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Unfortunately there was a real ugly hit this weekend at the Aloha tournament at Blandair park. Kid on Clippers took a terrible hit to the head, was down for a fairly long time and did finally walk off on his own. Hopefully he is alright now. There have been a few ugly hits like this that have popped up over the spring / summer and now into fall. I thought this incident was handled well by the tournament trainers, coaches, etc. Referees also made the correct call to eject the player who laid the hit. For me the question becomes is there a way to deter these hits anymore than they already are? I am not sure what that would look like in terms of suspending players or what? Or is this just an unavoidable reality? Just par for the course with the current age windows and enforcement. It's a bogey with the over-agressive coaching. Perhaps there should be more pre-game warnings on this stuff but ejection and 3 minute non-releasable with a coach warning and coach ejection on the next one would put an end to it right away. I think it's unavoidable, unfortunately. Even NFL refs with decades of experience often need slow motion replay to figure out if elite athletes who have been playing their sport for decades committed targeting vs making hard but legal contact. I don't think it's realistic to expect youth lax refs making $75 a game and two to an entire field and a bunch of 15-year-olds to somehow perform to a higher standard. Youth football places a lot more emphasis on concussion awareness and safe tackling so it would probably be possible to improve things somewhat, but I don't think you'll ever eliminate the risk entirely.
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Why are there no scores in tourney machine for terrapin classic after the 10am games? Annoying. Cabell has paid Tourney Machine to not post any more scores… it was not a good weekend for them I would disagree with this. ML lost 8-5 to Red Hots and 4-3 to Leading Edge. Yes, you want to win, but these games were competitive. ML goalie kept them competitive in the LE game. Hey goalie dad, it's been a while! Nope, you got the wrong guy. I am an LE parent, but I pay respect where it is due. Kid played great. nice try
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Top 10 in the DMV after Fall Tourneys:
1. Hawks
2. DC Express
3. FCA Blue
4. Crabs
5. Next Level
6. Madlax
7. Clippers
8. Team Maryland
9. Team 91
10. Clippers
11. DC Express Orange
12. True NoVa
13. FCA MD White
If you are going to add the FCA White team, I added some other DMV teams in the rankings. looking at the local DC teams: DCE - how did they go from one of the weakest teams in HoCo this spring to #6 nationally? MadLax - They keep getting new suckers (oops, new players) from somewhere and remain competitive. Next Level - I don't know what it is with this team. they have been almost good for awhile but can't get into a grove. VLC - it is a shame they did not get a team together - all three teams mentioned have oversized rosters (not the mention players on their B teams who want to play) to support one more good team in the region. missed opportunity.
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Unfortunately there was a real ugly hit this weekend at the Aloha tournament at Blandair park. Kid on Clippers took a terrible hit to the head, was down for a fairly long time and did finally walk off on his own. Hopefully he is alright now. There have been a few ugly hits like this that have popped up over the spring / summer and now into fall. I thought this incident was handled well by the tournament trainers, coaches, etc. Referees also made the correct call to eject the player who laid the hit. For me the question becomes is there a way to deter these hits anymore than they already are? I am not sure what that would look like in terms of suspending players or what? Or is this just an unavoidable reality? Just par for the course with the current age windows and enforcement. It's a bogey with the over-agressive coaching. Perhaps there should be more pre-game warnings on this stuff but ejection and 3 minute non-releasable with a coach warning and coach ejection on the next one would put an end to it right away. I think it's unavoidable, unfortunately. Even NFL refs with decades of experience often need slow motion replay to figure out if elite athletes who have been playing their sport for decades committed targeting vs making hard but legal contact. I don't think it's realistic to expect youth lax refs making $75 a game and two to an entire field and a bunch of 15-year-olds to somehow perform to a higher standard. Youth football places a lot more emphasis on concussion awareness and safe tackling so it would probably be possible to improve things somewhat, but I don't think you'll ever eliminate the risk entirely. Not talking about eliminating risk but reducing it by not giving 30 second releasables to obvious late hits and cheap hits like one-handed hatchet checks from behind and 10 yard clear out hits. Maybe some insane dad coach of the double reclass/future reclass player wants this type of play but few others do.
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Unfortunately there was a real ugly hit this weekend at the Aloha tournament at Blandair park. Kid on Clippers took a terrible hit to the head, was down for a fairly long time and did finally walk off on his own. Hopefully he is alright now. There have been a few ugly hits like this that have popped up over the spring / summer and now into fall. I thought this incident was handled well by the tournament trainers, coaches, etc. Referees also made the correct call to eject the player who laid the hit. For me the question becomes is there a way to deter these hits anymore than they already are? I am not sure what that would look like in terms of suspending players or what? Or is this just an unavoidable reality? Glad to hear the player will be ok. Very glad to hear the other player was ejected. There are too many intentional late hits that get a slap in the wrist. And they are happening all the time lately. Glad to see a ref finally set a kid straight. Hopefully it sends a message to the coach as well.
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Top 10 in the DMV after Fall Tourneys:
1. Hawks
2. DC Express
3. FCA Blue
4. Crabs
5. Next Level
6. Madlax
7. Clippers
8. Team Maryland
9. Team 91
10. Clippers
11. DC Express Orange
12. True NoVa
13. FCA MD White
If you are going to add the FCA White team, I added some other DMV teams in the rankings. looking at the local DC teams: DCE - how did they go from one of the weakest teams in HoCo this spring to #6 nationally? MadLax - They keep getting new suckers (oops, new players) from somewhere and remain competitive. Next Level - I don't know what it is with this team. they have been almost good for awhile but can't get into a grove. VLC - it is a shame they did not get a team together - all three teams mentioned have oversized rosters (not the mention players on their B teams who want to play) to support one more good team in the region. missed opportunity. The original VLC 2028 roster was littered with kids who are now on some of those other teams you mentioned - they completely blew it.
