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More like 14 or15 leaving out of 27 or 28. No one reclassing. Some of the kids moves are high school lacrosse-related. About a third are going to really good teams. So, can only be considered a loss. Whatevers going on, sounds like turmoil

Turmoil indeed. Most rising 9th grade teams are only looking for a handful of players, not saying goodbye to approximately 15 players. No reclass going on. Owner never paid this class any attention, now he is by blowing it up. Spots will get filled by some locals and out of state players. This is the pattern there.

True. Hope this year they at least change their jersey numbers so its not as obvious as last year.

Lots of free jersey numbers should be available there at Crabs on that 2025 team.

Yes True, holdback Dad.

Heard Predators are getting a bunch.

Crabs = D1 commitment or 11th grade Burnout.
Enjoy playing 1 sport thru high school.

27/28 parents…don’t listen to anything you read here. Tryout for a couple teams and pick the one that is fun and your son has friends on. Stick with them don’t bounce around, it’s a waste of time. Make it convenient to your family and it will work out. None of this BS matters . If he’s good he’ll rise to the occasion. If not he had fun with his friends and hopefully you as parents made a couple friends along the way. High schools don’t care where you played, how many HOCO wins or tournament trophies some coach is hoarding in his man cave. It’s a game!!!

Yes! Bravo to this post. My kid is older now and playing top club lacrosse at a high level. I think the reason he has stayed passionate and committed to the sport is how he Began it and how much fun “he” originally had. He started on a very fun , “more casual” team and had the best time with his buddies there. We just did more outside training to help with the Lacrosse skills. What he got from those two years was invaluable and has made him the player who absolutely loves lacrosse today . I think parents mistake is making it way too serious too fast. You don’t have to start on “the most serious and best”… see how your son is developing as a player and what “his” commitment level to the sport is and go from there . Good Luck, have fun… life is way too short.

If a coach or team mandates that, you're at the wrong high school.
If you only play 1 sport, you're probably not a very good athlete. Or lacrosse player.

I agree probably the best thing I ever seen on here.

Hard to ignore the majority of a top level club team at any grade walking, but especially for a transition year to high school is just a huge egg on the face to King Crab.

Over half the team gone, several more undecided that will probably leave. Just an amazing amount of starters that declined the invitation to return-what does that say? None are holding back. Look for out of state players to come to Crabs and fill boarding school @ BL over time. There is motivation behind some of this "house cleaning" to make a "national team" and fill the boarding house. He really messed up by taking his eye off this team by not coaching them in 8th grade. The King sits on the board at the school and needs to deliver by hook or crook...

No he didn't.... You knew who you were playing for when you signed up for Crabs... This is nothing new..... Crabs develops player for other organizations. They do this every year.....Should not be a suprise

Still the top brand in the area year in and out.

Completely agree they develop kids that move on... So do other clubs for that matter.... There is a cost to losing to much of any clubs talent that they develop.

Hawks may disagree with that statement

Still top brand?
Please leave your ego at the door.
What grad years does crabs have a top team?

None… even the vaunted 23’s were dismissed in the NLF quarterfinals.

Say what you want, They are the envy of the Club Lacrosse World. Bar None. They arent losing , they are upgrading. Simple concept that many here cant see.

They were the envy 10.years ago in MD.

The 2025 Crabs team lost all its talent to superior clubs because management failed. Maybe Crab’s will acknowledge it but that 4-4 HoCo team in Elite just dropped to AAA or lower. Fact.

All of the Crabs 2025 talent is now on the 2026 team. Crabs need their holdbacks to be competitive.

No one on Crabs 2025 reclassed this year. Fact.

Management failed years ago, I've been tracking MD clubs since 2013. The Crustaceans have gotten weaker every year since 2014. Drinking the Cool Aid is not good for your mental health. Management is focused on monetizing the brand nationwide, not making the Baltimore franchise better.

23’s are having a tough day at NAL also. Shows you that without good coaching the most talented (and older) teams don’t win. King Crab isn’t a good coach and doesn’t develop players. He just tries to find older kids and recruit them to his club. It works for a little bit - then the holdbacks lose their advantage and coaching makes the difference.

Hilarious...So not one Crab going from 8th to 9th grade reclassed. Talk about selling a bridge in Brooklyn.

-One more time(Hopefully the last) no player on Crabs 2025 reclassed to Crabs 2026 or to another teams 2026 team. Over, done, finished…. Actually that is a good thing for the sport.

Completely serious. Out of their 26 roster. Not one is dropping from the 2025s to the 2026s.

Most of boys going to 91 and FCA

Since you are so in tune with them, does that mean they have very few holdbacks on their 2025 team from last year?

And remember a prefirst is a holdback just like a reclass is.

The ones who did not make the Crabs.

The Crabs already had tryouts, made offers and have their roster set.

FCA had tryouts a week later. 91 is this week, I believe.

2 or 3. That team was by no means a holdback heavy team like others in the area. I clearly see “your” definition of holdback. Remember there are other reasons besides a reclass & prefirst. Some kids that go to public school start a year later when they are younger just because they might be very young in their class and there is no thought of lacrosse at age 6 and there is no prefirst in public school. So anyhow just be careful to lump all holdbacks the same way.

There was only one holdback on 20-21 2025 Crabs, but that was years ago for academics. Parents pulled their kids from Crabs because the club wasn't supporting the team or them as players. Our Team 91, and the other 2 or 3 higher ranked teams than Crabs where the kids are going will do both.

"and have their roster set"

HA!!!

to quote Crab Central - "If you know a super talented, committed athlete that might have interest please have them email me"

Definitely NOT set

Nothing to do with defination or reason any parent holds their child back. It is the parents right.

But make no mistake a prefirst is a holdback,,,,,,pure and simple. You may not like the holdback hung on the prefirst or late starter but that is what he is. Only difference is that he was held back in Kindergarten and the reclass was generally held back 6-8 grade.

Spin it any way you want, He is playing down just like the reclass. Every parent has a right to do what they want, Kindergarten or any other grade, but they all are getting an advantage other children arent with same exact birthdays.

Better rule would be to let everyone play down a year if you like, then when you get to 6-8th grade you can reclass in if you chose or not. Would make it a fairer system to me.

Or just play calendar year of birth. problem solved.

A current roster of 11 or 12 players is not a set roster. This will be an uphill battle-may never recover. King of the holdback “Mac” better start making the long distance calls to the emerging lax markets or he may lose some of the dozen left. Don’t forget to also sign them up for BL boarding at the same time. It’s a 2 for 1 deal…..

You are so full of garbage

Easy there King Crab !