lax culture from an insider

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does the high school team matter for recruitment purposes? My son was just accepted to one of those schools that is considered a lacrosse powerhouse. Will going to that school get him more exposure for college recruitment?

No-the summer tournaments is where the college recruitment is done. The club team is more important.

[Anonymous]

most kids who are being recruited by the big time schools (top D1 programs or Ivy League Schools) have 1 thing in common: 90% of them attend a private school. And yes most kids play on an outside club team as well.

There are more public school kids on club teams than private in this area for sure - however you dont see nearly as many kids who attend publics schools committing early to college compared to the kids who attend a (Gonzaga, Landon, Prep, PVI etc. etc.)

Being on a good club team is very important nowadays.

[Anonymous]

What is an "outside club team", exactly?

[Anonymous]

MadLax is prime club team and I think Orange is the color to be(but I assume lax pros will correct me). We are not lax players, but know manwho do and all seem to love MadLax in VA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:most kids who are being recruited by the big time schools (top D1 programs or Ivy League Schools) have 1 thing in common: 90% of them attend a private school. And yes most kids play on an outside club team as well.

There are more public school kids on club teams than private in this area for sure - however you dont see nearly as many kids who attend publics schools committing early to college compared to the kids who attend a (Gonzaga, Landon, Prep, PVI etc. etc.)

Being on a good club team is very important nowadays.

The % of kids going D1 who attend private school is not 90%. Get real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MadLax is prime club team and I think Orange is the color to be(but I assume lax pros will correct me). We are not lax players, but know manwho do and all seem to love MadLax in VA

Wrong. Madlax is not beloved by all, and the number is shrinking every day.


http://deadspin.com/hey-ungrateful-quitter-emails-from-an-angry-lacrosse-660703941

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MadLax is prime club team and I think Orange is the color to be(but I assume lax pros will correct me). We are not lax players, but know manwho do and all seem to love MadLax in VA

Wrong. Madlax is not beloved by all, and the number is shrinking every day.


http://deadspin.com/hey-ungrateful-quitter-emails-from-an-angry-lacrosse-660703941

That guy either needs counseling, a beating, or both. Cabell Maddux needs a counseling or a beating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think that lacrosse is your child's ticket to a great collegiate education, check out today's Wash Post and see where the All Mets are going next year. Some of the colleges may be good lacrosse schools (Towson, Loyola etc), but hardly even academically average. The days of area schools sending their best high school players to Ivies and ACC are over. Recruiting has expanded and the competition is fierce. So please, chill out and let your kid play sports for fun. Stop living through them and for chrissakes don't make them feel this is the only way to advance to the next level.

Loyola is much better than academically average, especially in the business-related majors. I know for a fact that corporate recruiters throughout the Mid-Atlantic region hold Loyola alumni in high regard. The Sellinger School of Business is ranked highly nationally:

http://www.loyola.edu/sellinger/about/rankings.aspx

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think that lacrosse is your child's ticket to a great collegiate education, check out today's Wash Post and see where the All Mets are going next year. Some of the colleges may be good lacrosse schools (Towson, Loyola etc), but hardly even academically average. The days of area schools sending their best high school players to Ivies and ACC are over. Recruiting has expanded and the competition is fierce. So please, chill out and let your kid play sports for fun. Stop living through them and for chrissakes don't make them feel this is the only way to advance to the next level.

Loyola is much better than academically average, especially in the business-related majors. I know for a fact that corporate recruiters throughout the Mid-Atlantic region hold Loyola alumni in high regard. The Sellinger School of Business is ranked highly nationally:

http://www.loyola.edu/sellinger/about/rankings.aspx

Loyola is a fine school. But it certainly isn't a school that is difficult to get into without a lacrosse pedigree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think that lacrosse is your child's ticket to a great collegiate education, check out today's Wash Post and see where the All Mets are going next year. Some of the colleges may be good lacrosse schools (Towson, Loyola etc), but hardly even academically average. The days of area schools sending their best high school players to Ivies and ACC are over. Recruiting has expanded and the competition is fierce. So please, chill out and let your kid play sports for fun. Stop living through them and for chrissakes don't make them feel this is the only way to advance to the next level.

