Coaching staff at Visi

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Anonymous wrote:Where are Pride and local Heros girls going? That seems to comprise the top local talent in DMV?

There is also at least one local top player on M&D, who I would guess will be attending public. I think the Hero's girls are mostly headed to private. Pride is a mix of public and private, with probably more than 50% headed to private. Don't forget about Stars, which has at least a few of the top local players who I think are staying public. Not sure whether any of these girls will be attending Visi.

Top Stars girls always seem to end up at SSSA

If the top stars girls are going to make Capital, there is no reason for their parents to pay for a private HS education. The VA public schools are a better option than the MD public schools so there isn’t as much of a need to seek out a private school. The recruiting will be done through club, so that removes that factor from the equation as well. Look at the 24s and 25s. Several VA public school girls have found homes at D1 programs, including top 25 programs.

This is an odd take. The private school education is worth it for the education (agree that it probably makes no difference for a Capitol player in recruiting). As for quality of schools, I think you have it backwards. Other than TJ, comparably seated MoCo schools are better than FFX/Arlington. Alexandria's public HS is a sh*tshow.

I agree with your MoCo schools statement, and it applies the same. If they are already playing for a top club, there isn't a reason for them to pay private school tuition in order to get good education and get recruited. If you have the means and desire to attend a private school, that is your choice but claiming it is a superior education is not always an accurate statement depending on the school and the individual student.

back to NOVA, Alexiandria public schools are a disaster and shouldn't even be in the discussion. However, the NoVa lax scene no longer resides solely in Arlington and Alexandria. Many of the top 24s-29s are in Fairfax, Vienna, Oakton, Centreville, and beyond in Prince William County. The public schools in Fairfax and Prince William have a lot to offer because of their size, funding, specialty programs and dual enrollment options, along with stricter requirements for teacher certification. They also have competitive sports programs and give athletes the opportunity to play more than one sport. I understand the benefits the private schools lacrosse teams having more depth and talent, but they are already getting that competition by playing for a top 5 club. And club is now a year round commitment. They are playing with and against top talent in the fall, winter and summer.

There are clearly benefits to a private education, which is why people continue to be willing to shell out money for it. But, it is not the end all be all, nor is it superior in every facet especially if your home zip code has an acceptable option that you tax dollars are already paying for.

Clubs practice one a week in the spring. Public school players are at a big disadvantage going into the summer tournament season (especially recruiting season) by playing lower quality teams.

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I would love to see a Virginia public school allstar game between public and privates.

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Capital Blue is 19 privates and 3 publics. 22 total.

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Cap Blue 27

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to see a Virginia public school allstar game between public and privates.

The first step is for the top Virginia publics and top area private schools to play each other in the spring. GC, SR, PVI and SASS should put Oakton, Broadneck and Dominion on their lists. Coaches are planning their schedules now and should make this happen. There’s ample time and room on the schedules for this to happen. Why these teams don’t compete when they are so close makes zero sense. Outcomes of those games would give the Washington Post the best data upon which to base its rankings.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to see a Virginia public school allstar game between public and privates.

The first step is for the top Virginia publics and top area private schools to play each other in the spring. GC, SR, PVI and SASS should put Oakton, Broadneck and Dominion on their lists. Coaches are planning their schedules now and should make this happen. There’s ample time and room on the schedules for this to happen. Why these teams don’t compete when they are so close makes zero sense. Outcomes of those games would give the Washington Post the best data upon which to base its rankings.

The all-star game would not be close.

As for scheduling games, Oakton played and beat SSAS last year which was significant. Madison played SSAS the last several years, STAB in '22, and Potomac last season. Not sure about the other publics, but I believe the privates would be willing to schedule teams that can give them a competitive game.

The fact is that there aren't that many publics that can compete with the top tier privates, and there is a great degree of variability based on the year. Just look at the VHSL 6A State Champions the past 15 years. Hard to sustain excellence in a program with a public pyramid as you are geographically-locked and dependent on rec coaches (generally dads and moms)--even with really good coaching, and we all know that is uneven.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to see a Virginia public school allstar game between public and privates.

The first step is for the top Virginia publics and top area private schools to play each other in the spring. GC, SR, PVI and SASS should put Oakton, Broadneck and Dominion on their lists. Coaches are planning their schedules now and should make this happen. There’s ample time and room on the schedules for this to happen. Why these teams don’t compete when they are so close makes zero sense. Outcomes of those games would give the Washington Post the best data upon which to base its rankings.

The all-star game would not be close.

As for scheduling games, Oakton played and beat SSAS last year which was significant. Madison played SSAS the last several years, STAB in '22, and Potomac last season. Not sure about the other publics, but I believe the privates would be willing to schedule teams that can give them a competitive game.

The fact is that there aren't that many publics that can compete with the top tier privates, and there is a great degree of variability based on the year. Just look at the VHSL 6A State Champions the past 15 years. Hard to sustain excellence in a program with a public pyramid as you are geographically-locked and dependent on rec coaches (generally dads and moms)--even with really good coaching, and we all know that is uneven.

The top ten rankings have been established and according to the Washington Post represent the area’s best. They should play each other to determine if they are truly accurate.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to see a Virginia public school allstar game between public and privates.

The first step is for the top Virginia publics and top area private schools to play each other in the spring. GC, SR, PVI and SASS should put Oakton, Broadneck and Dominion on their lists. Coaches are planning their schedules now and should make this happen. There’s ample time and room on the schedules for this to happen. Why these teams don’t compete when they are so close makes zero sense. Outcomes of those games would give the Washington Post the best data upon which to base its rankings.

The all-star game would not be close.

