Feedback on VLC Club Lacrosse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the fact that there is 87 pages of people talking about VLC indicates there is a level of passion about this club.

meh, it's over 4 years. if you want to see passion watch the parent sidelines of a dce game - those kids can play

Nothing says DCE passion like insta-posting on a VLC thread. I did watch one of the VLC teams wax a blc team this spring at hoco.

[Anonymous]

The club that generates the most passion on DCUM is unquestionably MadLax - it can't be mentioned without someone bringing up the "ungrateful quitter" email and then saying that any parent who lets their kid play for that club is immoral human garbage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The club that generates the most passion on DCUM is unquestionably MadLax - it can't be mentioned without someone bringing up the "ungrateful quitter" email and then saying that any parent who lets their kid play for that club is immoral human garbage.

It is well documented that kids should stay away from Madlax. Lots of unhappy people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The club that generates the most passion on DCUM is unquestionably MadLax - it can't be mentioned without someone bringing up the "ungrateful quitter" email and then saying that any parent who lets their kid play for that club is immoral human garbage.

It is well documented that kids should stay away from Madlax. Lots of unhappy people.

They have something like 30 teams each with 30 kids on them. Quite a few people are happy with that program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The club that generates the most passion on DCUM is unquestionably MadLax - it can't be mentioned without someone bringing up the "ungrateful quitter" email and then saying that any parent who lets their kid play for that club is immoral human garbage.

It is well documented that kids should stay away from Madlax. Lots of unhappy people.

They have something like 30 teams each with 30 kids on them. Quite a few people are happy with that program.

You should check again. Many are unhappy. Lots of kids don’t get nearly the same amount of playing time as others with many kids not developing and parents feed up with paying the ridiculous fees. Also, People on DMV team are paying capital price for rec level quality - that is the biggest scam in all of lacrosse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The club that generates the most passion on DCUM is unquestionably MadLax - it can't be mentioned without someone bringing up the "ungrateful quitter" email and then saying that any parent who lets their kid play for that club is immoral human garbage.

It is well documented that kids should stay away from Madlax. Lots of unhappy people.

They have something like 30 teams each with 30 kids on them. Quite a few people are happy with that program.

By definition, if you have a lacrosse team with 30 players, NOBODY is happy, except of course the owner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The club that generates the most passion on DCUM is unquestionably MadLax - it can't be mentioned without someone bringing up the "ungrateful quitter" email and then saying that any parent who lets their kid play for that club is immoral human garbage.

It is well documented that kids should stay away from Madlax. Lots of unhappy people.

They have something like 30 teams each with 30 kids on them. Quite a few people are happy with that program.

By definition, if you have a lacrosse team with 30 players, NOBODY is happy, except of course the owner.

They’re happy enough to keep paying ML high fees, so by definition they are happy. If they were unhappy, they’d quit. These people know there are other teams out there.

[Anonymous]

You should check again. Many are unhappy. Lots of kids don’t get nearly the same amount of playing time as others with many kids not developing and parents feed up with paying the ridiculous fees. Also, People on DMV team are paying capital price for rec level quality - that is the biggest scam in all of lacrosse.

You think they should not be happy to do this, but hundreds of players are on the DMV team each year, which indicates they are happy to play and their parents are happy to pay. If the parents were “fed up” then they’d pull the kid from the team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You should check again. Many are unhappy. Lots of kids don’t get nearly the same amount of playing time as others with many kids not developing and parents feed up with paying the ridiculous fees. Also, People on DMV team are paying capital price for rec level quality - that is the biggest scam in all of lacrosse.

You think they should not be happy to do this, but hundreds of players are on the DMV team each year, which indicates they are happy to play and their parents are happy to pay. If the parents were “fed up” then they’d pull the kid from the team.

Play rec then. There's been a drop in the number of kids playing rec in the NoVa area, probably because everyone wants to play club from age 6. When my son was younger, there were four to five teams per age, based on skill/athleticism. Now, there are typically one or two, and some areas struggle to pull one team.

[Anonymous]

VLC 2023s felt dangerous this weekend at NLF going 0-3. Can’t believe people said that vlc was better then dc dogs or next level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:VLC 2023s felt dangerous this weekend at NLF going 0-3. Can’t believe people said that vlc was better then dc dogs or next level.

I don't think anyone said that VLC 23s were better than DC dogs, who won NLF but I think they are for sure better than Next Level. How did Next Level do at NLF? Oh yeah they weren't there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You should check again. Many are unhappy. Lots of kids don’t get nearly the same amount of playing time as others with many kids not developing and parents feed up with paying the ridiculous fees. Also, People on DMV team are paying capital price for rec level quality - that is the biggest scam in all of lacrosse.

You think they should not be happy to do this, but hundreds of players are on the DMV team each year, which indicates they are happy to play and their parents are happy to pay. If the parents were “fed up” then they’d pull the kid from the team.

Play rec then. There's been a drop in the number of kids playing rec in the NoVa area, probably because everyone wants to play club from age 6. When my son was younger, there were four to five teams per age, based on skill/athleticism. Now, there are typically one or two, and some areas struggle to pull one team.

MadLax DMV kids also play rec, as do a great many kids on club teams.

If people want to pay to be on a glorified rec team like ML DMV, Cavaliers, or Evergreen, so what? Let them go ahead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VLC 2023s felt dangerous this weekend at NLF going 0-3. Can’t believe people said that vlc was better then dc dogs or next level.

I don't think anyone said that VLC 23s were better than DC dogs, who won NLF but I think they are for sure better than Next Level. How did Next Level do at NLF? Oh yeah they weren't there!

The last two times VLC faced NL they won by 4+. If NL played VLC tomorrow and won by 4 they could claim to be better. Who cares about scores in summer events? Leave that to the 2025 parents. VLC teams played in front of lots of college coaches this summer. The ‘23 team will do much better than ‘22 and ‘21 in recruiting and commits this fall. Also the ‘24 team was 3-1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VLC 2023s felt dangerous this weekend at NLF going 0-3. Can’t believe people said that vlc was better then dc dogs or next level.

I don't think anyone said that VLC 23s were better than DC dogs, who won NLF but I think they are for sure better than Next Level. How did Next Level do at NLF? Oh yeah they weren't there!

Dogs are definitely top in the area and the country. VLC beat NL the last two times the clubs played each other, I believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You should check again. Many are unhappy. Lots of kids don’t get nearly the same amount of playing time as others with many kids not developing and parents feed up with paying the ridiculous fees. Also, People on DMV team are paying capital price for rec level quality - that is the biggest scam in all of lacrosse.

You think they should not be happy to do this, but hundreds of players are on the DMV team each year, which indicates they are happy to play and their parents are happy to pay. If the parents were “fed up” then they’d pull the kid from the team.

Play rec then. There's been a drop in the number of kids playing rec in the NoVa area, probably because everyone wants to play club from age 6. When my son was younger, there were four to five teams per age, based on skill/athleticism. Now, there are typically one or two, and some areas struggle to pull one team.

MadLax DMV kids also play rec, as do a great many kids on club teams.

If people want to pay to be on a glorified rec team like ML DMV, Cavaliers, or Evergreen, so what? Let them go ahead.

Sure they can, but they don't have to. At the younger ages, you're not getting different/better coaching at rec vs. club. Some club owners prey on parents' FOMO.