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What’s did they do…..#1 transferred to McD because it’s a much better school then St P academically and lacrosse wise. .#2 never prefirsted or held back

You are trying to make us believe that the academic and athletics gap between the two schools is so great that he needed to repeat 8th grade?

#1 is a very smart kid and is class president at McD. If you meet him, you can tell that "all cylinders are firing." I have a hard time believing such a gap existed in his case.

Own it. "We held #1 back, as the rules allow, because it was the difference between being the #38 recruit and the #1 recruit - the difference being "very talented" and "dominant." Top recruits are "dominant." We learned from that experience and started #2 a year late, as the rules allow, and he's showing just as much talent if not more, and is a likely top 10 recruit in his own class."

All of those things are true, why not just go there. Nobody (who matters) really objects. As others have noted, the elite 11th grade club teams are nearly all holdbacks. It's not a coincidence and it's very much allowed (for now). Even if the rules change, these decisions were made by the Millon family based on the rules at the time. Why make excuses for the guy?

What’s did they do…..#1 transferred to McD because it’s a much better school then St P academically and lacrosse wise. .#2 never prefirsted or held back

You are trying to make us believe that the academic and athletics gap between the two schools is so great that he needed to repeat 8th grade?

#1 is a very smart kid and is class president at McD. If you meet him, you can tell that "all cylinders are firing." I have a hard time believing such a gap existed in his case.

Own it. "We held #1 back, as the rules allow, because it was the difference between being the #38 recruit and the #1 recruit - the difference being "very talented" and "dominant." Top recruits are "dominant." We learned from that experience and started #2 a year late, as the rules allow, and he's showing just as much talent if not more, and is a likely top 10 recruit in his own class."

All of those things are true, why not just go there. Nobody (who matters) really objects. As others have noted, the elite 11th grade club teams are nearly all holdbacks. It's not a coincidence and it's very much allowed (for now). Even if the rules change, these decisions were made by the Millon family based on the rules at the time. Why make excuses for the guy?

Totally took advantage of the the system, to get his kid advantages! He’s not the only one, can’t wait for rules to change at the youth level. It will Even up the playing fields at the youth level and give on age lower and middle class kids a fair chance to develop. It will make it more fair for families who can not afford to “game” the system!

You're correct but also, so what. Until the rules change, they are what they are, and the sport of lacrosse (once modernized in elite schools) has never ever ever ever been a meritocracy. Millon #1 is surely and truly the best recruit in all of Canada and the USA? Including all players known and unknown? He's extremely talented, very hard working, and was provided advantages that others didn't have, such as being featured in club lax offensive sets since age 7. And holding back and transferring from the #30 lax school in the country to the #4-6 lax school in the country. All these things are true. And allowed.

The psychological curiosity for me, is since my above point is true, why do holdback/pre-first/started-late/other excuse parents have so many excuses? How about "lax is important to our family's culture and history and yeah we did it. We could afford to put him on a track to upper D1 while similar kids his age go play D2 or lower D1. So what, buzz off." So why are they so quick to lie about all of it?

Totally took advantage of the the system, to get his kid advantages! He’s not the only one, can’t wait for rules to change at the youth level. It will Even up the playing fields at the youth level and give on age lower and middle class kids a fair chance to develop. It will make it more fair for families who can not afford to “game” the system!

lol at McD being much more academicly strenuous than SP. That's [Censored]

I think the 2027 team has won about 3-5 games since they started in HoCo over 6 years. This year will be different as about 4 2026's have dropped down.

The reclassed 26's will not help the 27's as the players are not the primary problem. The roster has turned over at least 30% every year. Hint: It's the "coaches".

The youth rosters at 91 MD have always had an astounding level of turnover. To Millon it doesn't matter, because it's a fundraiser for the HS aged teams. Despite all the claims of "we develop kids to be elite!" "we place kids in elite HS!" "We never cut kids!" Those are all dubious claims, easily proven to be false.

At all elite clubs (less so ML and Crabs, despite them being the most insufferable generally), the rising 9th graders will find themselves surrounded by holdbacks and kids from NY to OH to NC on the "regular" roster, with even more holdbacks flying in to "drop in" for the team on Day 1 of every tournament. This is absolutely true for 91.

The sales pitch is that 5 years of playing for 91 (or Hawks or FCA, etc) at the youth levels will "develop" your kid to earn a spot on the roster in 9th-12th grade. It's a red flag if any coach tells you that, because it's flatly untrue. Well developed or not, if he is not a holdback who has caught the coach's attention for being dominant on the field (of younger kids), your son will not start at elite level ball.

The youth rosters at 91 MD have always had an astounding level of turnover. To Millon it doesn't matter, because it's a fundraiser for the HS aged teams. Despite all the claims of "we develop kids to be elite!" "we place kids in elite HS!" "We never cut kids!" Those are all dubious claims, easily proven to be false.

At all elite clubs (less so ML and Crabs, despite them being the most insufferable generally), the rising 9th graders will find themselves surrounded by holdbacks and kids from NY to OH to NC on the "regular" roster, with even more holdbacks flying in to "drop in" for the team on Day 1 of every tournament. This is absolutely true for 91.

The sales pitch is that 5 years of playing for 91 (or Hawks or FCA, etc) at the youth levels will "develop" your kid to earn a spot on the roster in 9th-12th grade. It's a red flag if any coach tells you that, because it's flatly untrue. Well developed or not, if he is not a holdback who has caught the coach's attention for being dominant on the field (of younger kids), your son will not start at elite level ball.

There is not a single 91 team that is eligible to play in HOCO that should be playing in Elite this spring. Not a single one. This is not even debatable. It’s a joke that HOCO would allow any 91 team to play in Elite. They haven’t earned it on the field and they all have records that would make the Bad News Bears embarrassed.

Are you aware that everyone who starts in elite is not a holdback?

Why does 91 have so many kids moving down at 8th grade? Because Team91 actively helps get kids recruited into the MIAA schools. Hence they all drop down and stay at 91 vs Crabs and FCA who recruit all new teams in 8th grade from other club teams as their kids decide to holdback.

The 91 27s don’t have any kids who held back from the 26 team. The only new kids are from other programs.