DC Express 2028

[Anonymous]

Tryouts for all 3 of the local clubs are legit, there is nowhere that takes everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And to take that further, if your player wants to play in college, if he is good, he will, and the way he gets good is playing and being coached in a way that doesn’t make him hate himself or lacrosse. He might play in individual showcases rather than whatever tournaments are deemed prestigious, and he might have to contact the colleges he is interested in, and his high school coach might have to do that on his behalf too but at the end of the day, his skill is what will get him there. Not his team’s record in HoCo. Jesus.

hard to follow your point - are you saying that BLC coaches players in a way that makes them hate themselves or hate lacrosse, or that the other teams do?

[Anonymous]

BLC coaches very positively but I didn't say anything about specific coaching at any of these clubs. My point is that kids get better by playing a lot and being coached well and in such a way that they feel good about themselves and enjoy the sport. So when your child is trying to play in high school and in college, what matters is how good he is when he gets to those points. Not what his 7th grade team's HoCo record was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are tryouts legit? Ie are the coaches going to actually evaluate players and assess the needs of the team? Or is it a cattle call where they just take everyone?

If it’s legit Will BLC players get a preference?


Thanks

All players regardless where the come from will be evaluated. Doesn't matter where they come from. They will come from all places and yes those players looking for a different coach or approach will be looking. Even if they are the ringer on a team. It is a team and some people at the 28 class are tired of the same thing ie Madlax or whatever club they are playing on.

It is a totally new team and BLC will NOT have preference they will need to compete for a spot like you always need to do at every age, team, club or HS. Best of Luck!

Thank you for your response. You sound knowledgeable. Any idea how large the team will be? For the kids looking for playing time it seems like there’s an interesting choice leave for more field time or stay and hope the kid above you leaves. As great as NOVA lacrosse is there really is a limited number of elite players.

[Anonymous]

Team wins don’t matter at this point, it’s about personal player development. Your kid should join the team where he has the best chance of improving through good coaching and lots of playing time. If he is not receiving both of those, then he should move on.

[Anonymous]

I understand your position but wins and losses do mean a lot. It’s a lot easier to get your son excited to play if you’re winning as opposed to getting crushed. Let’s face it- tournaments are miserable if you’re out of contention after the first game of pool play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand your position but wins and losses do mean a lot. It’s a lot easier to get your son excited to play if you’re winning as opposed to getting crushed. Let’s face it- tournaments are miserable if you’re out of contention after the first game of pool play.

They don't mean as much when you're not playing. If your team wins you feel like they did it without you, if they lose you're mad b/c you think you could do better than the kid ahead of you. As a parent paying a lot of money and spending a lot of time travelling to watch other kids play also doesn't make sense. Wins are great but as other posters wrote it's more important to get your kid on the best team he can get on where he can get the most playing time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are tryouts legit? Ie are the coaches going to actually evaluate players and assess the needs of the team? Or is it a cattle call where they just take everyone?

If it’s legit Will BLC players get a preference?


Thanks

A team like this that's won two games in Hoco the past two years can't afford to play favorites so yeah I assume the tryout will be legit and they'll be looking to upgrade at every position. That said guys coming in sight unseen to a tryout need to be substantially better than an incumbent to get a spot. If you have a kid and think you might be interested I would reach out to the coaches directly and let them know who your guy is, where he plays now, and if you have vid send it to them. That way there's more to go on then just two 90 minute tryout sessions. You could even see if you could have your son come out to a practice or two and see how that goes.

The team doesn’t exist yet. What do you mean go to a practice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are tryouts legit? Ie are the coaches going to actually evaluate players and assess the needs of the team? Or is it a cattle call where they just take everyone?

If it’s legit Will BLC players get a preference?


Thanks

All players regardless where the come from will be evaluated. Doesn't matter where they come from. They will come from all places and yes those players looking for a different coach or approach will be looking. Even if they are the ringer on a team. It is a team and some people at the 28 class are tired of the same thing ie Madlax or whatever club they are playing on.

