Capital Tryouts
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Anonymous
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Lol, gotta love all the 5'5 DMV tool bags puffing out their chests for their subpar Lax teams. Don't knock the F150 when it tows that Prius out of the ditch on the side of GW parkway.
Are people really touting the BLC announcement that Capital is providing speed and agility training for the club? News flash they already do it for Peide and will announce for Stars as well. Congrats, you get some Capital and Healthy Baller classes. Keep drinking that Potomac water Last time for those in the back, Baltimore Lax>>>>Wanna Be DMV Lax |
Anonymous
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Don’t forget MS players are young kids. Any temptation of more field time isn’t going to lure them (even the top ones) to leave their teammates when Capital is in their backyard and sending kids to great schools.
Then there’s the dynamic of trying to break into a new clique of established players. It’s never easy. If your kid has ever done this you know what I’m talking about. If you’re a DMV player trying to break into a MD club, consider that challenge (regardless of how good you are). The chemistry of those players has been established. MD parents have been making moves / currying favor with those club directors and coaches through the MD club pipeline years before MS to lock in those starting positions. DMV players who don’t grow up in the MD club scene are naturally viewed as outsiders. We know an extremely talented older player who would have been on a Capital path but chose to go to an MD club. She made an A team, but it was not a good experience for her for this reason. |
Anonymous
Hey - which Huk fishing shirt you wearin' tomorrow? The white one? The blue one? That orange one? Or the white one? |
Anonymous
| By their own admission, MD club parents were stunned at the success of the Cap 23s. So it’s very easy to understand why they’re being so active in disparaging Capital on this forum. The club has established itself as a recruiting threat, so they’re using the winning-is-everything / we-are-we / we're-the-best-at-developing-players arguments to try and hold on. The recruits tell the story of the strength of each club. Capital is a threat to the MD clubs - it's the only way to explain why MD fandads are so tilted here. |
Anonymous
This is so dumb. You sound so dumb |
Anonymous
Welcome to the chat, CLC directors. How much is BLC paying you to try and stop the exodus from BLC to other clubs?! This is a whole lotta words about a whole lotta nothing…. |
Anonymous
Nope ... Not a CLC Director. Just a former Capital parent who's had a great experience with the club and feels the need to contest your BS. Prior posts from MDers have suggested top players should leave DMV and go to MD to get 20 percent more playing time. But as other HoCo parents have noted here, the politics of those MD clubs are enormous. Not saying Capital doesn’t have its own politics. But even for the most exceptionally talented DMV kids entering an unknown MD club, to think they will get a fair shake as a top starter is a stretch. So the question for that elite DMV player becomes: why risk joining a club you don’t know, accept a low probability of more field time, which would result in *less* time on the field than if they went to Capital? Given the success of the 23s, the risk calculus is now shouldered by the MD clubs. MD players who don't see the field will wonder if they're better off making the drive to Capital to get more playing time and recruiting exposure. |
Anonymous
This relationship is a big deal. Gets BLC kids great exposure to Capital at a young age. BLC development is excellent. Those MoCo kids who might have been inclined to jump to MD now have a straight pipeline to Capital. Smart move by the club. |
Anonymous
Curious what the MD lax dads say offline about Capital’s equal rotations coming within one last week to Hero’s, a team that played its starters 80 percent of the game. |
Anonymous
Agree. This is a huge development that provides a clear progression for BLC girls, similar to the BLC->DC Express connection on the boys’ side. |
Anonymous
| Is BLC rebuilding the ‘28 team or has that train left the station? |
Anonymous
My guess is that rebuilding is definitely in the works now with the Capital connection. |
Anonymous
It’s a shame the Stars program which is in need of help can’t get the same benefit. Especially given the past strong relationship between the programs which has since deteriorated. |
Anonymous
Doesn’t Capital already have a relationship with Stars? Makes sense for Capital to work with BLC to feed from MOCO and Stars to feed from NOVA. |
Anonymous
Does this put stars and pride girls at a disadvantage behind BLC girls when trying out for Capital? |