Bullis Lacrosse Situation

[Anonymous]

The need to play club reflects the reality of how competitive and popular lax has become. It’s not that the club coaches will get you into a college. To get better you need to play against the best competition, otherwise you’re in for a shock if/when you get to college. You also get better by having more game experience year round, developing muscle memory for game situations and honing the specific skills for your position. Then you go to college camps or showcase tournaments and coaches notice you. With the recruiting rules having changed, the high school coaches will Now have time to know their players and be able to make recommendations before commitment time.

The downside to the club system is that you may burn out physically or emotionally, develop chronic overuse injuries (which are being seen in younger athletes now), and pass up the experience and physical benefits of playing other sports.

The right balance is very hard to find and varies from kid to kid. But some club experience is unfortunately likely necessary for every player who really wants to improve and play in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon PGs?

Basketball

Aaron Byrd did not PG.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon brought in a SENIOR PG from DeMatha for one year. So all the Bearth can shut up.

The also had a goalie the stole from the Heights for a year.

Kids want to win games and play at a higher level even if it's for a year.

Kids or parents? In this particular situation, it was way more parents than kid. We'll see if this practice continues or stops without Bordley.

Shane Corcoran played 2 years at Landon. Aaron Byrd did not PG. Get your facts straight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shut up. Not a Bullis parent, but your post is crap. Do you know how many kids are brought it to Landon? They poached the goalie from the Heights, STA's best player, a junior transfer from Oregon, etc. Nearly every MS kid at Landon is recruited over. The coach at SSSA is recruiting like crazy. Putting this just on Bullis is piling on.

“STA’s best player” that Landon supposedly recruited was a second line midfielder his freshman year prior to transferring, not only that, he was not recruited, he chose to transfer to Landon to play lacrosse as well as soccer where he was a three time All-IAC selection in the latter.

I know who the kid is and he was the high scorer as a freshman at STA for much of the year without playing on the man-up offense. He put four goals in the net against a very strong Bullis team his freshman year, when STA played them tight with a stall ball strategy and the rest of his teammates put in 2 or 3. Not worth debating who was the "best" player on that team, and some very good players were on the bench, like the recent grad who did well for Yale this season as a freshman goalkeeper. He was behind Dartmouth and Lehigh recruits at goal. The kid was by far the strongest they had in his class and was not a second line player in any game. True that his soccer was outstanding as well. I thought he ended his IAC play as a four time all IAC in soccer and a three time all IAC in lacrosse. STA was either winning the IAC or runner up back in those years in soccer. Basement in lacrosse. The last-place team might get two all IAC selections and they usually go to seniors who have stuck with the coach...

In any event, STA's FOGO will keep them competitive this coming season, and their new coach has helped out the program quite a bit. I do not think they can get into a spot above fourth place with any regularity going forward for the foreseeable future though.

The player you so confidently state was St. Alban's best player was a second line midfielder his freshman year. He may have had the most potential on the team but he was not the best player.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon PGs?

Basketball

Aaron Byrd did not PG.

It's a Bullis lacrosse thread but AB absolutely played PG. He brought it up almost every time and was given the green light to shoot every time and he did almost every time. The team stunk and the school should never have given him a full ride just because he rode the bench at DM. And the Landon football team is now a joke. I don't think they'd have 25 kids try out if not for the 10-15 recruit/transfers brought in. They'd be better off having 2 soccer teams in the fall than 1 football team full of recruits. Same goes for Bullis and soon the other IAC's will have that same problem. Prep didn't have enough tryouts to field a JV and varsity and now needs kids playing for both teams to have a full roster. If someone was aggressive enough, they could end football entirely and not miss a beat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon PGs?

Basketball

Aaron Byrd did not PG.

It's a Bullis lacrosse thread but AB absolutely played PG. He brought it up almost every time and was given the green light to shoot every time and he did almost every time. The team stunk and the school should never have given him a full ride just because he rode the bench at DM. And the Landon football team is now a joke. I don't think they'd have 25 kids try out if not for the 10-15 recruit/transfers brought in. They'd be better off having 2 soccer teams in the fall than 1 football team full of recruits. Same goes for Bullis and soon the other IAC's will have that same problem. Prep didn't have enough tryouts to field a JV and varsity and now needs kids playing for both teams to have a full roster. If someone was aggressive enough, they could end football entirely and not miss a beat.

The point previously made was that Aaron Byrd was a post grad student, which is blatantly false and is what I attempted to point out.

[Anonymous]

Did Coach B return as math teacher? Is he actually back on campus this year?

[Anonymous]

Ha. Too many abbreviations.

[Anonymous]

Bellistri.
This is the "Bullis lacrosse situation" thread after all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shut up. Not a Bullis parent, but your post is crap. Do you know how many kids are brought it to Landon? They poached the goalie from the Heights, STA's best player, a junior transfer from Oregon, etc. Nearly every MS kid at Landon is recruited over. The coach at SSSA is recruiting like crazy. Putting this just on Bullis is piling on.

