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None of the parents were happy with the way the Express team was run this year. Too many kids on the team and constant change. Give credit to the boys on the team for making the best of it. I will not be surprised if many families went elsewhere. It is not worth the aggravation.

I would agree with this statement which is exactly why we are staying. There is pressure now for the organization to NOT let this happen again and we have been assured it will be a very strong team, again. After all, with all the disrupt no one can argue that it wasnt a strong team this year. Players coming and going will always occur. The first lines were very cohesive and played well together. The grass is not always greener....

Heard that team 91 is raiding the Terps Black. Large size of Terps Black team is what is causing the move.

Raiding? or are Black running?

And yet again, you fall for the same line...Amazing!!!

Black are running. Plenty of options. Team 91 is pushing hard to convince the Express kids to join and the Parents are quite interested. This past year was not a healthy situation and it was entirely his doing

Falling for same line? Maybe because last year we were assured of a very competitive team and that's exactly what it was. It was quite clear that the core of that team were exceptional players. The disruption occurred when players were added that had no business being on that team. At first they were added to improve their skills with no promise of time. But of course in the end they played and the team fell off quite a bit when those lines went in. But that's ok with me for last year. This is a different and very important year. I will be shocked if the organization will let this happen again.

Team 91 has a very different culture. When my son played them the kids were down right nasty and guttural on the field and the parents were no better. Not a reputation I or my son would like to be associated with. imho

What I especially didn't like was that they brought in all sort s of kids and created two teams specifically so the weaker kids could play more, yet when it came time for the stronger kids to play their games, we were told they were trying to give playing time to the kids who didn't get a chance to Play much. That made no sense since they had an entire separate set of games for them to play. Supposedly MC said it was a mistake, but I don't think he really believes it.

Gladiators breaking up....a bunch going to Outlaws tryouts.

Channny was browbeat by the parents to take their weak kids. It was a business decision on his part. He could have hired a very strong coach for the B team and everyone would have been happy. This way no one was happy and the kids lost out on a year.

Gladiators breaking up....a bunch going to Outlaws tryouts.

One player already left the team for 91. Others are looking hard. I think if you listened to all kids at this age you would be shocked at what you hear on the field. Also unless you forgot, the Terps were penalized for a parents bad behavior in the Shamrock Shootout, so there is no monopoly on this type of thing.

I think an important consideration this year when choosing a club is that they have lots of strong players with D1 potential. That is what attracts coaches Kattention at this stage. Terps Black have 6 kids who are legitimate D1 prospects. Would be interested in hearing from other clubs how many D1 prospects they have. By legitimate D1 prospect I mean a player who is recruited primarily for their ability, as opposed to someone who has good grades for academic index purposes.

excellent point

Team 91 has a very different culture. When my son played them the kids were down right nasty and guttural on the field and the parents were no better. Not a reputation I or my son would like to be associated with. imho

Falling for same line? Maybe because last year we were assured of a very competitive team and that's exactly what it was. It was quite clear that the core of that team were exceptional players. The disruption occurred when players were added that had no business being on that team. At first they were added to improve their skills with no promise of time. But of course in the end they played and the team fell off quite a bit when those lines went in. But that's ok with me for last year. This is a different and very important year. I will be shocked if the organization will let this happen again.

The Gladiators web site reflects that they will not be holding tryouts for this 2017 group. No additional details are available.

I think an important consideration this year when choosing a club is that they have lots of strong players with D1 potential. That is what attracts coaches Kattention at this stage. Terps Black have 6 kids who are legitimate D1 prospects. Would be interested in hearing from other clubs how many D1 prospects they have. By legitimate D1 prospect I mean a player who is recruited primarily for their ability, as opposed to someone who has good grades for academic index purposes.

Oh brother....Really..

Actually a pretty good question,since the recruiting schedule has moved up. I would say at True Blue we have 4 solid prospects. Maybe two more that are close.

Word is out that Channy is building a super team for the 2017 class. He is taking the core of the Terps Black and has recruited some tremendous defenders. It is going to be the premier club for sure this year. Very athletic team that can play at a high speed. Don't listen to 91 talk. None of the core Express are even thinking of leaving. They really like Channy and all believe they are better players over the course of the last year.

Word is out that Channy is building a super team for the 2017 class. He is taking the core of the Terps Black and has recruited some tremendous defenders. It is going to be the premier club for sure this year. Very athletic team that can play at a high speed. Don't listen to 91 talk. None of the core Express are even thinking of leaving. They really like Channy and all believe they are better players over the course of the last year.

You have to love this 2017 forum. A new thread is started for the up coming year and we haven't missed a beat.

What is it about this age group? At least last year we didn't start up with these posts until after tryouts...

Word is out that Channy is building a super team for the 2017 class. He is taking the core of the Terps Black and has recruited some tremendous defenders. It is going to be the premier club for sure this year. Very athletic team that can play at a high speed. Don't listen to 91 talk. None of the core Express are even thinking of leaving. They really like Channy and all believe they are better players over the course of the last year.