Feedback on Cavaliers Travel Lacrosse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is this still be argued?

Most of the top middle school players on Cavs will leave and go to either VLC or Blackwolf. End of story. It's been happening for years, and unless things drastically change that trend will continue.

The level of tournaments and exposure Cavs HS teams get vs. the competition are on different levels. Winning trophies at Shore Wars is not the same as winning at Crabfeast or Big4. You're talking B level teams vs. the best teams in the country. College coaches flock to the tournaments that have the talent. If your son wants to play at that level, obviously you need to be on those teams that compete at those events. Cavs neither participates and/or gets invited to play.

Cavs run a good program and are fantastic for the sport and growth of the game in LoCo. Don't confuse that with elite level lacrosse.

Agreed, Cav's has it's niche just like VLC and BW, but contrary to your opinion VLC and BW are NOT Elite level programs.

Winning Crabfeast or Big4!!! BW couldn't even get an invite and VLC gets their drawers blown off in the losers bracket.

Up next...battle of the super cars....Toyota Camry vs. Ford Fusion or is it Hyundai Sonata??

Hi, Cabell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is this still be argued?

Most of the top middle school players on Cavs will leave and go to either VLC or Blackwolf. End of story. It's been happening for years, and unless things drastically change that trend will continue.

The level of tournaments and exposure Cavs HS teams get vs. the competition are on different levels. Winning trophies at Shore Wars is not the same as winning at Crabfeast or Big4. You're talking B level teams vs. the best teams in the country. College coaches flock to the tournaments that have the talent. If your son wants to play at that level, obviously you need to be on those teams that compete at those events. Cavs neither participates and/or gets invited to play.

Cavs run a good program and are fantastic for the sport and growth of the game in LoCo. Don't confuse that with elite level lacrosse.

Agreed, Cav's has it's niche just like VLC and BW, but contrary to your opinion VLC and BW are NOT Elite level programs.

Winning Crabfeast or Big4!!! BW couldn't even get an invite and VLC gets their drawers blown off in the losers bracket.

Up next...battle of the super cars....Toyota Camry vs. Ford Fusion or is it Hyundai Sonata??

Hi, Cabell

What is funny is that VLC lost by one to ML "national" in the same bracket and VLC is much improved over the summer. VLC lost to Freedom by 1 and won the rest of the games. So is Madlax "national" the Hyundai?

[Anonymous]

I think that's the point. There are no super cars on the VA side of the bridge....just a bunch of people arguing over who's the best "Shiite Box"...lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that's the point. There are no super cars on the VA side of the bridge....just a bunch of people arguing over who's the best "Shiite Box"...lol.

Are you parents shelling out thousands of dollars so your child can be on a undefeated team, or are you paying for exposure?

Teams don't need to be "super cars" or whatever other stupid analogy you want to use. They just need to be seen by the programs your son wants to play for. It's as simple as that.

Go down the list of commitments for these "Shiite Box" teams that the previous poster alluded to. Kids from VLC, Blackwolf and Madlax are going to schools like Duke, Georgetown, Air Force, Maryland, Penn St., etc. Yeah, real "Shiite Box" schools. None of these teams in the 2020 class dominate and run the table at tournaments. But they place kids, which at the end of the day should be what matters to you. You think anyone asks the kid that committed to a high quality D1 program how they did at the last fall ball tournament? What their club record was? Absolutely laughable.

[Anonymous]

Funny that this post was made in the link about Cav lax they also list two Hopkins, Penn State, and others who played for Cav one season as kids then went to VLC and Blackwolf.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny that this post was made in the link about Cav lax they also list two Hopkins, Penn State, and others who played for Cav one season as kids then went to VLC and Blackwolf.

I had to go see for myself. Every D1 commit listed in the 2019 class save for the coach's son plays for a different club and has for years - Blackwolf and VLC. At least it says current and former players.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Funny that this post was made in the link about Cav lax they also list two Hopkins, Penn State, and others who played for Cav one season as kids then went to VLC and Blackwolf.

I had to go see for myself. Every D1 commit listed in the 2019 class save for the coach's son plays for a different club and has for years - Blackwolf and VLC. At least it says current and former players.

How do you even know this? Why do you care enough to find out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Funny that this post was made in the link about Cav lax they also list two Hopkins, Penn State, and others who played for Cav one season as kids then went to VLC and Blackwolf.

I had to go see for myself. Every D1 commit listed in the 2019 class save for the coach's son plays for a different club and has for years - Blackwolf and VLC. At least it says current and former players.