“STA’s best player” that Landon supposedly recruited was a second line midfielder his freshman year prior to transferring, not only that, he was not recruited, he chose to transfer to Landon to play lacrosse as well as soccer where he was a three time All-IAC selection in the latter.

I know who the kid is and he was the high scorer as a freshman at STA for much of the year without playing on the man-up offense. He put four goals in the net against a very strong Bullis team his freshman year, when STA played them tight with a stall ball strategy and the rest of his teammates put in 2 or 3. Not worth debating who was the "best" player on that team, and some very good players were on the bench, like the recent grad who did well for Yale this season as a freshman goalkeeper. He was behind Dartmouth and Lehigh recruits at goal. The kid was by far the strongest they had in his class and was not a second line player in any game. True that his soccer was outstanding as well. I thought he ended his IAC play as a four time all IAC in soccer and a three time all IAC in lacrosse. STA was either winning the IAC or runner up back in those years in soccer. Basement in lacrosse. The last-place team might get two all IAC selections and they usually go to seniors who have stuck with the coach...

In any event, STA's FOGO will keep them competitive this coming season, and their new coach has helped out the program quite a bit. I do not think they can get into a spot above fourth place with any regularity going forward for the foreseeable future though.

The player you so confidently state was St. Alban's best player was a second line midfielder his freshman year. He may have had the most potential on the team but he was not the best player.

The poster did not say he was the best player. That is a silly argument to be drawn into when there are so many rolls on a team. I was a parent of a kid on the team that year. He was a first line middie, and they often isolated him to dodge and score. STA played a slow-down game because they (smartly) realized that they could not run with the rest of the IAC. That was the year STA's field was under construction and the lacrosse team practiced on the field in front of the runway at National Airport. Trust me, I watched the entire season, every game. The kid was first line, the best midfielder. Go ahead and debate who was the best player on the team--not worth key strokes. Landon did not recruit him, in any event. He decided to leave the school, while his older brother was still there. The older brother was the Gatorade soccer player of the year as a senior, too. Those are all facts. Look them up...

[Anonymous]

For f### sake, who cares?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon PGs?

Basketball

Aaron Byrd did not PG.

It's a Bullis lacrosse thread but AB absolutely played PG. He brought it up almost every time and was given the green light to shoot every time and he did almost every time. The team stunk and the school should never have given him a full ride just because he rode the bench at DM. And the Landon football team is now a joke. I don't think they'd have 25 kids try out if not for the 10-15 recruit/transfers brought in. They'd be better off having 2 soccer teams in the fall than 1 football team full of recruits. Same goes for Bullis and soon the other IAC's will have that same problem. Prep didn't have enough tryouts to field a JV and varsity and now needs kids playing for both teams to have a full roster. If someone was aggressive enough, they could end football entirely and not miss a beat.

Football is having problems fielding teams everywhere. Not sure why your so worked up about it for the IAC.

http://www.wvtf.org/post/declining-numbers-end-some-high-school-football-programs
http://www.ultimaterecruit.com/757football/game-over-three-va-hs-football-programs-call-it-quits/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/a-year-after-losing-its-team-this-maryland-high-school-is-bringing-football-back/2018/08/29/53a7193e-ab9a-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f2bf43f4c012

[Anonymous]

Here's one more article

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/the-leading-edge-of-a-much-larger-iceberg-new-jersey-high-school-disbands-football-team/2017/08/22/e13b6516-836e-11e7-82a4-920da1aeb507_story.html?utm_term=.da2244358efc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon PGs?

Basketball

Aaron Byrd did not PG.

It's a Bullis lacrosse thread but AB absolutely played PG. He brought it up almost every time and was given the green light to shoot every time and he did almost every time. The team stunk and the school should never have given him a full ride just because he rode the bench at DM. And the Landon football team is now a joke. I don't think they'd have 25 kids try out if not for the 10-15 recruit/transfers brought in. They'd be better off having 2 soccer teams in the fall than 1 football team full of recruits. Same goes for Bullis and soon the other IAC's will have that same problem. Prep didn't have enough tryouts to field a JV and varsity and now needs kids playing for both teams to have a full roster. If someone was aggressive enough, they could end football entirely and not miss a beat.

Football is having problems fielding teams everywhere. Not sure why your so worked up about it for the IAC.

http://www.wvtf.org/post/declining-numbers-end-some-high-school-football-programs
http://www.ultimaterecruit.com/757football/game-over-three-va-hs-football-programs-call-it-quits/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/a-year-after-losing-its-team-this-maryland-high-school-is-bringing-football-back/2018/08/29/53a7193e-ab9a-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f2bf43f4c012

Good Counsel and STJCHS don't have 3 teams anymore, just JV and Varsity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did Coach B return as math teacher? Is he actually back on campus this year?

Yes he is back and teaching at school.