Feedback on Next Level Lacrosse?
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Anonymous
You have listed 3 of the nicest guys, who know lacrosse, and are not ass-hats. They also have some of the best assistant coaches in the DMV. Definitely a troll post or some douche-dad whose kid only made the B team. |
Anonymous
They are good guys (though the brothers are very unsportsmanlike on the sidelines), but the PP has a point. They each are head coaches for three teams. That is not only bizarre, but not great for everyone. It is a common complaint among NL parents, not a NL B parent. You are the one who is out of touch. |
Anonymous
+1 My son plays on a "Blue" team and there have been multiple times when our coach couldn't make it because of conflicts. I agree that those 3 guys are good guys - they just need to hire more coaches. This is NOT new for NL, the lack of head coaches has been going on for years. |
Anonymous
They have a zillion coaches listed on their website: https://nextlevelspartans.com/boys/coaches/ |
Anonymous
50% of the names listed have nothing to do with NL and they only list three others as head coaches. Nice try. |
Anonymous
But if you look at each team's page, it looks like the most of the teams, particulary the middle school and high school teams, have 3 -4 coaches. With the exception of the 2024 PG team, I'm not sure I understand the complaints. |
Anonymous
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There are a number, not sure if it's 50%, of coaches who have coached in the past at a clinic or 2 and may float in from time to time but they are certainly not on the roster of coaches. Monahan, Reed and Shockey jump out but they were great at the clinics they ran.
Yes, they are thin on game day and even practice coaching especially at the younger ages. |
Anonymous
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I disagree on the practices and the amount of coaches. There always seem to be a ton of guys in or around the field with a stick in their hands.
Game day I agree. |
Anonymous
Translation: NL has a problem where coaches don't show up for games. |
Anonymous
Long time NL parent. 2 kids. This is not true at all. Always has been at least 2 at each game. Lots at practice too. Box, summer, spring, fall. Plenty of coaches. No dads. Just not an issue. |
Anonymous
Also a longtime NL parent with 2 kids in the program. My first kid had no issues. My second definitely had issues with the coach missing games. Bigger problem is when the coach has 2 teams very close in age. For example, Boh coaches both the 2024 and 2025 teams. Since they are so close in age, they both play HOCO on same days and unless they attend same tournament in the summer, the coach MUST choose between the two teams. This is FACT - plain and simple. Each team should have 1 coach. As parents, we expect NL to fully invest in our kids - especially since they expect that from each player. |
Anonymous
| Just saw something from Inside Lacrosse for World Series of Youth Lacrosse in Denver. Didn't Next Level do really well last year with the 2023 team? Why is the 2024 team not going this year? I would have thought that with the success of last year, NL would definitely have gone this year. |
Anonymous
Many parents on this team including myself are unhappy that we are not going to WSYL this summer. We were told from our coach that since we have too many kids that do not meet the age requirement, therefore we will not be attending this year. |
Anonymous
+1 We are looking for a new team for our son next year. |
Anonymous
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Just to be clear, the 2024 Next Level Prince George's team has 22 players, 10 of whom either played for PGLC or rec lacrosse in Prince George's County. The implicit assumption that a B team is such because the majority of players come from Prince George's County programs is factually incorrect (less than 1/2 did so) and perhaps motivated by racial bias. Next Level did not use merging with PGLC as a way to poach the best players; most of the former PGLC players remain with Next Level Prince George's.
Prince George's County has not had the lacrosse opportunities that neighboring counties have; the infrastructure and available coaches are just not as plentiful. But that's been changing over the last 5-7 years with the re-establishment of rec lacrosse, introduction of lacrosse as a high school sport, and offering club lacrosse--first with PGLC and now with Next Level. |