BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2017 Fall 2013/Summer 2014

. There are a lot of terrific players in CA, CO, Texas and Florida. Boys Latin played a very competitive game against a Florida prep school a couple days ago. That never would have happened only 2 years ago.

Give the growth of the game some credit.

Excuses, excuses. You guys are precious. You think LI and Maryland players are better because more early commits are coming from these two areas? I am from Maryland and I can assure you there are dozens of CA players as good or better than the players here who are committed, including the few already from our team.

All that tells me is the NCAA coaches are still recruiting in a local or regional myopia. I can see that because LI and MD are familiar to them, and they know the type of players they are getting from the established hotbeds. But any NCAA coach who snoozes will lose. There are a lot of terrific players in CA, CO, Texas and Florida. Boys Latin played a very competitive game against a Florida prep school a couple days ago. That never would have happened only 2 years ago.

Give the growth of the game some credit. A kid is not a better lacrosse player because he is in the 516, 917, 301 or 410 area codes. Suspend your vanities and give those guys at SI some credit for stepping off a plane and taking you to the buzzer. All this crap about your excuses that the kids were off on Spring Break the week before and went to Disney, etc. are baloney. Saying it was SI's Super Bowl is baloney too. They laced them up and gave Chaminade all they could take and then some.

You LI guys are all easy to find at the Summer Tournaments. Always excuses when you lose. And you do lose.

Yes, a big reason why lacrosse has come so far so fast is coaches who are from the Atlantic hotbeds have gone out to grow the game. And they are obviously doing a great job and the programs out West are much richer to have them. Again, for lacrosse to be a real sport -- and get the memo, it is not one yet -- this needs to keep happening. Right now there are about as many who play lacrosse as volleyball. I am sure those who care about volleyball are really into it, but the rest of us could not care less. Let's face it...lacrosse is awesome to us, but we are an ESPNU sport. Like women's water polo.

Haha, so true! Maybe LI should stop pounding their chest and be glad about the spreading of lax throughout the country. I think some parents are threatened that kids outside the hotbeds will be snatching up scholarships from their sons. The truth is that as the sport grows, there will be more scholarships available, as more schools add the program. Maybe we will even make it to a real TV channel!

Haha, so true! Maybe LI should stop pounding their chest and be glad about the spreading of lax throughout the country. I think some parents are threatened that kids outside the hotbeds will be snatching up scholarships from their sons. The truth is that as the sport grows, there will be more scholarships available, as more schools add the program. Maybe we will even make it to a real TV channel!

Lets make a deal. Bring your birth certificates to each and every game and tourney

Get a life and quit crying.

Get a life and quit crying.

Said the dad of a MD/DC/VA cheater holdback reclassified player whose kid couldn't capitalize on the cheating game. (Don't worry; a 20 year old post grad is a very proud achievement!! )

You guys truly sound like 2-year olds. You should be embarrassed.

Nope! No crying and am having a great life....especially since my long island 2017 is committed to the top 10 D1 lax school of his choice. Damn near whistling Dixie over here!! I oughtn't be in Maryland! Feel like I got away with some cheating.....but no; it was just good old strong island work ethic and balls to the wall play by an age appropriate player who is making his own way!!! No cheating needed here!

Take notes MD/DC/VA.....your post grad farm system will never surpass the lax DNA our boys have.

Said the dad of a MD/DC/VA cheater holdback reclassified player whose kid couldn't capitalize on the cheating game. (Don't worry; a 20 year old post grad is a very proud achievement!! )

Nope! No crying and am having a great life....especially since my long island 2017 is committed to the top 10 D1 lax school of his choice. Damn near whistling Dixie over here!! I oughtn't be in Maryland! Feel like I got away with some cheating.....but no; it was just good old strong island work ethic and balls to the wall play by an age appropriate player who is making his own way!!! No cheating needed here!

Take notes MD/DC/VA.....your post grad farm system will never surpass the lax DNA our boys have.

Said the dad of a MD/DC/VA cheater holdback reclassified player whose kid couldn't capitalize on the cheating game. (Don't worry; a 20 year old post grad is a very proud achievement!! )

Nope! No crying and am having a great life....especially since my long island 2017 is committed to the top 10 D1 lax school of his choice. Damn near whistling Dixie over here!! I oughtn't be in Maryland! Feel like I got away with some cheating.....but no; it was just good old strong island work ethic and balls to the wall play by an age appropriate player who is making his own way!!! No cheating needed here!

Take notes MD/DC/VA.....your post grad farm system will never surpass the lax DNA our boys have.

Wrong on every account. My son is not reclassified, we don't live in MD/VA/DC, and his age is not illegal by NY definition or any other definition.

Just laughing at you LI guys and your bizarre obsession.

You forgot to add "and not committed"....then the statement would be wrong on all accounts.
Prob should have added in PA; they are catching the PG drift also.

Nope, son is not committed and we don't live in PA, either. You guys provide great entertainment on a daily basis.

If there was any doubt that lacrosse is a blue collar sport in Long Island, these posts eliminate any such doubt.

LOL. The inferiority complex you guys have is amazing.

Maybe its NY that is age inappropriate. Who says the "correct" age for any grade should be defined by self-absorbed 'we are the center of everything' New Yorkers?

Such an elitist postion you have assumed. Pray tell; from what white collar profession might you be from? Are you here to undermine and belittle the blue collar work ethic that America has been built on and subsequently exploited by those who have presumed to be above such labors? Why use blue collar in a negative connotation other than to elevate yourself to self delusional heights? Is this then the mentality that you project upon your progeny?

Oh, the shame.

Why would you take such a stance? Has Long Island not been the stalwart bastion of the roots of lacrosse that your region lacks? Is your envy so deep such that you would resort to assigning a whole region to what you consider a lesser state of existence?

Your trend of labeling only serves to enlighten those who would even care to take a moments notice that you're most likey incline to be racist as well.

Bravo on revealing your true colors.

A discussion regarding lacrosse would be a nice change on this site. So sick of hearing daddy wannabes berating each other (and their kids) This is worse than the middle school lunch room. Such generalizations thrown at each other as form of entertainment. Blue collar, white collar, LI, MD...you all sound like a bunch of imbeciles. Lets back an intelligent lacrosse discussion, please.

How many 2017 boys have made an impact on their varsity teams.

With all of the early recruiting it would be nice to show that those college coaches know what they are talking about. How many 2017's have made a difference (if even a point) on their school teams.

Next week we should have a good population of the LI teams first few games. I hope we can celebrate some of these boys accomplishments.

I understand a big pool of 2017 talent may go to St A or Chami, and be missing from this list but this will also prove that if your a good player you don't need those two to play and get noticed.

Would be nice to get a Name - school - minutes - Goals - Asst - GB - saves its.

Not asking Sage to do it - maybe those who browse the site.

If a school is very bad at lacrosse and there is a standout player who wants to go somewhere for lacrosse but won't be recognized because he plays with bad people who make him look bad do you think he should transfer to a catholic school? Really would be helpful to answer.

If a school is very bad at lacrosse and there is a standout player who wants to go somewhere for lacrosse but won't be recognized because he plays with bad people who make him look bad do you think he should transfer to a catholic school? Really would be helpful to answer.

If a school is very bad at lacrosse and there is a standout player who wants to go somewhere for lacrosse but won't be recognized because he plays with bad people who make him look bad do you think he should transfer to a catholic school? Really would be helpful to answer.

What district? Many of the "bad" districts have young commits, probably due to travel team

What district? Many of the "bad" districts have young commits, probably due to travel team