2025 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary

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The SJC senior transfer just committed. Yeah, he's going to come off the bench. LOL. Hope those 27 and 28 parents enjoy their time at Military.

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Anonymous wrote:Kabiri was a late bloomer physically; it was the best decision for him and his future to reclass. He was somewhat undersized as a freshman and grew dramatically. No reason to hate on him, Landon, Prep, or EHS. At the end of the day, he and his family made decisions that were good for them and hurt no one.

Great kid, great player. Everyone move on!

Exactly. Its amazing that even after a couple of years Nate is still subject to this. Reclassing is a tough call and happens for a whole host of reasons with the majority being for injury which was part of Nate's thinking here too. Also, Landon never appreciated his game - not to mention they had coaching issues at the time. Episcopal was just too small a platform but Prep helped him realize the opportunity of a school like Georgetown and eventually Princeton. Who on this board wouldn't gladly try and figure out a way to do the extra year if we could help give our DS a chance at either school? Nate is a great kid. Good student and player.

I have no issue with the family's moves. Turned out very smart on their part, and has paid off with his play in college. However, I doubt the move to Prep was about a recruiting platform. He was the best attackman on the best club team in the country. He was a top ten recruit, and committed to Georgetown U, long before he ever played a game for Prep. The move to Prep enabled him to play for a better team.

Anyone gonna bite on who's the better coach - Conklin or Urick?

Best Individual Head Coaches in the IAC by order:

1. Bellistri (Bullis)
2. Conklin (EHS)
3. McGettigan (Landon)
4. Dodds (Former Coach at St. Stephens)
5. Urick (Prep)
6. Heeter (STA)

Best Coaching Staffs in the IAC by order:

1. Landon
2. Bullis
3. Prep
4. STA
5. EHS
6. St Stephens (time will tell as the new coach, Garrett Ince will be bringing in a new staff)

Best Individual Head Coaches in the IAC by order:

1. McGettigan (Landon) 2 years and has reinvigorated Wilson Lane by going from 3/4 to 1/2.
2. Urick (Prep) Hard to argue with 1st or 2nd every year and placing players in top colleges every year
3. Bellistri (Bullis) Had a nice run with the guys from Performance and under-performed since
4. Ince (SSAS) Simply by potential and background at SJS
5. Conklin (EHS) Did okay but the program is really lacking any depth and it should be a top national destination
6. Heeter (STA) Never been above last place while head coach or assistant

Best Coaching Staffs in the IAC by order:

1. Landon. team is better than the sum of their parts
2. Prep. Results matter on the field and in college placement
3. Bullis. Definitely slipped since Boarman was fired and the assistants fled
4. STA. Even with the poor results, they've gotten some players over the years and college placement is good.
5. EHS. They barely have a program. Maybe the MadLax move will help
6. St Stephens (time will tell as the new coach, Garrett Ince will be bringing in a new staff)

The Landon coaching machine is simply different. They have so many coaches in the school, which pays massive dividends (this has been discussed before) - it's almost laughable looking at their sidelines during games. More adults than D1 colleges.

McGettigan deserves massive credit for managing his transition expertly and adding Kubick to the offense after Bordleys retirement and Healys departure. Nurtured it for a couple years while young players developed and here they are.

For perspective, when have these boards ever thought Landon underachieved based on their roster talent? Their "down" years are like third or fourth in the DMV. And whenever they have a legit talented roster, they are 1/2.

Bellistri might still have the best single coach resume in the area, as Bullis has been very good for almost two decades with leaner rosters and coaching staffs compared to Landon/Prep.

The knock on Urick has been coaching vs. recruiting, but he has to be given credit for rejuvenating Prep after their really down years post Giblin; they had fallen way off.

Speaks sans Ince will be interesting, although IMO SJC will invest in coaching support, considering the new head is a SJC Lax parent and former UA brass.

On the other side of that coin, Ince at SAES is interesting to see if he can rejuvenate a program where it's way harder to secure talent than SJC.

Any truth to the rumor that Ince bringing on alums from UVA and UNC to be his assistants? If so that alone plus his pedigree should help get a spark back into their program.

If having lax alums as assistants is all that it takes, that's really pretty sad. Isn't the IAC above that?

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Being a top college player doesn’t necessarily translate to being a good HS coach.

heck even most club lax coaches can’t even coach at the HS ranks

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Anonymous wrote:The SJC senior transfer just committed. Yeah, he's going to come off the bench. LOL. Hope those 27 and 28 parents enjoy their time at Military.

