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Now, as for your critique of my grammar, I’m truly grateful. Nothing screams “elite” quite like taking the time to nitpick a casual remark on the internet. Clearly, the bar for meaningful engagement has been set at correcting typos rather than addressing the actual point.

I sincerely hope you didn’t attend a private school, because if this is the best your tuition money could produce in terms of wit or depth, someone got shortchanged.

You must be one of those classic Baltimorean's whose first questions are, “What school does your child go to?” “Where do you live?” and “What do you do?” All great talking points from someone clinging to elitist status symbols as if they mean anything in the real world. Bravo

Please feel free to critique.

Are the age restrictions still a thing? My 2028 is my youngest and we're not going to reclass regardless so I admittedly haven't been paying much attention, but I thought I'd heard that tourney organizers and even HOCO were already backsliding on age restrictions.

No critique - much clearer and well stated. Paxil cocktail wear off?

Yes.
The people who ask what school you go to are usually nouveau rich or just middle class. It's the first time they ever paid for tuition and want to let you know. It's a big deal to them.
They are the same parents who chose a kid's school by the cheapest tuition price. People like us, with real money, don't concern ourselves with such minutiae.

DC Express is #10. That’s D.C. as in the DMV

You did it again.
“What school does your child go to.”
Wonderful grammar.

UMBC?

He is still trying to figure out what’s wrong with the sentence.

Oh, look at you, brandishing your grammar police badge again. Yes, I dared to commit the unforgivable sin of slightly off punctuation. How scandalous. If this is where you find your intellectual high ground, by all means, celebrate the minuscule triumph. I imagine it must feel very validating to dodge actual substance in favor of policing commas and question marks.

But let us not forget your little sock puppet routine, claiming those last two barbs came from different people when it is clearly just you and your oh so convenient alter ego. Very impressive. Is this what it takes to bolster your position, pretending there is some chorus of agreement behind your grammar nitpicks. How delightfully pathetic. Keep it up. I am sure your imaginary fan club is simply riveted.

Hahaha. Talk to me when DCE beats a top 15 team. We weren't talking "DMV". We were talking MD vs NJ/CT.

What happened to all of the reclass talent that was going to FCA and Crabs? What happened to all of the talent that was leaving Madlax for Next Level? All are now irrelevant when discussing the top teams in the country. Hawks will likely return to the top 10, but gone are the days that they are challenging for the top team in the country.

New age restrictions? Playing for national teams instead? What's the explanation?

I had never even heard of this insane idea of "planning to hold back, so he's gonna play back now, in advance of that future, maybe, decision to hold back" until we played a series of tourneys in CT and MA and the parents were yapping all about it. That's one reason I LOL every time the NY dads pop up with their "Maryland holdback" comments. We see you guys. We know your kid is in 10th grade and playing on a 9th grade team.

Philly, MD, and LI will suffer most, but at least the star 2028 players from our region all have their drivers licenses/permits now.
I mean it also has something to do with the fact that CT has the nation's most respected prep/PG boarding school programs for lacrosse.
I mean how many times do we have to see Crabs, Madlax, True and other clubs do the exact same thing(s) they always do, over and over again, and then be all shocked about it. Crabs only takes on more teams to make money and aggregate more talent to their AA team. If they don't get high level talent to move to the Crabs AA team, they stop investing in the team, coaches, etc. Ie how much has anybody heard about the Crabs 2028 B team this fall.

The guys who run and coach Clippers are the same guys who run and coach Team Eighteen, out of the exact same office. The rosters already intersect about 50%, I would absolutely anticipate that Clippers will always bring in bench strength from their national players who are willing to fly east for the weekend.

And honestly, so what? This is what 91, Crabs, Madlax, True National...heck EVERY national team...do in High School. How many CT boarding school kids need to be on MD rosters, never showing up to practice, for you guys to realize that this was ALWAYS gonna be the final product. "We develop elite players" lol.

To the rankings obsessed Dad from out of state attempting to troll:

My son is a 2028 and now that high school has started - his level of care about club lacrosse has plummeted to about a 2/10. Once summer gets here I’m sure that will change.

Still loves his team and teammates but it’s a complete afterthought with the real lacrosse about to kick off.

What rank is his club ? I bet at bottom. People in top clubs still care. D1 may not be for him.

He still thinks it’s punctuation.

Oh, I get it now. It's not punctuation – it's your fragile ego in disguise. Thanks for the clarification.