lax culture from an insider

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Anonymous wrote:That is a dim analysis. There is an enormous difference between the average 15 and 13 year old. There is an enormous physical and developmental difference between boys who are 19 and kids who are 16 or 17, and it is a comical difference between a 19 year old and a 14 year old. Nothing you wrote makes any sense or holds and point.

You aren't very bright. There is no point in continuing to try to enlighten you. Good luck in your quest to eliminate "red shirting" I'm sure the powers that be will be impressed by the strength of your arguments.

www.cdc.gov/growthcharts

Please enlighten us all on how wrong the CDC and WHO statistics is for growth curves of boys. Maybe they're not as bright as you either. The fact is your daddy eyes on lacrosse players have been fooling you. There are enormous differences physically between adolescent boys two years apart in every decile of the data. Boys are not done growing height wise on average until 19, and carry a lot of weight growth between 16 and 19. There is no way anyone's eyes could look at this data and agree that the spread between 14 and 19 is unsafe for the kids. Grab a Bud Light and call it a day pal, you're done.

My God you are dense.

Here's an actual lacrosse roster for you to consider:

http://www.gonzaga.org/page.aspx?pid=490

You'll see a 205 lb freshman, a 230 lb sophomore a 285 junior and a 165 lb senior -- according to your data this is impossible because none of these living breathing student athletes are "average" -- how dumb can one person be? Please stop before you embarrass yourself further. Also, note that the 285 lb player would still be out there to play against you fragile snowflake even under a no red shirt rule.

That Gonzaga roster has bigger kids than many D1 rosters, wow.

Gonzaga has a lot of talented kids, and many are pretty big. But you are crazy if you think their roster of freshman, sophomores, juniors and senrios is bigger than any D1 roster. Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

Please compare/contrast, rank, and otherwise comment on the importance of the following to college recruitment:
1) Club team tournaments; 2) Showcase tournaments; 3) Prospect camps. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

I'd say showcase tournaments. Prospect camps are great if you know your kid is being recruited because they ask him to attend. Club teams are important but that is getting blurry with so many HS programs doing fall and summer teams and of course all the showcase things kids can be doing too. Lacrosse is getting silly because now kids stop having any fun in 6th or 7th grade and just turn into mummies being pointed at things that will show well for recruiting by their parents because if there is not finished product by 8th grade the pedophiles recruiting these kids are not interested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd say showcase tournaments. Prospect camps are great if you know your kid is being recruited because they ask him to attend. Club teams are important but that is getting blurry with so many HS programs doing fall and summer teams and of course all the showcase things kids can be doing too. Lacrosse is getting silly because now kids stop having any fun in 6th or 7th grade and just turn into mummies being pointed at things that will show well for recruiting by their parents because if there is not finished product by 8th grade the pedophiles recruiting these kids are not interested.

Which are some of the best showcase tournaments?

[Anonymous]

Do schools with lacrosse teams not in the NCAA still recruit (ie, is there an admissions bump?).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd say showcase tournaments. Prospect camps are great if you know your kid is being recruited because they ask him to attend. Club teams are important but that is getting blurry with so many HS programs doing fall and summer teams and of course all the showcase things kids can be doing too. Lacrosse is getting silly because now kids stop having any fun in 6th or 7th grade and just turn into mummies being pointed at things that will show well for recruiting by their parents because if there is not finished product by 8th grade the pedophiles recruiting these kids are not interested.

Which are some of the best showcase tournaments?

Top 205

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do schools with lacrosse teams not in the NCAA still recruit (ie, is there an admissions bump?).

Aren't all lacrosse teams in the NCAA? D-3 schools are in the NCAA I think. They can't give athletic scholarships but they do recruit and give admissions bumps.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'd say showcase tournaments. Prospect camps are great if you know your kid is being recruited because they ask him to attend. Club teams are important but that is getting blurry with so many HS programs doing fall and summer teams and of course all the showcase things kids can be doing too. Lacrosse is getting silly because now kids stop having any fun in 6th or 7th grade and just turn into mummies being pointed at things that will show well for recruiting by their parents because if there is not finished product by 8th grade the pedophiles recruiting these kids are not interested.

Which are some of the best showcase tournaments?

Top 205

Top 205 used to be one of the best. No longer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd say showcase tournaments. Prospect camps are great if you know your kid is being recruited because they ask him to attend. Club teams are important but that is getting blurry with so many HS programs doing fall and summer teams and of course all the showcase things kids can be doing too. Lacrosse is getting silly because now kids stop having any fun in 6th or 7th grade and just turn into mummies being pointed at things that will show well for recruiting by their parents because if there is not finished product by 8th grade the pedophiles recruiting these kids are not interested.

Which are some of the best showcase tournaments?

Top 205

Top 205 used to be one of the best. No longer.

Not true. I did it and there was a lot of big time players there. Nike blue chip is better but 205 is still very good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd say showcase tournaments. Prospect camps are great if you know your kid is being recruited because they ask him to attend. Club teams are important but that is getting blurry with so many HS programs doing fall and summer teams and of course all the showcase things kids can be doing too. Lacrosse is getting silly because now kids stop having any fun in 6th or 7th grade and just turn into mummies being pointed at things that will show well for recruiting by their parents because if there is not finished product by 8th grade the pedophiles recruiting these kids are not interested.

Which are some of the best showcase tournaments?

Top 205

Top 205 used to be one of the best. No longer.

Not true. I did it and there was a lot of big time players there. Nike blue chip is better but 205 is still very good.

Many tournaments have surpassed Top 205. It is nowhere near the best recruiting tournament any more. Sorry, kid.

[Anonymous]

What do you insiders think of the East Coast showcase out on by Madlax as a recruitment opportunity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you insiders think of the East Coast showcase out on by Madlax as a recruitment opportunity?

Waste of time and money. No real college coaches attend, and the kids are 85% Madlax kids. If you are looking for recruiting exposure, there are much better alternatives for your money. Basically another event for Madlax to make money.

[Anonymous]

Mad lax hosted an event at Landon in the fall and their were plenty of college coaches present at the fall event on both days.

I recall seeing duke, cornell , bucknell, Tufts, Navy, army, W&L, Denison, UNC, Maryland, Delaware, Colby, a Trinity, bates, holy cross, Princeton,

Do those not count as real colleges ??

I'm not the biggest fan of mad lax in general but I thought it was a great event on both days and I'm sure it being a first year event, it will only grow next Fall.

[Anonymous]

I was there. Those were the coaches who were "advertised" to be there, but in reality, it was just a handful of coaches, mostly D3s.

[Anonymous]

Any thoughts on the Maryland lacrosse showcase? My son has been bombarded with emails from them.