You still mad they didn’t recruit your son. lol

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Anonymous wrote:The SJC senior transfer just committed. Yeah, he's going to come off the bench. LOL. Hope those 27 and 28 parents enjoy their time at Military.

You still mad they didn’t recruit your son. lol

Nah man… my son is at a school that likely your son can’t academically get into.

Wouldn’t consider SJC in a hundred years until they improve the academics.

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Anonymous wrote:The SJC senior transfer just committed. Yeah, he's going to come off the bench. LOL. Hope those 27 and 28 parents enjoy their time at Military.

You still mad they didn’t recruit your son. lol

Nah man… my son is at a school that likely your son can’t academically get into.

Wouldn’t consider SJC in a hundred years until they improve the academics.

Sure he is. Clearly you know nothing about where the students go to college from SJC. Open all doors.

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Anonymous wrote:The SJC senior transfer just committed. Yeah, he's going to come off the bench. LOL. Hope those 27 and 28 parents enjoy their time at Military.

You still mad they didn’t recruit your son. lol

Nah man… my son is at a school that likely your son can’t academically get into.

Wouldn’t consider SJC in a hundred years until they improve the academics.

Lacrosse>academics.

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Anonymous wrote:Being a top college player doesn’t necessarily translate to being a good HS coach.

heck even most club lax coaches can’t even coach at the HS ranks

You're right. SSSAS should follow the public school model and let the 9th grade science teacher have priority.

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Anonymous wrote:Being a top college player doesn’t necessarily translate to being a good HS coach.

heck even most club lax coaches can’t even coach at the HS ranks

You're right. SSSAS should follow the public school model and let the 9th grade science teacher have priority.

This isn't even in the same hemisphere to what the poster suggested.

Did you finish on the podium for Best Forced Strawman at the National Create Arguments For No Reason Conference or something and are just showing off?

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Bellistri might still have the best single coach resume in the area, as Bullis has been very good for almost two decades with leaner rosters and coaching staffs compared to Landon/Prep.

2 decades? I thought he was named head coach around 2015? They also rose to the top by giving lacrosse scholarships to families who didn't need it, which is still against the rules in the IAC. They got caught by their own alumni and he lost the scholarships and his assistants. He was 3rd place prior to the scholarships and is 3rd place since in the IAC.

Bellistri needs help on his staff. A lot of these old coaches get stuck in their ways and never adjust. Game passes them by. Better/younger assistants would help,him a lot, or he ends up on the outs, like Giblin and Boardley.

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Bellistri might still have the best single coach resume in the area, as Bullis has been very good for almost two decades with leaner rosters and coaching staffs compared to Landon/Prep.

2 decades? I thought he was named head coach around 2015? They also rose to the top by giving lacrosse scholarships to families who didn't need it, which is still against the rules in the IAC. They got caught by their own alumni and he lost the scholarships and his assistants. He was 3rd place prior to the scholarships and is 3rd place since in the IAC.

Bellistri needs help on his staff. A lot of these old coaches get stuck in their ways and never adjust. Game passes them by. Better/younger assistants would help,him a lot, or he ends up on the outs, like Giblin and Boardley.

Landon and Prep will battle it out for the IAC. Players on the field are roughly equal but subs sway to Prep and Landon and Landon's coaching is just better if not more voluminous. Bullis has underperformed the last few years and expect that to continue. Dave was their best hope at turning that ship around.

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Anonymous wrote:The SJC senior transfer just committed. Yeah, he's going to come off the bench. LOL. Hope those 27 and 28 parents enjoy their time at Military.

Must be a good player. Probably works hard.

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You are nuts referencing Bordley as being over the hill when he left. His second to last season his team finished #1 in the US for goodness sakes. His last season they lost in the finals of the IAC, the year that a kid named Shellenberger decided to spend a year in DC. He was and is beloved by Landon alums and still spends a good part of his week at Landon. #legend

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Just shows how the majority of posters really have no clue with the Bordley reference…..

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Anonymous wrote:The SJC senior transfer just committed. Yeah, he's going to come off the bench. LOL. Hope those 27 and 28 parents enjoy their time at Military.

Must be a good player. Probably works hard.

I'm sure the attack(s) he displaced are really happy. The SJC way.