BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2027-6th Grade Fall 2020/Summer 2021

They currently have a very large number of enrollees. Not many reps per kid with limited staff.

Brutal day for the dream team aka 91 machine ....tried to play some A teams and got stomped badly ......stay in your lane next time and stick to the bad 2026 B teams . Yes, machine is a phenomenal team one of the top 3 in the country for 2027 but please stop pretending that you "play up with A teams" it's not good for the brand and the coaches health , heard they were literally on their knees yelling at the kids in panic mode . Not a good look

How did you hear this?? I’ve seen the tryouts in the past always well staffed.

Lots of jealous parents. They Play 2026 B teams and win you complain. They play the better 2026 A teams and lose...you still complain. Which do you want them to play?

Yes of course , very very jealous , I have a kid that stinks , wish he was on 91.........etc.

You Get what you pay for . C team at best

Brought son down to Legacy tryout/eval last night. Only $25 so couldn't hurt.. But I post because I was surprised to see 2 Machine kids there. Trouble in paradise, disgruntled parents, or just a resonably priced lax workout?

The past years some of these tryouts were the best bang for your buck.

Not every kid stays, nor should they. Doesn’t mean trouble, it is just the way things evolve.

Probably a few kids that live out east that aren't getting much playing time on machine .....when the writing is on the wall .....

Could also be a ploy from the parents if those two kids , happens every year . The parents will take their kid to another tryout knowing it will get right back to 91 literally within minutes .....then 91 calls the parents and say " where are you going your spot is secure " . Same stuff different year

There were some Machine players at Express tryouts

Who cares

Uh, just a guess, but maybe owners of 91? FYI, and please keep this to yourself, but they make money on youth lacrosse

What ?

I agree ...who cares . Happens every year . A player is not happy with playing time and toes to show his face at another clubs tryout , gets back to 91 within minutes. 91 then gets them on the phone and says " what's wrong , things will be different don't leave " and the kid stays at 91. Not to single out 91 but it happens with all of them.

Did anyone hear from 91 yet? Do they call or email?

Yes emails went out for 91.

Things are a changing in the 2027 landscape...... lets all meet back in Summer of 2021 to discuss.

No reason to speak in code ..... everyone knows . 91 had a mass exodus. 91 rage lost 7 players and machine lost one all to express . With a few to shore to shore . Sounds like people were fed up playing second fiddle to machine and with questionable coaching decisions.

where did all the folks go who constantly write about how great machine and rage are? machine AA. Rage A. 2 best teams in the age group. remember all that?
and from what I have heard machine lost more than 1.

At least 3...at least

Lol....you are correct. From what I heard coaches and directors were very arrogant , basically daring people to leave . Well...didn't work this year . And yes machine lost more than one . Tried to played 2026 AA teams , didn't work out well .

please stop with AA and A, it goes A,B,C

"Tried to played 2026 AA teams , didn't work out well."

Not a 91 parent, but I don't understand why you would bash a team for playing up? What's it to you? Perhaps they do that so as not to play the 2nd team from their own program thus giving that 2nd team a better chance to win. Definitely not a 91 fan, but that certainly is not a reason for me to bash them. I f coaches think its makes their team better, have at it.

Ok. As you wish.....machine tried to play 2026 A teams and got stomped on. Like that better ? That wasnt the point of the post . Point was , they got a little ahead of themselves...can beat bad 2026 B teams but can't handle 2026 A teams .

As you have mentioned you don't know much about 91. The reason for the explanation is that they are very arrogant and boast loudly about their machine team that " plays up ". They play 2026 B teams and boast about playing up , however they haven't come across the A teams ....and I'm sure they won't make that mistake again . You're right , playing up should be good for them , but you would need to hear them to really understand why someone would point that out .

-Free Tryouts For 2027 team only

-2020/2021 SEASON — FREE BOYS EVALUATIONS. Thursday August 27th, 2020 at 530pm - 7pm. Location: PAL Complex

-ISLAND SURGE BOYS LACROSSE CLUB

-For Registration and more Information email us at islandsurgelacrosseclub.com

Rebels LC- best team, best experience, best coaches

Just looked it up $1500 and get a Ton of stuff , 6 tourneys.

very shady.. there's no address on the one page website, and its a half picture of a flyer. No thanks!

the problem is that you have other 2026 A teams that go into a tourney with the hopes of playing other really good A teams in the 2026 bracket and they get stuck playing a 2027 team. why is it fair for them to have to play a weaker team. In your scene then every A team should just play up. no team should be allow to play up in a tourney that the teams pay to play in.

Not shady at all . Just contacted it . Its a PAL team converting into a clubteam . Why pay 3k 4k for water down B or C team ?

Where are they from? What town is the club practicing in?

The Island Surge will be practicing either at the PAL Complex or another Islip Town field.

I going to send my son and his buddy. We have nothing to lose. If we can get the same thing for $1500, then its a no brainer. And the tryout is FREE too!

SAYS THE DIRECTOR

PAL at that age is done 2021 season, so Sachem team was 1 of the top PAL teams in suffolk are converting a PAL team with some of there players and others outside towns , so it has nothing to do with Sachem just players and the coach.

" In your scene then every A team should just play up. no team should be allow to play up..."

No. At every age group from '19's on down there are probably 2-3 LI teams that are head and shoulders better than their on age competition-usually from the 91 or LIE programs that beat ALL their local competition and 50% of the competition at least a grade up, so I understand them playing up rather than get paired vs. a mediocre on age team and winning 15-2 at a local tournament because for the most part, the MD teams don't come up to LI for tournaments.

Im signed up , People still looking and aren’t happy with how the covid thing played out and what the greedy clubs did to customers. The price is going to appeal to a lot of people.