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Top 10 in the DMV after Fall Tourneys:
1. Hawks
2. DC Express
3. FCA Blue
4. Crabs
5. Next Level
6. Madlax
7. Clippers
8. Team Maryland
9. Team 91
10. Clippers
11. DC Express Orange
12. True NoVa
13. FCA MD White
If you are going to add the FCA White team, I added some other DMV teams in the rankings. looking at the local DC teams: DCE - how did they go from one of the weakest teams in HoCo this spring to #6 nationally? MadLax - They keep getting new suckers (oops, new players) from somewhere and remain competitive. Next Level - I don't know what it is with this team. they have been almost good for awhile but can't get into a grove. VLC - it is a shame they did not get a team together - all three teams mentioned have oversized rosters (not the mention players on their B teams who want to play) to support one more good team in the region. missed opportunity. The original VLC 2028 roster was littered with kids who are now on some of those other teams you mentioned - they completely blew it. 100% agree. It all comes back on how the 2028 VLC team was managed and how the families were treated 2 seasons ago. Since the management has not changed, then there will not be a 2028 team. I am guessing there never will be at this rate for VLC...
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Will Hawks be having (or did they have) a coaching change?
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Will Hawks be having (or did they have) a coaching change? Hawks should build a Northern Virginia team. With their name, people would jump from the usual 3 in the DMV.
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Will Hawks be having (or did they have) a coaching change? Hawks should build a Northern Virginia team. With their name, people would jump from the usual 3 in the DMV. Crabs tried and failed with VLC. 3Step might be able to do it but they better understand the market better than True. I'd look for Next Level to sell the brand entirely as part of this. They already split off the girls teams.
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Will Hawks be having (or did they have) a coaching change? Hawks should build a Northern Virginia team. With their name, people would jump from the usual 3 in the DMV. To think that the Hawks could do what Crabs failed miserably at doing is naive. Madlax and Next Level (and DCE 9th grade and up) have a stranglehold on the DMV for the 50-60 elite players in each grade. Lot of teams have tried, they just can’t crack the nut. Another example of trying to put a stake in the ground is Red Hots MD. That one is doomed as well. Too many solid incumbents in the Baltimore/Annap corridor
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Will Hawks be having (or did they have) a coaching change? Hawks should build a Northern Virginia team. With their name, people would jump from the usual 3 in the DMV. To think that the Hawks could do what Crabs failed miserably at doing is naive. Madlax and Next Level (and DCE 9th grade and up) have a stranglehold on the DMV for the 50-60 elite players in each grade. Lot of teams have tried, they just can’t crack the nut. Another example of trying to put a stake in the ground is Red Hots MD. That one is doomed as well. Too many solid incumbents in the Baltimore/Annap corridor Predators seem to be coming along. Just a rough ride to get there.
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Will Hawks be having (or did they have) a coaching change? Hawks should build a Northern Virginia team. With their name, people would jump from the usual 3 in the DMV. To think that the Hawks could do what Crabs failed miserably at doing is naive. Madlax and Next Level (and DCE 9th grade and up) have a stranglehold on the DMV for the 50-60 elite players in each grade. Lot of teams have tried, they just can’t crack the nut. Another example of trying to put a stake in the ground is Red Hots MD. That one is doomed as well. Too many solid incumbents in the Baltimore/Annap corridor DMV is not Baltimore/Annapolis . They are limited in top players. There is a reason the best players come out of Balt/Annapolis and not DC
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Will Hawks be having (or did they have) a coaching change? Hawks should build a Northern Virginia team. With their name, people would jump from the usual 3 in the DMV. To think that the Hawks could do what Crabs failed miserably at doing is naive. Madlax and Next Level (and DCE 9th grade and up) have a stranglehold on the DMV for the 50-60 elite players in each grade. Lot of teams have tried, they just can’t crack the nut. Another example of trying to put a stake in the ground is Red Hots MD. That one is doomed as well. Too many solid incumbents in the Baltimore/Annap corridor Predators seem to be coming along. Just a rough ride to get there. Preds have been slowly climbing to top of heap. This is their year. Reason they were the talk of Baltimore. Will challenge for Top spot.
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Will Hawks be having (or did they have) a coaching change? Hawks should build a Northern Virginia team. With their name, people would jump from the usual 3 in the DMV. To think that the Hawks could do what Crabs failed miserably at doing is naive. Madlax and Next Level (and DCE 9th grade and up) have a stranglehold on the DMV for the 50-60 elite players in each grade. Lot of teams have tried, they just can’t crack the nut. Another example of trying to put a stake in the ground is Red Hots MD. That one is doomed as well. Too many solid incumbents in the Baltimore/Annap corridor Crabs organization put zero effort into VLC, and the partnership arguably made VLC a worse experience, not better. Regardless, it's too late to start a meaningful new 2028 team at this point - kids who are serious aren't going to move to a start-up with no history once high school has started - and I don't know that anyone could've done better than the very middling results True has had in NOVA at this age group.
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