Washington Post All Met honors

[Anonymous]

Congratulations to all the athletes who were named to the All Met 1st, 2nd and Honorable Mention teams.

[Anonymous]

You could post it

[Anonymous]

Not the OP but all it took was a simple search in Google and you could have found it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/06/20/2023-spring-all-met-girls-lacrosse-first-team-second-team-honorable-mention/

[Anonymous]

Behind a paywall. But once again it looks like the interns were passing a doobie around as they picked out the various teams. Some picks were spot on, and some were headscratchers. (ie. There were girls that didn't make any all-league/all-state teams getting awards over those who won awards in their various leagues.)

It is what it is, but it's too bad Jeff Bezos doesn't take any of that Amazon money and invest it in good high school reporting. The Post has gone downhill a lot in recent years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Behind a paywall. But once again it looks like the interns were passing a doobie around as they picked out the various teams. Some picks were spot on, and some were headscratchers. (ie. There were girls that didn't make any all-league/all-state teams getting awards over those who won awards in their various leagues.)

It is what it is, but it's too bad Jeff Bezos doesn't take any of that Amazon money and invest it in good high school reporting. The Post has gone downhill a lot in recent years.

Yes, but the way they do the district, Region, and state picks are not the best either. I like these picks, as I recognize the majority of the girls and it looks accurate, give or take

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Behind a paywall. But once again it looks like the interns were passing a doobie around as they picked out the various teams. Some picks were spot on, and some were headscratchers. (ie. There were girls that didn't make any all-league/all-state teams getting awards over those who won awards in their various leagues.)

It is what it is, but it's too bad Jeff Bezos doesn't take any of that Amazon money and invest it in good high school reporting. The Post has gone downhill a lot in recent years.

Yes, but the way they do the district, Region, and state picks are not the best either. I like these picks, as I recognize the majority of the girls and it looks accurate, give or take

Just give everybody a medal and get it over with. That way Battlefield and Oakton can both be champions....

[Anonymous]

Lots of these schools are in the Baltimore suburbs, not so much D.C. Not sure where the geographical line for “Metro” is?

[Anonymous]

all met doesn't mean much anymore. the colleges know what the kids can do and a kid who does well at the club level would rather be recognized for what they do and get a scholarship than be named all met which isn't a very good indicator of talent.

[Anonymous]

This is a nice to have, but doesn’t mean much in the long run. The voting is very different from the private and public school voting for awards. It’s a google doc that the post writer send a out to coaches, and only the coaches who want to participate and that’s if they even know about it. So keep in mind it is not 100% full participation from all schools.
The google doc asks for stats (which can sort of be made up) as you are supposed to enter all stats on the posts forms for the season. But like I said, you can easily make them up.
Then there is a small paragraph write up about the player, and then you HS r a chance to nominate other players from different programs. The post says this nominating other players from other schools will help you own players. Not sure if that’s true or not.
Then magically the post chooses the players.
The coaches do not vote, they just nominate.
That’s how it works, and if anyone says otherwise, they have no first hand experience and not a clue on how All-Met is chosen

[Anonymous]

IMO. Some REAL misses on that list from SJC, BI and SR. Even a miss from Holton. Lots of great players on the list, though. But, can't help but notice obvious high caliber difference makers not on that list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a nice to have, but doesn’t mean much in the long run. The voting is very different from the private and public school voting for awards. It’s a google doc that the post writer send a out to coaches, and only the coaches who want to participate and that’s if they even know about it. So keep in mind it is not 100% full participation from all schools.
The google doc asks for stats (which can sort of be made up) as you are supposed to enter all stats on the posts forms for the season. But like I said, you can easily make them up.
Then there is a small paragraph write up about the player, and then you HS r a chance to nominate other players from different programs. The post says this nominating other players from other schools will help you own players. Not sure if that’s true or not.
Then magically the post chooses the players.
The coaches do not vote, they just nominate.
That’s how it works, and if anyone says otherwise, they have no first hand experience and not a clue on how All-Met is chosen

Sounds like sour grapes.

[Anonymous]

They literally have an intern (grad student at Maryland) do it. Tells you all you need to know. Pulling names from a hat would get you the same mix of hits and misses. I’m sure he does his best, but he can’t cover it all.

[Anonymous]

Who cares. Just let the kids enjoy it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares. Just let the kids enjoy it.

Right? Terrible fathers turning something great into something to complain about - yet AGAIN.

[Anonymous]

Probably a mother….