Program A to Top Program B and it was the best move ever, some of their friends did the same and hated it. Point is every club is different, every team in that club is different , and every players/parents experience on any given team is different. Even if you are on a happy, well established team, you have to roll with all the dynamic changes these teams go through year to year, and hopefully have a good experience all the way through, its a rollercoaster ride.