As for scheduling games, Oakton played and beat SSAS last year which was significant. Madison played SSAS the last several years, STAB in '22, and Potomac last season. Not sure about the other publics, but I believe the privates would be willing to schedule teams that can give them a competitive game.

The fact is that there aren't that many publics that can compete with the top tier privates, and there is a great degree of variability based on the year. Just look at the VHSL 6A State Champions the past 15 years. Hard to sustain excellence in a program with a public pyramid as you are geographically-locked and dependent on rec coaches (generally dads and moms)--even with really good coaching, and we all know that is uneven.

The top ten rankings have been established and according to the Washington Post represent the area’s best. They should play each other to determine if they are truly accurate.

Would be fun and interesting, but not logistically feasible, with existing schedules, playoffs, and school calendars for the publics' and privates' respective leagues.

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I wish this forum had not veered so far off course because I am interested in Visi lacrosse and the coaching situation and not at all about Virginia public school lacrosse. I do know of one good 2028 applying to Visi if anyone even cares.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love to see a Virginia public school allstar game between public and privates.

The first step is for the top Virginia publics and top area private schools to play each other in the spring. GC, SR, PVI and SASS should put Oakton, Broadneck and Dominion on their lists. Coaches are planning their schedules now and should make this happen. There’s ample time and room on the schedules for this to happen. Why these teams don’t compete when they are so close makes zero sense. Outcomes of those games would give the Washington Post the best data upon which to base its rankings.

The all-star game would not be close.

As for scheduling games, Oakton played and beat SSAS last year which was significant. Madison played SSAS the last several years, STAB in '22, and Potomac last season. Not sure about the other publics, but I believe the privates would be willing to schedule teams that can give them a competitive game.

The fact is that there aren't that many publics that can compete with the top tier privates, and there is a great degree of variability based on the year. Just look at the VHSL 6A State Champions the past 15 years. Hard to sustain excellence in a program with a public pyramid as you are geographically-locked and dependent on rec coaches (generally dads and moms)--even with really good coaching, and we all know that is uneven.

The top ten rankings have been established and according to the Washington Post represent the area’s best. They should play each other to determine if they are truly accurate.

Would be fun and interesting, but not logistically feasible, with existing schedules, playoffs, and school calendars for the publics' and privates' respective leagues.

Sure it is. Pre-season scrimmages are easy to do. Off league games during the season can be scheduled. Happens all the time. Just requires a willingness on the part of both sides teams. Teams outside the top ten should be hungry to do it too. HC, Potomac, SJC and BI especially.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish this forum had not veered so far off course because I am interested in Visi lacrosse and the coaching situation and not at all about Virginia public school lacrosse. I do know of one good 2028 applying to Visi if anyone even cares.

Agreed. Can u say which club the Visi applicant plays on? I hope we can get more than just one good player at 2028.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love to see a Virginia public school allstar game between public and privates.

The first step is for the top Virginia publics and top area private schools to play each other in the spring. GC, SR, PVI and SASS should put Oakton, Broadneck and Dominion on their lists. Coaches are planning their schedules now and should make this happen. There’s ample time and room on the schedules for this to happen. Why these teams don’t compete when they are so close makes zero sense. Outcomes of those games would give the Washington Post the best data upon which to base its rankings.

The all-star game would not be close.

As for scheduling games, Oakton played and beat SSAS last year which was significant. Madison played SSAS the last several years, STAB in '22, and Potomac last season. Not sure about the other publics, but I believe the privates would be willing to schedule teams that can give them a competitive game.

The fact is that there aren't that many publics that can compete with the top tier privates, and there is a great degree of variability based on the year. Just look at the VHSL 6A State Champions the past 15 years. Hard to sustain excellence in a program with a public pyramid as you are geographically-locked and dependent on rec coaches (generally dads and moms)--even with really good coaching, and we all know that is uneven.

If you're fielding an all-star DMV public school team, it would be fair to match them against an all-star private school team. Agree it wouldn't be close at all.

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Privates have nothing to gain by scheduling.

Western Albemarle has been trying to play STAB for years a 15 minute drive and STAB won't play them, even though STAB will play Richmond Collegiate 3 times a year and running clock them by halftime.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love to see a Virginia public school allstar game between public and privates.

The first step is for the top Virginia publics and top area private schools to play each other in the spring. GC, SR, PVI and SASS should put Oakton, Broadneck and Dominion on their lists. Coaches are planning their schedules now and should make this happen. There’s ample time and room on the schedules for this to happen. Why these teams don’t compete when they are so close makes zero sense. Outcomes of those games would give the Washington Post the best data upon which to base its rankings.

The all-star game would not be close.

As for scheduling games, Oakton played and beat SSAS last year which was significant. Madison played SSAS the last several years, STAB in '22, and Potomac last season. Not sure about the other publics, but I believe the privates would be willing to schedule teams that can give them a competitive game.

The fact is that there aren't that many publics that can compete with the top tier privates, and there is a great degree of variability based on the year. Just look at the VHSL 6A State Champions the past 15 years. Hard to sustain excellence in a program with a public pyramid as you are geographically-locked and dependent on rec coaches (generally dads and moms)--even with really good coaching, and we all know that is uneven.

The talent feeding into publics is too inconsistent for any single team to consistently compete with the privates. There are definitely publics that have strung together some strong years where they could compete with the privates. Oakton last year. Langley, Riverside, Dominion have all fielded strong teams in the past that could compete in various years. None of the four could do so now.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish this forum had not veered so far off course because I am interested in Visi lacrosse and the coaching situation and not at all about Virginia public school lacrosse. I do know of one good 2028 applying to Visi if anyone even cares.

Agreed. Can u say which club the Visi applicant plays on? I hope we can get more than just one good player at 2028.

There are a bunch of good players who are applying. The real question is how many plan on attending if accepted?