Loyola is much better than academically average, especially in the business-related majors. I know for a fact that corporate recruiters throughout the Mid-Atlantic region hold Loyola alumni in high regard. The Sellinger School of Business is ranked highly nationally:

http://www.loyola.edu/sellinger/about/rankings.aspx

Loyola is a fine school. But it certainly isn't a school that is difficult to get into without a lacrosse pedigree.

Yes, but calling it 'hardly even academically average' is a misrepresentation, as the school and its graduates are thought of highly in the region. Towson, although it has come a long way academically, is closer to 'average.'

But alas, numerous studies have demonstrated that what you[b] make of your college experience, is more important than where you go.

OK....that's it with the thread hijack....carry on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MadLax is prime club team and I think Orange is the color to be(but I assume lax pros will correct me). We are not lax players, but know manwho do and all seem to love MadLax in VA

Wrong. Madlax is not beloved by all, and the number is shrinking every day.


http://deadspin.com/hey-ungrateful-quitter-emails-from-an-angry-lacrosse-660703941

That guy either needs counseling, a beating, or both. Cabell Maddux needs a counseling or a beating.

Not justifying or defending Cabell Maddux, but always two sides to a story. MadLax has not suffered. The #s in the program have grown over the last year. The ex-MadLax kid and his parents for the article really used Cabell. He was scholarshiped, got all the appointments to the select camps for rising 9th graders and then quit to join another club team that the family thought was better and would help him get recruited better after securing the select camp appointments. They never called or emailed Cabell they were quitting. Cabell heard it through the grapevine weeks later after the kid had already joined another team. Then they leaked this to the media to add to his recruiting notoriety. Noone at MadLax had a cry over this kid and his family leaving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MadLax is prime club team and I think Orange is the color to be(but I assume lax pros will correct me). We are not lax players, but know manwho do and all seem to love MadLax in VA

Wrong. Madlax is not beloved by all, and the number is shrinking every day.


http://deadspin.com/hey-ungrateful-quitter-emails-from-an-angry-lacrosse-660703941

That guy either needs counseling, a beating, or both. Cabell Maddux needs a counseling or a beating.

Not justifying or defending Cabell Maddux, but always two sides to a story. MadLax has not suffered. The #s in the program have grown over the last year. The ex-MadLax kid and his parents for the article really used Cabell. He was scholarshiped, got all the appointments to the select camps for rising 9th graders and then quit to join another club team that the family thought was better and would help him get recruited better after securing the select camp appointments. They never called or emailed Cabell they were quitting. Cabell heard it through the grapevine weeks later after the kid had already joined another team. Then they leaked this to the media to add to his recruiting notoriety. Noone at MadLax had a cry over this kid and his family leaving.

Unless they also drafted those ridiculous juvenile e-mails, nothing you just said makes a difference.

[Anonymous]

Is it only D1 which gets commitments from/recruits freshmen and sophomores?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it only D1 which gets commitments from/recruits freshmen and sophomores?

All these so-called commitments are is a statement by a boy to the coach of a college that saying your school is where I want to go.

No one signs anything. No one is offered anything by the school like a scholarship or even a paid official visit.

Recruiting, as defined by the NCAA, can't even occur till the Jr year. There are a whole set of rules and a handbook available on-line at NCAA.org

Players are free to do anything they want after "committing". And the school isn't bound to do anything.

There are different rules for DI and DIII since the DIII can't offer grants in aid.

Do yourself a favor. Read the handbook. You'll be light years ahead of everybody on here in terms of understanding the official terminology and the rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it only D1 which gets commitments from/recruits freshmen and sophomores?

All these so-called commitments are is a statement by a boy to the coach of a college that saying your school is where I want to go.

No one signs anything. No one is offered anything by the school like a scholarship or even a paid official visit.

Recruiting, as defined by the NCAA, can't even occur till the Jr year. There are a whole set of rules and a handbook available on-line at NCAA.org

Players are free to do anything they want after "committing". And the school isn't bound to do anything.

There are different rules for DI and DIII since the DIII can't offer grants in aid.

Do yourself a favor. Read the handbook. You'll be light years ahead of everybody on here in terms of understanding the official terminology and the rules.

But the same rules apply to football and basketball and that doesn't stop the hoopla over "commits." We get that "decomitting" is possible, "committing" is still noteworthy.