Bullis Lacrosse Situation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only coach listed on website is JB.

Apparently, someone at Bullis reads this forum and let them know. It was about time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was an entertaining summer with a lot of people grasping for conspiracy theories - here is where the dust has settled in reality - following what occurred - which was a Coaching Staff divided (from day one) that was no longer willing to work together and Bullis Administration trying to sort out a path forward for sustainable success. That's when the mishandling of the situation occurred.

Here are the facts of where things landed:

JB still the Bullis Head Coach.

Was always a Bullis Teacher - that was never a proposed change at any time.

RM is coaching at Prep

BH is teaching at Bullis and not coaching lax this year at High School Level.

Bullis (6) 2021 Players from last year Varsity are all at Bullis.

A Landon 2021 lacrosse player has transferred to Bullis.

STAB Transfer - back at STAB

OSU Football Commit - will decide if playing lax this Spring - after football season ends.

DCE Teams formed - 21, 22, 23 - high quality.

No changes to 2021 Roster for DCE

DCE Teams practicing at Bullis thru Fall Season

With RM at Prep - DCE will move practices to Prep for Spring and Summer and going fwd - as long as RM is coaching there

This looks like everyone got a home. One thing that surprised me, if this report is accurate, is that the head coach apparently did not select his assistants in the first place? That seems like a recipe for exactly what happened.

[Anonymous]

DCE 21 is excellent. 22 and 23 are just ok.

[Anonymous]

The DCE 2021 team is very good right now but let’s see how they perform this summer when it really matters. Several of the boys on that roster in particular those at Gonzaga and Georgetown Prep are already 17 year old sophomores. The competition will catch up with them this summer as kids mature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The DCE 2021 team is very good right now but let’s see how they perform this summer when it really matters. Several of the boys on that roster in particular those at Gonzaga and Georgetown Prep are already 17 year old sophomores. The competition will catch up with them this summer as kids mature.

No, they won't. Even kids in high school reaching puberty are still lagging up to 22 months behind. Those kids trying to catch up would have to be absolutely near the top in talent to approach the edge given to the severe hold backs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The DCE 2021 team is very good right now but let’s see how they perform this summer when it really matters. Several of the boys on that roster in particular those at Gonzaga and Georgetown Prep are already 17 year old sophomores. The competition will catch up with them this summer as kids mature.

That is very old. In my day, 10-20% of my entering college freshman class was 17. The rest of the class was 18.

Coaches now understand what they are getting when they see a 17 year old competing against 15 year olds. Too many have been burned not to now have a better understanding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DCE 2021 team is very good right now but let’s see how they perform this summer when it really matters. Several of the boys on that roster in particular those at Gonzaga and Georgetown Prep are already 17 year old sophomores. The competition will catch up with them this summer as kids mature.

That is very old. In my day, 10-20% of my entering college freshman class was 17. The rest of the class was 18.

Coaches now understand what they are getting when they see a 17 year old competing against 15 year olds. Too many have been burned not to now have a better understanding.

Can you re-write this so people can shred it.

[Anonymous]

makes total sense to me. also explains why so many Gonzaga kids don't eve pan out in the college ranks as everyone has caught up to them in physical maturity post high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:makes total sense to me. also explains why so many Gonzaga kids don't eve pan out in the college ranks as everyone has caught up to them in physical maturity post high school.

ER cost a Hall of Fame college coach his job. Made bad decisions based on watching dominant older kids play younger kids on the summer circuit for several years. I think a lot of coaches are smarter now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The DCE 2021 team is very good right now but let’s see how they perform this summer when it really matters. Several of the boys on that roster in particular those at Gonzaga and Georgetown Prep are already 17 year old sophomores. The competition will catch up with them this summer as kids mature.

This is just not accurate. I am a parent on the team and have had a boy on the team since the original days at BLC pre grad year team based shift. We have only a few ( 2 or 3) Summer birthdays and the rest are born post Sept 1st. Lastly, there is only 1 boy from Gonzaga (turned 15 late this past Summer) and 2 boys from Prep who are both on age. There is not one boy who has a license to drive yet, but some do have learners permits if that helps.

Les at last get the facts right before we start casting stones at the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DCE 2021 team is very good right now but let’s see how they perform this summer when it really matters. Several of the boys on that roster in particular those at Gonzaga and Georgetown Prep are already 17 year old sophomores. The competition will catch up with them this summer as kids mature.

This is just not accurate. I am a parent on the team and have had a boy on the team since the original days at BLC pre grad year team based shift. We have only a few ( 2 or 3) Summer birthdays and the rest are born post Sept 1st. Lastly, there is only 1 boy from Gonzaga (turned 15 late this past Summer) and 2 boys from Prep who are both on age. There is not one boy who has a license to drive yet, but some do have learners permits if that helps.

Les at last get the facts right before we start casting stones at the kids.

Whether or not they have a driver's license or learner's permit isn't all that relevant. Kids are waiting much longer now to drive compared to when we (parents) were teens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:makes total sense to me. also explains why so many Gonzaga kids don't eve pan out in the college ranks as everyone has caught up to them in physical maturity post high school.

Most of the players in D1 are older coming into college It's been posted and proven before. A few years ago, Under Armour accidentally posted the birth dates of players causing a small outrage as almost every player was older than the current cut off date by USL. All this means is that when these men get to college the field gets leveled with regard to age. But it doesn't change the competitive advantage of older high school and especially youth age kids competing against younger ones.

[Anonymous]

in my opinion, the age thing balances out. Maybe not in Club, but in HS. You have many of the top players on varsity rosters as soph's or even frosh. If they are truly D1 talent it all sorts itself out in the end. Yes, you have late bloomer outliers and "young" players that fade, but the cream always rises to the top. Once you get to the college ranks, if you are not seeing the field by by year two, they will probably try to move you out to make way for new recruits. Case in point, the majority of the top D-1 upperclassmen are the kids that are seeing time. You don't see many senior's riding the bench.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:in my opinion, the age thing balances out. Maybe not in Club, but in HS. You have many of the top players on varsity rosters as soph's or even frosh. If they are truly D1 talent it all sorts itself out in the end. Yes, you have late bloomer outliers and "young" players that fade, but the cream always rises to the top. Once you get to the college ranks, if you are not seeing the field by by year two, they will probably try to move you out to make way for new recruits. Case in point, the majority of the top D-1 upperclassmen are the kids that are seeing time. You don't see many senior's riding the bench.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:in my opinion, the age thing balances out. Maybe not in Club, but in HS. You have many of the top players on varsity rosters as soph's or even frosh. If they are truly D1 talent it all sorts itself out in the end. Yes, you have late bloomer outliers and "young" players that fade, but the cream always rises to the top. Once you get to the college ranks, if you are not seeing the field by by year two, they will probably try to move you out to make way for new recruits. Case in point, the majority of the top D-1 upperclassmen are the kids that are seeing time. You don't see many senior's riding the bench.

Yes, because it's only about those that are D1 talent and not about the other 92% of kids who are participating because they like the sport. Any "many" top players are soph's and frosh?