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Maroon was made up of mostly varsity players. White was made up of mostly JV teams. Watched both teams play and there was a distinct difference.

It wasn't. Quick summary:

Some LB parents had never heard of Choate, and seemed to be embarrassed by losing to Choate. Calling them a "no name school" etc.
Also mad that Choate had a gigantic FOGO, the position where LB is weakest, and like most teams, embarrassed LB at the X, all game.
Obviously that was unfair because that guy was a (clear) holdback, and obviously LB has no single or double holdbacks (lol), therefore, again, unfair.


Also, Coach decided to spice up conversations by asking some LB 2027s to play varsity instead of JV at the event. That probably brought the most negative reaction. Because if it was "about the team" you'd be excited that the Coach was trying out new options, inviting sophomores, bringing in transfers etc. But much like the Poggi football debacle at Gilman, it's not reaaaaaaaaaally about the program. It's about how good can you coach MY kid so Loyola wins and I get to ride my kid's coattails on his victory tour. Instead of Loyola wins, and my kid was benched.

I’m going to guess we are going back to the CH goalie conversation and someone being surprised that their latest criminal was advised to spend a year outside the MIAA so he could transfer back his senior year. Suppose it upset the other dozen or so goalies in the program. But surprise? Then you just weren’t paying attention.

Loyola has always been about the name brand parents and players for years. Nothing will change until it does. At this time it is business as usual. Expect LB to have there typical middling team.

NHSLS Summer Session is about evaluating kids first and winning second. The LB staff has taken the correct approach. Let's not be impatient. It's been eleven years since the Dons were in the Finals. AS is the new king of the hill among the Catholic schools in the MIAA.