It is a totally new team and BLC will NOT have preference they will need to compete for a spot like you always need to do at every age, team, club or HS. Best of Luck!

Thank you for your response. You sound knowledgeable. Any idea how large the team will be? For the kids looking for playing time it seems like there’s an interesting choice leave for more field time or stay and hope the kid above you leaves. As great as NOVA lacrosse is there really is a limited number of elite players.

From looking at the rosters, DCE teams are large including B team. Around 27 plus. Not attractive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your child and you are 100% happy with his team and HIS performance and development and future there, then I guess?

DCE is a brand new team though so not much to do with BLC. That team imploded a few years ago and has been rebuilding steadily since. Maybe one voluntary departure since and plenty of acquisitions.

Not tracking. Where is evidence of
the “building.” They are no better than before — at least relative to the competition. Maybe the coaches don’t know what they are doing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They just confirmed the coaches on their Instagram.

nine coaches - six for the A team and three for the B team. sounds almost like a placeholder.

Agree. Are they playing us? Is Horsey really going to coach. Or “advise”?

They need to be straight on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are tryouts legit? Ie are the coaches going to actually evaluate players and assess the needs of the team? Or is it a cattle call where they just take everyone?

If it’s legit Will BLC players get a preference?


Thanks

A team like this that's won two games in Hoco the past two years can't afford to play favorites so yeah I assume the tryout will be legit and they'll be looking to upgrade at every position. That said guys coming in sight unseen to a tryout need to be substantially better than an incumbent to get a spot. If you have a kid and think you might be interested I would reach out to the coaches directly and let them know who your guy is, where he plays now, and if you have vid send it to them. That way there's more to go on then just two 90 minute tryout sessions. You could even see if you could have your son come out to a practice or two and see how that goes.

The team doesn’t exist yet. What do you mean go to a practice?

Reach out to BLC 2028 and see if your kid can go to a practice. Horsey and Severns have been watching some of the practices and have been taking input from the current BLC coaches on players to keep and players on other local teams to pursue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are tryouts legit? Ie are the coaches going to actually evaluate players and assess the needs of the team? Or is it a cattle call where they just take everyone?

If it’s legit Will BLC players get a preference?


Thanks

All players regardless where the come from will be evaluated. Doesn't matter where they come from. They will come from all places and yes those players looking for a different coach or approach will be looking. Even if they are the ringer on a team. It is a team and some people at the 28 class are tired of the same thing ie Madlax or whatever club they are playing on.

It is a totally new team and BLC will NOT have preference they will need to compete for a spot like you always need to do at every age, team, club or HS. Best of Luck!

Thank you for your response. You sound knowledgeable. Any idea how large the team will be? For the kids looking for playing time it seems like there’s an interesting choice leave for more field time or stay and hope the kid above you leaves. As great as NOVA lacrosse is there really is a limited number of elite players.

From looking at the rosters, DCE teams are large including B team. Around 27 plus. Not attractive.

22-24 players is the target size for the DCE 2028 Black team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They just confirmed the coaches on their Instagram.

nine coaches - six for the A team and three for the B team. sounds almost like a placeholder.

Agree. Are they playing us? Is Horsey really going to coach. Or “advise”?

They need to be straight on this.

There's no conspiracy here. Two full time HCs (Horsey and Severns). One goalie coach (Joyce). The remaining three (Carpenter/Dougherty/Lunnen) are younger guys who will attend when available and help with the offense or D.

Three coaches for Orange--Ewing will be full time, not sure about the other two listed.

Same model as 2026 age group.

[Anonymous]

This is getting interesting. It sounds like DCE is going about it the right way and is serious about building an elite team along the lines of the 2025 and 2026 teams. In order to do that they will need to convince elite level players from Next Level and MadLax, plus some Baltimore players, to break from their teams and come over. They will also need to be somewhat ruthless about cutting a lot of the incumbent BLC players down to the Orange team. They will also need to explain what is going on with the 2027 team and why 2028 will be different.