Crabs Feedback

[Anonymous]

HOCO scores say otherwise. Crabs beat FCA, Crushed Looneys and Breakers lost to Cav and were crushed by VLC. I think the issue is all the boys on Crabs are a few years older than your daughter’s friends.

[Anonymous]

I get why the team is called what it is called but nevertheless, the name is unfortunate.

[Anonymous]

The name? Not sure why the name is an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HOCO scores say otherwise. Crabs beat FCA, Crushed Looneys and Breakers lost to Cav and were crushed by VLC. I think the issue is all the boys on Crabs are a few years older than your daughter’s friends.

I took this as humor until I saw that a boy who has been a year ahead of her in school since preschool is suddenly playing with her graduation year. Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Incidentally, the Crabs didn't do all that well in HoCo. Only two Crabs teams got to the championship, 2023 and 2025.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Incidentally, the Crabs didn't do all that well in HoCo. Only two Crabs teams got to the championship, 2023 and 2025.

That is still very good. Crabs teams will improve as they get older and the '23 team is one of the best if not the best in the nation. The '24 team will be better next year.

[Anonymous]

And the '25 Crabs won their HoCo division, too, after getting creamed last HoCo season. So just a different type program than some of the others in the DMV that focus more on win now and learn as you go. Not right for everyone but you can't argue with how their ms pipeline looks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And the '25 Crabs won their HoCo division, too, after getting creamed last HoCo season. So just a different type program than some of the others in the DMV that focus more on win now and learn as you go. Not right for everyone but you can't argue with how their ms pipeline looks[/quote

Yes but they didn’t win the elite division. They were in 2025AAA. I wonder if they will move up next year.

[Anonymous]

They should move up if the same rules that moved them down this year are applied uniformly for next year, but who knows how they decide things in HoCo, as the ties between the clubs and HoCo are definitely not the most transparent.

[Anonymous]

Young crabs teams suck. Half the kids that play for the younger crabs teams will be replace by older hold back kids a soon as fat crab can replace them. Facts. All the top teams do this also.

[Anonymous]

Facts - Joey Epstein - star freshman at Hopkins and Tewaarton Watch List finalist was a Crab since he was 6th grade. Pat Spencer - 2019 Men's Tewaaraton winner, basically the Heisman of lacrosse - and a multi-year all-American for Loyola was a crab since 7th grade. Same with UVA star and national champion Steele Stanwick in 2011. Yes, other clubs add talent as the kids age into the program and the club identifies needs, but unlike other clubs that promote an all-star, win-at-all-cost mentality, Crabs actually seems to train the kids. Am sure there is variation by years within all clubs, but Crabs seems to have an excellent track record.

[Anonymous]

Joey Epstein played Madlax, not Crabs.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Facts - Joey Epstein - star freshman at Hopkins and Tewaarton Watch List finalist was a Crab since he was 6th grade. Pat Spencer - 2019 Men's Tewaaraton winner, basically the Heisman of lacrosse - and a multi-year all-American for Loyola was a crab since 7th grade. Same with UVA star and national champion Steele Stanwick in 2011. Yes, other clubs add talent as the kids age into the program and the club identifies needs, but unlike other clubs that promote an all-star, win-at-all-cost mentality, Crabs actually seems to train the kids. Am sure there is variation by years within all clubs, but Crabs seems to have an excellent track record.[/quote]

Crabs have many players paying at a very high level. The freshman star at Yale is a great example along with Stover in the cage who was just picked up by the PLL. However, they are not a DMV area team and JE at JHU was never a Crab.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Young crabs teams suck. Half the kids that play for the younger crabs teams will be replace by older hold back kids a soon as fat crab can replace them. Facts. All the top teams do this also.

I live in Baltimore and agree with this, if by young teams, you mean elementary and early middle school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Joey Epstein played Madlax, not Crabs.

Fact. As much as The Cab is maligned, often fairly, dude does attract the best talent in the dmv, which often means the best talent in the nation.