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Exactly, smack talk here is reserved for the 50 dads whose kids play on the upper squad of Hawks and ML. Well, maybe also the 50 dads whose kids play on Hawks Black and ML DMV, and who have an active fantasy life that "their kid plays for an elite club."

The Predators back and forth is so boring. God forbid Predators ever have holdbacks -- this forum will be unreadable.

What happened to team 91?

The fabric of space-time would collapse lol.

They're still around! Very surprising low turnout for their tryouts (maybe 50-60 total kids for 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031), and honestly a little strange that they held tryouts at all since the 2028 team is pretty much last year's 1-6 AAA team plus some kids from 1-6 AA Swarm (who came with the 2? dad coaches from Swarm).

MM won't stand for subpar performance two years in a row, so I imagine by March 15, the roster will be 30 deep with a whole separate group of kids if HoCo forces them to play at AAA instead of AA (where they should obviously be). And given the chaos around Crabs, I wouldn't be shocked if MM grabs a few kids from BL Boarding whose parents aren't quite sold on.......whatever the deal is......at Crabs 28s - 30s. When quite apparently there are opportunities at T91 to step in and make a difference and push the current 91/Swarm roster to the back of the line (hey, they already paid!).

HoCo will be interesting.

Looks to be a glut of AAA teams that honestly need to be split among Elite/AAA/AA.

There are some supposed AA teams that need to go to A, and half of the A league needs to drop to a (not yet created) B level. If you look at last year's A stats, the 2-3 worst teams had something like 250 goals scored against them. That's a whole lot of kids having a bad time playing lax. Either those clubs need to be honest with parents, or they need to drop to B, or they need to just play MYLA. Yes the parents' question will be "so why am I paying club fees then?" and yes that's exactly the question.

You just sent NL dads into a flat spin by not mentioning them....hahaha.

Parents aren’t really dense enough to pay so much for 91 at those age groups, are they? You can get a better experience at pretty much any of those top local “rec” clubs. For 1/4 the price.

I mean, sure they are, but to be fair 91 is less than $2K. If you are OK with the product (1-6 HoCo and 0-9 I think in MM's own tourneys), it seems like a reasonable price.

What teams folded?

Agreed. 91 top Club with box training at a slight upcharge along with top class training. Hall of Famer MM is leading the way.

They have a few, But to be elite, that is needed. From what I hear, Predators will be one of top clubs by summer.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzx

Dont fall asleep on the Predators, Might not like what you see when you wake up

THE 28S ARE A BARGAIN AT $2100.

AND "NO STRESS!"

Team 91 offer multiple payment plans that can be paid off throughout the year. If the payment plans offered do not work with your family, please contact Sara to create a custom payment plan. Please note that all balances must be paid in full in order to pick up uniform and gear package (February/March). If the balance is not paid in full by the Uniform Handout, no stress! We will hold on to the gear package until it is paid in full then make arrangements to get the gear to you!

NL was 2-4 in HoCo this Spring

Here we go again... “don’t sleep on the Predators.”
First time they meet Hawks or Madlax they lose by 10+

Perhaps. But I think the Hawks and Madlax might be able to keep it close and only lose by 5-6.

Yup, that zone tough!

What do you have against Hawks or Madlax, Both good teams and on par with Predators. I think Hawks and ML will give the Predators a better game than what you state. My bet is Hawks and Madlax only lose by 2 or 3 .

Predators couldn’t beat the Hawks B team.

Anyone know if there is any interest in the fall playday hoco is advertising?

"No stress!" is an interesting sales pitch for a club that won 2? games in the last 12 months, sitting on $40K in club fees from 22 sets of parents. But, you do you, MM!

Sorry but Hawks A, their zone defense, MadLax and their crazy coach, Crabs and their holdbacks, FCA and their prayers and NL and their sweet unis don’t stand a chance.

Predators will mop the floor with them.

MD doesn’t stand a chance vs NY style hard nose lacrosse!

See, that goes to show you MM has the players welfare first .

Hawks have all the tourneys they are playing up on their website.

And they will lose again to ML…

Awesome!!!!!

Madlax combined record against Hawks and Next Level last year: 2-5. But hey they can put up a ton of points against weak teams.

Boy, this age group is going to be tough for the next few years

This age group will be one big slugfest. Hawks, Madlax, Predators, Next Level, Crabs ( soon) . Cant wait to see them play.

If Predators are part of this conversation, it will only be as a punch line.

As in: The Predators just beat you! - Hahahahahaha!

Your eyes are green with envy.

Let them detest, we’ll have the last laugh. Predators Hoco Elite champs 2022!

