BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2027-5th Grade Fall 2019/Summer 2020

Will the 2027 Hawks roster as it is currently constituted qualify for World Series of Youth Lacrosse? BC that's usually where it all goes south for the MD folks who say hold back argument is "sour grapes" etc.

If you would qualify then good for the Hawks, they are legit!

If not, well then not so legit

Why is 91 the only club on long island that cries when the Hawks beat them? I don't see anyone else on long island whiningh and complaining like you do. We have been beaten by better clubs in different years such as express 2025. Never hear them crying like you do. They get on the field and play ball. What a serious bunch of cry babies .

answer: nobody likes team 91 on LI. 91 is an example of no team spirit, ripping parents off, kids stabbing each other in the back, parents are meatheads, coaches couldn't care less about the players. List goes on, but don't want to bore you.

First year with the Turtles. My son was formerly on another club team which I will not name bc I do not want to say anything negative. Thus far the Turtle organization has been great. The team size is manageable, the trainers know the game, the gear is by far the best I have seen and we have 2 training times per week indoors. The training that they offer for a cost and is open to everyone varies from trainer to trainer and is based on experience and number of attendees. So for people come on and say "look elsewhere' is kind of nonsense if you do not have first hand knowledge. Long Island is saturated with way too many club teams. I can only speak from my experience and I have been with 3 different clubs for my 3 children throughout the years. Thus far the Turtles have been first class.

I was with the organization last year. Yes, the gear is nice, the training facility is small. As for substance; NONE. Like any other organization it's a personal fit.

I agree with the above posting....have seen it first hand...91 is cut throat, back stabbing at its finest. I have personally listened to parents throw kids from their own towns that are good friends with their sons right under the bus to prop their own kid up. Toxic sidelines, to the extent that even the coaches call the parents toxic .....but of course the parents think BS is their best friend lol, quite funny actually.

It’s unbelievable some of the stuff you people post about which team is better . Talk about other organization, coaches . In the end this sport will stop after college if little Johnny decides to play in college if he’s not burnt out because he played 4 days a week since he was 7 . My nephew went to a great D1 program about 6 yrs ago and guess what he hardly got much money to play and now hasn’t pick up a stick in a yr. His time in college was 6 days a week of workouts , practices and sometimes 2 times a day. Never went on spring break . The coaches didn’t care how he was doing in the classroom etc.... Now he’s in the police academy very happy and could of done the same thing going to a local college and saving his parents a ton of money . A lot of these guys come out of school and say wow that was a fast 4 years and it was miserable a sport I played my whole life with no end result and no job ready . What’s next doing $50 a hour cash clinics ? Relax parents your team maybe better then that team and so ?? Enjoy it now because there zero future beyond college . JMO . Stop drinking the lacrosse koolaid and smoking the Laxcrack because end results is nothing . Enjoy the development for your young son because I bet he rather be riding his bike then dragging him all over the place because he plays for the “best” team . Also I love the dads that are insane and have Zero Athletic ability , I just shake my head and laugh look at this hammerhead !!!

A post that you don’t see much the truth that some don’t like to believe !

It’s unbelievable some of the stuff you people post about which team is better . Talk about other organization, coaches . In the end this sport will stop after college if little Johnny decides to play in college if he’s not burnt out because he played 4 days a week since he was 7 . My nephew went to a great D1 program about 6 yrs ago and guess what he hardly got much money to play and now hasn’t pick up a stick in a yr. His time in college was 6 days a week of workouts , practices and sometimes 2 times a day. Never went on spring break . The coaches didn’t care how he was doing in the classroom etc.... Now he’s in the police academy very happy and could of done the same thing going to a local college and saving his parents a ton of money . A lot of these guys come out of school and say wow that was a fast 4 years and it was miserable a sport I played my whole life with no end result and no job ready . What’s next doing $50 a hour cash clinics ? Relax parents your team maybe better then that team and so ?? Enjoy it now because there zero future beyond college . JMO . Stop drinking the lacrosse koolaid and smoking the Laxcrack because end results is nothing . Enjoy the development for your young son because I bet he rather be riding his bike then dragging him all over the place because he plays for the “best” team . Also I love the dads that are insane and have Zero Athletic ability , I just shake my head and laugh look at this hammerhead !!!

Lot's of truth here. Lol. I spend 4 years in a D1 college sports program albeit not for lacrosse and much of this is true about life as a college athlete. If you are male and can get a full ride in football or basketball...go for it otherwise the return on investment is garbage and not worth burning your kid out.

Also I should add regardless of your kids stick skills, jump shot, forehand, or any other sport specific skill..... if they are not tremendous athletes with speed and agility and the speed is largely born with. (Read the research, you are not moving the needle much with speed training) they will not get that D1 scholarship anyway.

The girls that played tennis at a college I worked for were such tremendous atheltes that they would beat most guys in one on one basketball...... athleticism and speed trumps nearly everything.

Seems all the loud mouths are done talking badly about others , coaches , kids and organizations.

Lol, I know this guy!

Both those post should be put on every topic on this Forum . Truth hurts !

This is not a shot at anyone's post. I tend to agree with everything minus one small thing that I find important. The lax culture and landscape is filled to the B with success stories outside of lacrosse that started as a relationship on the field. Let's face it, the sport has money. I know guys on the west cost who are wildly successful because of a lacrosse connection and someone's dad owned this hedge fund or is CEO at that investment bank. I have no vision of my son making a dime off this sport past college, but the connections he can make, at least from what I see, can last a lifetime and are beyond invaluable. For me, any help I can provide to give him a leg up to get accepted to a school he may not get in to without lacrosse is a bonus.

Dam, why the heck did I go out and invest in the big SUV, along with the Yeti soft cooler? My little Cooper looks the part, hair cut, and matching swag. I drag him to at least 3 to 4 clinics weekly and speed and agility on Fridays . Since we are the picture perfect family, I just love talking about my son and self. I'm a PAL daddy coach, also a part of my towns lax program board, and a school teacher by trade. My position on the board allows me to control/ retain an advantage over the inner workings of our town program. Not to mention, I consider myself very knowledgeable and a mover/ shaker within the youth lax program. I've already spoken to Cooper's MS coach about his playing time and position on the team when he arrives. I forgot, I'm good friends with the District's AD, so Cooper is set. I have to admit though, he hates physical contact and lacrosse is the only sport he plays. He's a tough kid as long as I'm around. I don't know what he would do without me.

If this will end the rest of the yr will clubs do the right thing and give part of tuition back to the paying families ?

Doubt it.

I want my money back 91.

Start off by calling or emailing . You probably wont typical lacrosse parent wont rock the body.

Give clubs time because though it is not looking good not sure if it is a done deal to cancel entire spring summer....if no tuition adjustments are made then all heck will break loose with parents whether 91, Legacy, Ogloo or name your club