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Maybe I’m misinformed but I’d be thrilled if my town had the program that Yorktown has

You’re not misinformed. Everyone should be so lucky. Don’t take any anonymous comment serious. You would be shocked if you knew who some of these people were.
Vin D’Andria

What town do you live in?

John Jay.

Vin Dandria? Why do you guys care so much? A programs dominance in any sport won't last forever. Its time for others to shine.

Are you disappointed in the Yorktown youth program or the high school program? Because the HS coach is being replaced.

Rumor is Shurr,Marr and Dooley are the final 3

Did Town choose a coach yet?

Supposedly Tim schurr left John Jay for Yorktown. Who will coach John Jay

Great news for John Jay!

Nick Savastano hopefully coming back to clean up the mess.

Didn't John Jay make the state final game in 2019? Who coached that team?

I don't know if "crazy unrealistic parents" would be accurate. Already some of the boys have committed to Lafayette, Bucknell, Colgate and Tufts. Seems pretty good to me. I am sure Tim Schurr or who ever is the new coach would have loved to have these commits. And this is just the beginning. John Jay would have been killing it for a few years with these boys as well as those who haven't committed yet. The bottom line is John Jay has recently had a poorly run town and HS program (and yes they made the state finals in 2019 but that was a senior laden team and the writing was on the wall). It will take a few years to turn around. Hopefully whoever they bring in understands that the youth program feeds into the HS and needs to be involved and make it fun and that its not just about being on Primetime.

With 2 boys on the team I don't see this happening although he was a very good coach when he was there.

Find a coach with no conflict of interest.

Does anyone know what happened to Eclipse 23s, very impressive showing at NAL

I think the DC Dogs won the NLF this past summer. The went 0-3 yesterday. Eclipse beat them. Who knows who was there and who was missing.

Missing ALOT of kids

They took the top players from Express North and one from Wolves

DC Dogs that is.

Any news on the John Jay coaching vacancy?

Yeah, Mike lungtree is the new coach!

Just did a google search on him - nothing came up. What is his back ground?

He’s the brother of Joe bagodonuts you smuck!

I guess it was a joke? I still don't get it but OK.

So maybe the haters are right that Jay will never get another good coach once Schurr leaves….

This didn't age well.... Solid Hire for John Jay. Going to be interested to see who the assistants are. I can't imagine the heads of 91 and PrimeTime coaching the same kids will go well

Bocklet and Daniello have 2 different philosophies. Biggest issue for Bocklet is the lack of players in the school district. He has almost no players to work with. JJ does not have 1 D1 commit on their roster. cant imagine this program can win many games

Sorry - who is the new head coach at John Jay?

Mike Bocklet

He left purchase? Or is it Chris?

This is partially true. While NOW there are not the boys in the school district its not bc the families are not here. As has been mentioned before approximately 10 boys (2022 and 2023 class) including many d1 and d3 commits have LEFT John Jay and much of it was attributed to coaching and lack of contact with the youth. About 10 boys left to go to private (Hotchkiss, Kent, Avon, Berkshire, Salisbury and a cpl of others) and other public schools (Ridgefield). With these 10 or so boys JJ would be winning or state finalists for a 4 year period. This happened bc these boys wanted to play the best HS lacrosse they could and under Schurr that was not possible. I think if Bocklett can connect with the youth and prevent them from quitting or leaving the team JJ can come back. It should be noted that with al of the talent that Schurr had he never won a a state title and he should have. He also should have beaten Yorkltown more. He is an average coach at best who for years was living off of the talent of the area without winning the big one. The year they got destroyed by GC in the playoffs I think they had something like 16 kids committed to d1-d3. No excuse not to win. Bocklett could be a great hire and exactly what john jay needs. Too bad he cant work with the 10 or so boys that left otherwise JJ would be state finalists this year and next.

All of your points have been well documented in this forum already. We get it, you're not happy with Tim and now it's on Bocklet.

Regarding JJCR lax with Mike Bocklet.
I'm guessing that Mike has left SUNY Purchase Lacrosse, which the timing isn't great (SUNY P's first game is March 5) and he is going to stay on as the Team 91 Tristate director. That is going to be awkward for Team 91 as they use the SUNY P facilities as their base location.

So can Directors of T91 and PT, who both are JJCR alumni work well with each other.

Coach N Daniello, has been a volunteer assistant coach at JJCR and so has Coach S. O'Rourke (who happens to be on the PT staff). You would think that ND has been providing supplemental compensation for O'Rourke through PT, because O'Rourke is NOT a JJ alumni and lives in CT.

The coaching staff and clubs will be interesting to watch going forward.

I am surprised so many kids would leave their public school system just to get a better high school lax experience. At this point, I guess nothing in lacrosse shocks me including the ends I seem to go to.....

Can anyone here provide a recommendation for a sports psychologists in the Northern Westchester / Fairfield county?

I have a HS child that just texted me saying that isn't happy playing sports, not feeling like themselves and not doing school work. The kid is asking for help and I want find someone that has HS clients that play sports.

For many who have played their entire life and spent weekends at tourneys and weekdays on the field and in the weight room its more than just a means to an end. We all agree lacrosse is not going to EVER pay professionals like the other sports and as a result, most (if not all) should be using lacrosse as a springboard for a better college. However, we all know players that are going to syracuse, maryland, ohio state, denver over better educations at Lafayette, Bucknell, colgate, holy cross etc . . For most of these boys its temporarily about lacrosse. Most here would be hard pressed to say the big schools mentioned are better academically then the patriot league schools mentioned but many kids pick the better lacrosse bc that's what they want. (yes I am leaving ivy league, duke and Virginia out of the conversation). If you spend the majority of your waking hours thinking about a passion and playing at a high level it doesn't surprise me at all. Its the same for the arts and other sports as well.

Word I heard is that Daniello won't be on staff at JJ. He's still working with the youth program though for what all that is worth.

Great hire by John Jay to get an alum who can connect with the players. It’s going to take a few years to undo the damage as mentioned in posts last night. Looking forward to watching Ytown unravel with their new coach!

I guess I need to start making more money!! The cost of private schools on top of the cost of living in a solid school district is just too much for me to entertain.