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Wrong on one of them

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What is going on with the kids who were not seen at the NLF landing all the big commitments? Seems that other tournaments are providing "the exposure you need."

I heard he is looking to move back and very interested in the HV job, has some stiff comp for it though.
Marketing win, not sure about coaching ability

Spot on. 2026 Team Ten has at least 7 high level D1 commitments so far, one just committed to Duke, and at least 15 more players on that team will also commit to high level D1 schools when it's all said and done. All the NLF propoganda is getting debunked on a daily basis at this point as more and more commitments roll in. As a player, if you have the talent and skills to play high level college lacrosse, college coaches will most likely find you. You will increase your odds of getting found by playing for a club team that competes in at least one or two the top tournaments (NAL, Great 8, Sweetlax Challenge, NLF, Millon, Naptown, etc), it does not need to be an NLF team, going to show cases and participating in the All American games (Nike & New Balance)

I wanted to follow up and thank you. I talked to a travel coach and he invited my son to go to a practice to see if it was something he would be interested. He said we could talk about payment if my son is a good fit and vice/versa for the team. It's good to know not all travel programs are money grabbers and want kids to enjoy the game.

Thanks for the laugh, funny.

A few beasts? Lol 2026 Team Ten has 10, count em up, 10 commitments so far to good D1 programs. More to roll in. Expect at least 20 commitments on that team to high level D1 schools. Not to mention the top ranked philly player coming out of high school over the past 5 years mostly came from non NLF teams. This whole narrative that you need the NLF to get recruited has been debunked numerous times at this point. When will you stop spewing nonsense?

Where was all this chatter the prior year, when all the top local kids came out of the NLF? Or the year before that (or the prior 10)
Congrats to team ten; they did seething very few clubs have done, but they’re an anomaly v the norm

I think the point people are trying to make is there is a shift in lacrosse now. There are other avenues and other tournaments that are brining in talent and you don't need to be in the NLF any more. The idea that the NLF championship is the end all be all of tournaments is wrong. And this is quite obvious since the Top NLF teams actually go to the NAL tournaments. The only NLF team that does not attend non-NLF tournaments is HHH.
Express, Team 91, 2Way, Mad Dog all go to non-NLF tournaments and there is a reason for it. You don't need to be NLF any more. Team Ten. Brotherly Love, Mesa will all start to have more recruits than the one NLF team in our area.

2025 HHH is the anomaly. Which prior grad years did the top Philly recruit play for an NLF team? Definitely wasn’t 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, or 2020

Team Ten 2025's have like 23 commits so not sure why it is not considered a wash between HHH and Team Ten 2025's they both did really well. The overall thing I notice is Philly area is getting stronger and stronger in lacrosse. I know references to it but if you paid attention to Haverford School, Malvern and Salesianium the last couple years you will see they are beating all top high schools. St. Anthony's, McDonogh, Boys Latin, etc all have losses to Haverford and Malvern.