The only question is who will be 2nd, NL, FCA, Crabs or Hawks?

That's the Spirit of the Predators team !

Does team 91 still have a 2028 team?

Probably? Maybe? It looked like only about 20-22 kids over on that field for tryouts, we were on our way out about 20 minutes into their tryout and I was having a conversation so I didn't actually count heads. Mostly T91 helmets along w some other kids with plain black helmets, no idea what team.

Think VLC will be there, too.

For your enjoyment, here is the Bored Dad fall rankings preview. Ranking in parenthesis is the last ranking from the summer from me.

1. Annapolis Hawks (MD) (1). Put together the strongest season of any team last year. Outstanding offense and goalie. Solid in the midfield and defense. Word out of Annapolis is that they’ve added some key contributors this fall. Loss to Madlax at NLF is maybe a little concerning, but still not enough to knock them out of the top spot.

2. Madlax (VA) (2). Huge win to end the year at NLF. Very well coached and solid at all positions. Word out of McLean is that they retained all key players but didn’t add a lot this off-season so will be riding with basically the same group.

3. Team 91 (NY) (3). Very well coached and solid at all positions. Very physical. Word out of strong island is that they’ve upgraded talent significantly this offseason. They were maybe a little undersized relative to the top MD teams last year. (I can hear LI dads yelling holdbacks from here.). I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this team is at the top of the rankings at the end of year. (MD teams - we can’t let that happen.)

4. Next Level (MD) (4). Up and down team but no team except the those above them have shown they can win against very top competition. Had wins against Team 91 and Madlax but a bunch of surprising losses too. Very athletic in the midfield and physical. I would not be surprised if they ended the year top 3 or outside the top 10. Word from Bethesda is that they added a couple pieces, but mostly bring forward the same team.

5. 2way (CT) (5). Very solid results over the summer but didn’t play any of the top 4 teams or anyone from MD, so a little untested among the best teams. I don’t know anyone plugged into the CT lacrosse community so no idea about additions. Come to MD 2way, we want to see what you’ve got.

6. BBL (NJ) (6). Big and skilled. Struggled some against the very best teams, but clearly a top team. I’m not plugged into NJ either, but I’d expect talent in that part of the country to consolidate here.

7. FCA (MD) (9). I’m moving FCA up because I think the coaching change is going to make this a better team. Very skilled at attack. Good at FO and goalie. This is a team where the talent level seemed better than the results (outside wins against NL). Tournament schedule was a little weak last year.

8. Express North (NY) (8). Skilled team. Another team pretty solid across the board. Some uneven results, but a number of nice wins. Strong tournament schedule last year.

9. Legacy (NY) (7). Very uneven results but ended the year strong. Word from LI is they’ve added some nice pieces. Will they be able to retain their top players against the LI machines of 91 and Express long term? I doubt it, but I have them second on the Island for now. I think I had them slightly too high last year, so moved them down a little, but 7-9 all had pretty similar results last year so it could be any order.

10. Long Island Express (NY) (13). Moving them up based on word from LI that they’ve upgraded their roster. Had several strong athletes and good size when I saw them play. Very uneven in results, but I would expect Express and 91 to consolidate LI over time.

11. Freedom (PA) (10). They were an honorary HOCO team last summer with the amount they played HOCO teams. Really good FOGO and some good shooters. Well coached. I don’t know the Philly scene that well but would expect them to consolidate the Philly market as the other Philly teams are all at least a notch down.

12. 3D New England (NE) (12). The 3D teams don’t always have stable rosters. But this team played enough together that I’m including them. Seem to be the top dogs against NE competition. They were a little more uneven when they played NY and south teams.

13. Thunder (GA) (unranked). Their results were okay, but probably not good enough to be top 15. But anyone who watched the Atlanta based teams last year had to be impressed with some of the raw athletes they had. My guess is that Thunder consolidates talent and this ends up being a team no one wants to play. I expect we will see a California team and a Colorado team in the top 10 by the end of the year too.

14. MadDog West (unranked). Maybe more of a tournament team than a stable roster, but played enough together that I’ll include them. Big and strong athletes. Wouldn’t be surprised if they move way up.

15. Crabs (MD) (unranked). Have they improved enough to include them? Some Crabs dads think that is this case. We will see. Had some nice wins - mostly over True.

Watch list - Laxachusetts, 4 Leaf Army, True Annapolis, 3D Gulf Coast, 3D Dallas, Seattle Stars, Denver Elite, Alpha Elite Colorado, ADVNC. Who else?

National teams - Nationals, Mad Dog National, True National. yes these teams will probably be good. No I am not including national teams in these rankings unless they consistently play together.