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How'd the Suffolk long island showcases go?

Tryouts still happening, round 2 is Thursday 6/12

Any word on how first night of under armour tryouts went?

any idea what teams are doing the nyla this weekend at Farmingdale?

The long island U/A was OK at best. Pretty much everyone knows its fixed but go anyway for the chance to play in front of the college coaches. If you are not one of the elite names or come from one of the top high schools you have a better chance of hitting lotto. There were players that didnt do much at all but still were picked. I think a few kids picked their own jersey numbers. If you tell me there was no influence there you are crazy. A lot of colleges do watch so that makes it all worth it.

It's Wednesday and the schedule for this event is still not out! Disgusting...

Absolutely horrible. I'm not crying sour grapes but the fix is definitely in. There was a lot of colleges there so its worth doing but if you want to make it you better know somebody or be from one of the top elite teams. No room for a newcomer. I personally saw kids that did not a thing during the tryout and they were selected. Im sure the college coaches see right through their B/S so again its worth doing just for the exposure. Corrigan gave a speech to justify their terrible biased selection process....I guess I am crying sour grapes........

The bigger issue is the format. You have 10 minutes to show your stuff so ball possession becomes precious. UA should change the format so players get more time on the field to be evaluated and thus reduce the amount of ball hogging that goes on. The current format misses a lot of good players and advances less talented players who take advantage of their limited time by hogging the ball. Very dissapointing to keep kids out for 6 hours on school nights and not accommplish the desired result.

The worst is the rewards for selfish play - showcase lacrosse at it's worst. It was a disgusting display of "every shot is a good shot" and if you don't try to run through 3 long poles you are never going to touch the ball again. I saw one kid take a good 7 or 8 shots on the same possession - all misses. Really grotesque butchery of an otherwise great game - but the 10 min field time forces this. There has to be a better way.

The best kids make the team, stop whining and go out and practice some more!

The best kids make the team, stop whining and go out and practice some more!

The best kids make the team, stop whining and go out and practice some more!

So says the Express dad.

So says the Express dad.

when do they post the results of this FAIRLY PICKED NON POLITICAL team??

when do they post the results of this FAIRLY PICKED NON POLITICAL team??

Why was Mike Gongas evaluating players for Under Armour when he is banned from coaching X1. Seems strange and unethical

He also pushed Team Li Kids through to 88 and Kept some top kids out. Also how about attack man's dad for Bay point?

It's Wednesday and the schedule for this event is still not out! Disgusting...

Why was Mike Gongas evaluating players for Under Armour when he is banned from coaching X1. Seems strange and unethical

The Comsewogue goalie is great! Easy dad!

How was Walt Whitman goalie not in 88 but Comsewogue was- OH That's right Mike gongas and SN is the coach, How disgusting that this can happen.

Because most of the evaluators that were asked to do it have jobs and could not get there on time. Why would someone be an evaluator when you have to sit in traffic for 1.5 hours just to get there All you get is a t-shirt (no money) and then get out of there at 11pm to drive an hour home when they make $$$ out on the deal. Gongas lives near by and had an agenda.

He is the only summer coach on LI to ever get sued by a family and you can actually watch it because he went on "people court" and he lost. Sad TV puts 20 lbs on you. He would not let them use his name or team. Funny stuff

I saw the schedule on the website Wednesday night.

Why in the world can't an organization like Corrigan who charges these kids 165$ to try out, not be able to make it worth the while to bring in evaluators from other regions?? They should be compensated for their travel expenses and time. At the current tryout fee this should not be a problem, unless Corrigan is that greedy, and not really concerned with providing fair evals.