How do you even know this? Why do you care enough to find out?

How do I know this? My son knows and has played with several of them on the same club. Do I care enough to do a quick google search to confirm what some previous poster said? Sure, it takes 10 seconds.

But more importantly, I don't like clubs being disingenuous to parents who pay good money to have their child play for them. I would do the same for any other club. It's just poor practice.

[Anonymous]

Cavalier is basically saying that they are embarrassed by the quality of their own commits, so they pad their list with kids who committed but don't play for them.

The biggest name on their list last played for them in 7th grade. That is pretty pathetic. If Madlax, BW and VLC had lists of kids who committed but not while playing for them, their lists would be twice as long.

Cavalier charges as much as the top clubs, but the results on the field are terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cavalier is basically saying that they are embarrassed by the quality of their own commits, so they pad their list with kids who committed but don't play for them.

The biggest name on their list last played for them in 7th grade. That is pretty pathetic. If Madlax, BW and VLC had lists of kids who committed but not while playing for them, their lists would be twice as long.

Cavalier charges as much as the top clubs, but the results on the field are terrible.

Cavalier charges far less than Madlax and 3d (not sure they exist anymore) and about the same as VLC and Evergreen not sure about BW. EKLC and Battlelax are far less TC a little less. Cav is still the top two choice in NOVA for many kids. If your son plays a position that is filled at a program like VLC Cav's is a good option. It is better to have the kids play. Most Cav's teams have a winning record or have stepped up in the last few years to better tournaments and still are winning over 50%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Funny that this post was made in the link about Cav lax they also list two Hopkins, Penn State, and others who played for Cav one season as kids then went to VLC and Blackwolf.

I had to go see for myself. Every D1 commit listed in the 2019 class save for the coach's son plays for a different club and has for years - Blackwolf and VLC. At least it says current and former players.

How do you even know this? Why do you care enough to find out?

How do I know this? My son knows and has played with several of them on the same club. Do I care enough to do a quick google search to confirm what some previous poster said? Sure, it takes 10 seconds.

But more importantly, I don't like clubs being disingenuous to parents who pay good money to have their child play for them. I would do the same for any other club. It's just poor practice.

Pffft nobody who signs their kid up for the Cavs 4th, 5th, or 6th grade team gives a shit about their "college commits". And that's when most kids are on Cavs - for a few years of grade school, before they move on to another team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cavalier is basically saying that they are embarrassed by the quality of their own commits, so they pad their list with kids who committed but don't play for them.

The biggest name on their list last played for them in 7th grade. That is pretty pathetic. If Madlax, BW and VLC had lists of kids who committed but not while playing for them, their lists would be twice as long.

Cavalier charges as much as the top clubs, but the results on the field are terrible.

Cavalier charges far less than Madlax and 3d (not sure they exist anymore) and about the same as VLC and Evergreen not sure about BW. EKLC and Battlelax are far less TC a little less. Cav is still the top two choice in NOVA for many kids. If your son plays a position that is filled at a program like VLC Cav's is a good option. It is better to have the kids play. Most Cav's teams have a winning record or have stepped up in the last few years to better tournaments and still are winning over 50%.

You're just going to trigger that idiot troll (probably Maddux himself) who is always in here scoffing that Cavs only play in lesser tournaments so they can rack up easy, meaningless victories.

[Anonymous]

What do they do to develop players?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do they do to develop players?

Cav's like most good teams have coaches who understand the game and coach at least as the HS level or played at the college level. They work every practice on teaching skills and reinforcing those. Older teams probably less so as many of the kids come in with a basic ability to throw, catch, scoop, shoot but drills do improve these skills. The biggest development happens with any sport when kids play with and v. other players with equal and greater ability. Competition is the best form of development. Over the years Cav's have stepped up in many age groups to play a tougher schedule. If you have a son who plans to attend HS in N.VA the typical Cav player will be in a position to complete for a starting varsity spot as a freshman or sophomore. If a player aspires to play at a higher level, his play not the club will get him there. However, as a parent or player, if you are driving hours playing for a new team and sitting on the bench for an ELITE club, are you really getting the best experience?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do they do to develop players?

My answer is: we left after two years - as did a number of other players - because the Cavs weren't doing a good job of it. All the players were pretty much in the same place individually, although they got better at working as a team. My son is getting a lot more development - and is getting much better as a player - on his new team, even though the team as such is still learning to work with each other.