BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums MID-ATLANTIC LACROSSE MARYLAND FORUM Girls 2025 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region

Chance for Integrity? Where have they been this summer?

Dear MDU parent who felt the need to air the teams dirty laundry. Not sure why it’s anyone’s business as to why people leave clubs. People should really know the facts before they tell bold face lies about other families. This is probably the parent of the kid who was mentioned earlier as thinking they are the whole team. A new coach will not help unless you learn to work as team and not ball hog, cause turnovers, and stink at the draws. The poor LBC girl wasn’t given the opportunity to do the draws and if she had the same amount of time as your kid or anyone for that matter, it would have gotten better and not worse.

MD United Parent here.
- One obnoxious Dad who berated the Coach in Pa got his daughter kicked off. Poor girl was crying and wanted to stay. Good for Club Dir to finally kick the Dad off team. Been kicked out of two games already last season. Dad had daughter kicked off of previous club teams on Eastern Shore before.
- One Dad who thinks his daughter (former LBC) is the best draw girls on the team (stats prove otherwise) and yelled at the other team girls after one coach told him why his daughter wasn't playing much. (Not doing what they asked of her). Another Dad gets his daughter kicked off team. (btw like 99% of the parents, everyone thinks their kid is the best too :-) )
- Two girls (twins) moved to Florida a couple of weeks ago.
- One girl left months ago b/c didn't like playing time.

New coach (from 2022 team) should help starting this week. Existing kids are excited to have him coming back. We will see in the Fall!

-Dad kicked off of team by director - true. Kicked off previous team not true.
-Former LBC draw girl's Dad yelled at the team - not true. Hard to have stats when she rarely did the draw. Would like to see stats of girls who consistently do the draw.
-Two girls moved to FL but quit team before due to other issues on the team.
-Girl left because of playing time - true

How did the M&D tryouts go?

Fact checking seems pretty airtight to me....I'll accept it.

Ton of girls trying out. Not sure if any impact players to make the black team, but the red team will be improved from top to bottom.

I am sure there were plenty of impact players there for the black team, just not ones who are friends with the black team’s coach.

Definitely stay away from MDU!

MDU is a very well run club. They are consistent and they do what they promise you. You can't let a few bad apples spoil the bunch. Parents included.

MDU is a very well run club. They are consistent and they do what they promise you. You can't let a few bad apples spoil the bunch. Parents included.

Run by the parents who volunteer to do stuff for the team all the time…you shouldn’t have to stink up to get playing time and good coaching. Players included too!

And that the missing coach quit

-Dad kicked off of team by director - true. Kicked off previous team not true.
-Former LBC draw girl's Dad yelled at the team - not true. Hard to have stats when she rarely did the draw. Would like to see stats of girls who consistently do the draw.
-Two girls moved to FL but quit team before due to other issues on the team.
-Girl left because of playing time - true

Run by the parents who volunteer to do stuff for the team all the time…you shouldn’t have to stink up to get playing time and good coaching. Players included too!

Trust me, MDU isn’t helpful at all when it comes to recruiting. They only help a select few favorites on the East team. Lots of promises broken to quite a few girls that wanted to leave but were told to stay w MDU because they would help with recruiting. My daughter has received zero help this year. It’s been so disappointing. We have been with MDU for years too.

Not sure why the MDU parent felt the need to raise their hand like they're in class 👋👋👋👋 to volunteer all sorts of details. They seem to have very intricate knowledge about this team. Regardless if the information is true or not. Were they there when these events took place? Do they have first-hand knowledge about every player that left? The common theme on this thread is that the problem is that family/player mentioned above. The only way that will change is with coaching. Sounds like that family probably wanted those girls to leave so their kid could get more playing time. Might want to let them know M&D and Hero's tryouts are happening now.

Unfortunately what recruiter in their right mind would look at them after that train wreck of a performance at the G8 this past weekend? Run for the hills! They did perform well with the dance-off they had with the YJ between games though….

Unfortunately what recruiter in their right mind would look at them after that train wreck of a performance at the G8 this past weekend? Run for the hills! They did perform well with the dance-off they had with the YJ between games though….

Fact checking seems pretty airtight to me....I'll accept it.

2025 is not a recruiting year

Really? That's your takeaway? LOL.

Sounds more like a club director actually backs her coach up and won't tolerate abusive parents despite the talent of the daughter. IT would be nice if all clubs took this approach.

If anything, there are a few spots now available on the currently ranked 19th national team. If anything, you should be looking at getting your kid to that tryout. Granted if you think your kid can get PT at Hero's Green or M&D, by all mind, go to those tryouts too.