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thats what happens and she does it often... National Draw for instance. she has them in her pocket... open your eyes.

Don't insult Maryland or any other tournament organizers to think that the all powerful CR tells them who, what, where and when.

I am a Maryland lax parent and I don't follow Long Island lacrosse very closely but I found a bit perplexing this weekend when I saw the YJ 16 Defo bracket. They were essentially the only "top" team in a "B" bracket and therefore had to play a play-in game to make the quarterfinals. All of the other "top teams" were awarded a bye in the first round because of stiffer competition in the bracket play. It would seem to me like the tourney officials knew what they were doing by giving YJ an easier road to the playoffs. In the play-in game, the score was something like 11-0? So YJ played one more game than the others but it was a breeze to the quarters..just telling it like it is..the combined score of YJ's bracket play plus play-in game was 49-3...I repeat, 49-3! Hmmm

i wonder why. CR is why

the only time a yJ #1 team will play a topgun team is when CR knows that she can beat them easily. otherwise she will do everything in her power to avoid topguns.

Or maybe the people that run national draw figured the teams from the same area would rather play teams from different areas and that if the two long island teams wanted to play they would do so.Feel free to ask some of your TG 2019 parents if your team was asked to play by 2019 YJ coach last year.Maybe your TG coaches realize that it may be best if the teams do not play because the kids parents have so much animosity toward YJ and CR in particular that nothing good will come out of it.

the only time a yJ #1 team will play a topgun team is when CR knows that she can beat them easily. otherwise she will do everything in her power to avoid topguns.

Maybe they are too good just like that player who got cut from the national team ,she was too good so they did not want her to show up the best players in the country,too funny.

Predictions

2020--TG
2019--TG
2018--YJ
2017--MD. Mainly bc no YJ
2016--MD
2015--YJ
2014 YJ

How many daughters do you have? Obviously not one in the 2015 age group where Skywalkers is the #1 team.

Maybe they are too good just like that player who got cut from the national team ,she was too good so they did not want her to show up the best players in the country,too funny.

Predictions

2020--TG
2019--TG
2018--YJ
2017--MD. Mainly bc no YJ
2016--MD
2015--YJ
2014 YJ

Now I am starting to think that SS, CR and the rest of the club directors are powerless dictating the schedules to the tournament directors, at least at the national draw. Just finished looking at all the brackets and matches for all the ages and tournament champions will be decided during pool play. It is odd to see the top YJ, TG and M&D teams all in the same pool especially in the younger ages. Only one team will get out of the pool to the playoffs, meanwhile there are many weak pools that will put crappy teams into the playoffs. It happens in nearly every age group. Somehow even within the same pools, YJ and TG never get matched up. Got to look up the advance from pool, I think it is fewest goals against advances. M&D might be the worst off having to play TG and YJ in some pools whereas YJ and TG only play M&D once, M&D are screwed. Whatever happened to the better teams getting seeded in opposite brackets so that the strong teams meet deep in the playoffs? 2 of the top five teams in the tournament wont even make it out of pool play, just a horrible job by tournament directors, hopefully we will see some massive schedule changes to avoid this stupidity.

Now I am starting to think that SS, CR and the rest of the club directors are powerless dictating the schedules to the tournament directors, at least at the national draw. Just finished looking at all the brackets and matches for all the ages and tournament champions will be decided during pool play. It is odd to see the top YJ, TG and M&D teams all in the same pool especially in the younger ages. Only one team will get out of the pool to the playoffs, meanwhile there are many weak pools that will put crappy teams into the playoffs. It happens in nearly every age group. Somehow even within the same pools, YJ and TG never get matched up. Got to look up the advance from pool, I think it is fewest goals against advances. M&D might be the worst off having to play TG and YJ in some pools whereas YJ and TG only play M&D once, M&D are screwed. Whatever happened to the better teams getting seeded in opposite brackets so that the strong teams meet deep in the playoffs? 2 of the top five teams in the tournament wont even make it out of pool play, just a horrible job by tournament directors, hopefully we will see some massive schedule changes to avoid this stupidity.

How can you make predictions like this? My daughter plays for 2020 black and I have no idea how good they might be. Are you scouting 2020 teams from Other states.
Lets just go and compete and let the girls leave it all on the field, win or lose.
Good luck to everyone this week, all teams, and all ages.

First off they are predictions so stop being so politically correct, and just because you have no idea how good the team can be doesn't mean I don't.You are going to look like a moron when they win the tournament, the only thing that will hurt this team is there are some difficult parents and the politics will be an issue in a hurry.Another prediction they win this weekends tournament.If you want to know the reasons for said predictions I can give you many.

look like a moron if they win? No, that'll make me happy, as I said my daughter is on that team. So if they don't win does that make you a moron? I'm not making predictions, and all I said was how do you know how good the other teams are? Did YJ, and TG sweep all these age divisions last year? If they did that's amazing. it's easy to go out on a limb and predict something when you don't put a name to it, don't be so defensive I didn't attack you.

FYI, for anyone predicting that M&D 2017 would lose to YJ '17 you don't have a clue. The m&D '17s are easily one of the best all-around m&D teams out there.

Obviously CR doesn't agree with you. If she thought her YJ 17 would beat MD 17 then she would have them go to Nat Draw. Instead, they are going to a tournament in Mass under the guise of qualifying for the U15 tournament in Florida. Everybody knows a top team like the YJ 17 would receive an at-large bid to compete down there anyway. Not sure if these 2 teams have played before but that would be a great game.

Obviously CR doesn't agree with you. If she thought her YJ 17 would beat MD 17 then she would have them go to Nat Draw. Instead, they are going to a tournament in Mass under the guise of qualifying for the U15 tournament in Florida. Everybody knows a top team like the YJ 17 would receive an at-large bid to compete down there anyway. Not sure if these 2 teams have played before but that would be a great game.

look like a moron if they win? No, that'll make me happy, as I said my daughter is on that team. So if they don't win does that make you a moron? I'm not making predictions, and all I said was how do you know how good the other teams are? Did YJ, and TG sweep all these age divisions last year? If they did that's amazing. it's easy to go out on a limb and predict something when you don't put a name to it, don't be so defensive I didn't attack you.

Obviously CR doesn't agree with you. If she thought her YJ 17 would beat MD 17 then she would have them go to Nat Draw. Instead, they are going to a tournament in Mass under the guise of qualifying for the U15 tournament in Florida. Everybody knows a top team like the YJ 17 would receive an at-large bid to compete down there anyway. Not sure if these 2 teams have played before but that would be a great game.

Yes its easy to say whatever you feel when you are anonymous like you just did, isn't that the point of why these boards are anonymous.The teams at the 2020 age group are not that good yet and I believe our TG team is , I also believe our coach will play to win which many teams at this age don't really do.Yj team at this age is good but the talent is really divided between their top two teams ours is not.See you this weekend.

If the top 2 YJ 2020 are evenly balanced why has the blue team beaten them everytime they've played. The TG 2020 team plays to win? They haven't played in a tournament yet. LOL

Actually said I believe our coach will play to win, I believe that because that is what he told me.If you actually had a first grade reading level you would have realized this.Again your just proving that my predictions are on the mark ,the only thing that will ruin this team is some of the annoying parents, by the way other TG parents schedules are changed for this weekend .

The 2017 YJ teams happen to be one of the best YJ teams out there so that prediction stands.Not sure if these two teams have ever played but the YJ 2017 team has never lost in their own age group as far as I know so don't act like your 2017 MD team is unbeatable.Only a clueless person would think their team is unbeatable and again its just a prediction.