BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2023-9th Grade Fall 2019/Summer 2020

Naw man. There’s 8 attack on the 2023 teams. Ridiculous. Can promise all the college coaches you want. But when you get 5 mins of playing time in a 30 min game. How’s that worth $450 bucks? Oh, and you were promised no more than 4 attack per team. I assume people will ask credit card for $$ back.

Ha you got duped. They were actively recruiting for kids a week ago. If it was that good would have been sold out months ago. They need a ton of kids to pay for these big Names to attend. They also have to turn a profit. 2023’s should not be doing showcases, they are not looking at you and your the showcases profitability bracket. Even the famed showtime is a waste of your money at this age, few years ago was different.

Nobody is going to disagree that Elite 80 pulls the best college coaches in the country to attend the event but the point of all showcases is to be seen and playing roughly 10 minutes if you are an attack player just stinks. Showcases are hit or miss to begin with depending on whether or not you have a good fogo and can possess the ball on offense. Couple that with limited playing time and it is a losing combination. The one upside is you can get your son used to the intensity of prospect days and showcase events which can be daunting but not for approx. 30 minutes over three games for $495. That's roughly $16.50 per minute of time.

I agree with that. But if AA promises only 4 attack on a team and then takes 8 attack are we as a community just supposed to say, “ you got screwed too bad”? Or should there be consequences for people like that who take advantage of fellow parents?

Some people will never wake up. Organizations know parents will continue to throw their hard earned money to events such as this. $500 for this, you gotta be kidding me.

Wait are you saying 8 attackmen for 4 teams ? That is 32 attackmen? How many kids are on one team?

The best '23 Express player was smart enough to attend and he was a standout. But I'm sure all those coaches just pretended not to notice.

Enlighten us on who the best player is as the team has many good players? Was he an attack player, midfielder or one of their goalies....

Their best player is the one who attended the Elite 80. May have to add he's probably smartest on the team as well going to the event while the rest of the players skipped out.

Thanks for the insight, Dad.

LOL. That Express team has 5 boys who on any given day could be considered the best. There is no single player on that team who is head and shoulders above everyone else. That said, judging by the ego, this is clearly the dad of the ex PT player.

5 out of 5 parents surveyed say their kid is the best on the team lol.

I don't think the real elite players skipped out, LI HS sports were still playing games on Saturday, either Football and Soccer seasons had games. Big mistake by Igloo to not check with the HS schedules for 2023s, should avoid Saturdays in the fall, by the way the 2022 also had PSAT or SATs. My advice IGLOO CHECK THE SCHEDULES -- put it on a Sunday.

They held a 21 and 22 team event Sunday, had to be 50 coaches in attendance

Bingo!

The head coaches are just collecting their 5k-6k checks plus travel expenses and are not 'recruiting' anybody from this event.

100% correct. But some people just won’t believe that.

What event are you talking about?

Any event that is selling a showcase to 2023's. Anyone that thinks their son is being recruited by any coach in 9th grade is far too gullible. But in this instance, Igloo Elite 80.

Owner of Igloo got his son recruited to Providence through Elite 80 and being top dog club owner. It pays to know people.

New era where kids are not being recruited in 9th grade so hat does your statement have to do with the class of 2023

Although they aren’t “recruiting them”, they sure as heck are evaluations them. The better player at this age will only benefit from making a positive impression sooner than the field.

Thank you for pointing out it is always good to make a positive impression. Colleges are not interested in this age group as a whole. Sure, they may look at a few studs and keep tabs on them but the other 98% have time to develop physically and mentally. That is the beauty of the not so new rules. There are still plenty of freshman that are 5'5'-5'8" that are solid players but cannot compare to that kid that has been 6" for the past year. Mark my words, by 10th grade, most of them catch up and then it becomes interesting and fun. There will always be those studs that are either naturally great or work their buts off to become great. They will get recruited first and rightfully so but for the rest of our sons, enjoy the next year because the real work begins next Fall.

No crossover for NLF? That is a hike for 3 games only

What were they thinking making the brackets today for the tournament. The bandit bracket has like 10 teams in it. True national playing turtles, rebels and express 9th team. Why wouldn’t they be playing in bandit And west coast bracket. Is this like the Dukes, play in a weak division to blow out teams for
Marketing purposes?

Who cares? You are spending too much energy worrying about nonsense. At the end of the day the best team will win. I come to these tournaments to watch my son play. Could not care any less about how the brackets line up or who plays who. Pay attention to the importance stuff, the rest is irrelevant.

Yes got beat up last weekend can’t afford to look bad again or the money will dry up

There wasn’t much time left in the year, but you did it. densest reply of the year. They beat everyone by 12-13 goals, why not ask to play the better teams there. You should pay attention to the important stuff, always challenge yourself. You knew there was no challenge at the starting the day and you showed it at the end.

Honestly, you never know what you’re getting with True National. Sometimes not enough kids travel. The last few times I’ve seen them they did not do well at tourneys. True is beginning to spread itself thin with all of their new teams. But I know what you’re saying. They certainly should not have played in the weakest bracket. Turtles are set up for another long season.

All of the top teams played in one bracket. True National should have been with them.

come to think about it, I don't think any of this garbage is important...

Why bandits not in nlf?

Important enough for you to take time out of your day to post an irrelevant post

Not wanting to play DC Dog, Leading Edge and Eclipse so they sent Shore to Shore.

I saw them there Saturday sons team played them second game and they looked very impressive I will also say I don't believe that they had more than 2/3 subs so that combined with the Fall Classic Sunday they probably only chose to play one day. I will say that Mesa and eclipse could be two surprise teams in this age group. I Amy also be wrong but I don't believe shore to shore and 91 are affiliated

Who's looking good this year?

I think you already know that answer.

What ever happened to True Blue? Haven't seen them at any Fall tournaments.

Lost their faceoff kid with the crazy psycho dad. Now they are even worse. Strange thing is, the kid went to Turtles and still they can’t win a game. Oh well, example of the whole grass is greener not working out.

The guy can't be anymore crazy, psycho than some of the other parents on the sidelines. Why did he take his kid off of TB?