2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we all know the real answer as to why SJC has been black balled from most of the DMV hs lax teams schedules. And it doesn’t have anything to do with being afraid of an average team this year at best off of military rd lol. Dunks is a great player and an even better young man overall, but STJ will struggle big time without him next year. No control at X with Weller gone and nobody at home in the net any longer, minus their leading scorer = STJ should be glad their not playing the likes of Prep or Landon this season!

100% agree - great player and even better person + will return even stronger. However, you living in a glass house chucking stones at SJC is comical. Do compare SJC/Prep/Landon to on field graduation losses, team culture and experience/young talent. You been spending way too much time reading those tea leaves. Bit surprised you failed to mention what you wish you had and what really separates these programs. Dare to guess? Been a consistent at Military Road since 2017-18. Reason why you and your quarterzips will be back on the annual IAC bandwagon blame game at end of spring. Have fun!

You are right. Recruiting by means of providing deep tuition discounts not based on need and then contacting current students to transfer schools is the big difference. It started in 2017 but has really ramped up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we all know the real answer as to why SJC has been black balled from most of the DMV hs lax teams schedules. And it doesn’t have anything to do with being afraid of an average team this year at best off of military rd lol. Dunks is a great player and an even better young man overall, but STJ will struggle big time without him next year. No control at X with Weller gone and nobody at home in the net any longer, minus their leading scorer = STJ should be glad their not playing the likes of Prep or Landon this season!

100% agree - great player and even better person + will return even stronger. However, you living in a glass house chucking stones at SJC is comical. Do compare SJC/Prep/Landon to on field graduation losses, team culture and experience/young talent. You been spending way too much time reading those tea leaves. Bit surprised you failed to mention what you wish you had and what really separates these programs. Dare to guess? Been a consistent at Military Road since 2017-18. Reason why you and your quarterzips will be back on the annual IAC bandwagon blame game at end of spring. Have fun!

You are right. Recruiting by means of providing deep tuition discounts not based on need and then contacting current students to transfer schools is the big difference. It started in 2017 but has really ramped up.

Gotta crawl out from under the rock you living under. Talent will get recruited and be offered deep tuition discounts. That’s a fact. For the prospective transfers, it takes two to dance. Coaches will pursue players / families who express interest. What’s wrong with that? Kid not happy and wants to transfer. Happens all of the time. How about look at why they transfer? Success and opportunity draws the interest. No different from GP borders or conference transfers. Get over and move on.

[Anonymous]

new flash people... SJC will likely fall this Spring.

No Dunkel (maybe he is back for the final 4 month and that is a big "if", All American FOGO graduated, All American Goalie graduated... and you really think they will be better than last Spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:new flash people... SJC will likely fall this Spring.

No Dunkel (maybe he is back for the final 4 month and that is a big "if", All American FOGO graduated, All American Goalie graduated... and you really think they will be better than last Spring.

Gonzaga wins WCAC. Bookmark it.

[Anonymous]

Even if Dunkel somehow is cleared to play the final 4 weeks of the season, I still think Gonzaga is the better team.

Purple Eagles are rather senior heavy this Spring.

The Cadets are young and in-experiened, they will likely take some big losses in March however they will be a much better team as the season carries along.

Can Gonzaga improve under King as the season plays out? The Eagles have historically come out firing in March and tail off as the season progresses.

WCAC will be rather boring this Spring, 2 horse race for the crown. Big drop off after the top two teams with PVI and DeMatha likely as "dark horses".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even if Dunkel somehow is cleared to play the final 4 weeks of the season, I still think Gonzaga is the better team.

Purple Eagles are rather senior heavy this Spring.

The Cadets are young and in-experiened, they will likely take some big losses in March however they will be a much better team as the season carries along.

Can Gonzaga improve under King as the season plays out? The Eagles have historically come out firing in March and tail off as the season progresses.

WCAC will be rather boring this Spring, 2 horse race for the crown. Big drop off after the top two teams with PVI and DeMatha likely as "dark horses".

Funny. Similar forecasts from the Purple faithful as last several years for the WCAC crown. Last year, SJC roster was loaded with frosh/sophs. All the talk leading up to last spring was how could SJC win without 2022 class? Quickly forgotten here is SJC relied on at least 10-12 frosh/sophs that either started and/or contribute a ton of minutes last spring. They are the core this year. Now all these sophs/juniors return are now “inexperienced”? It’s what’s separates the two programs. SJC is the better coached team period. Growth, development, preparation, experience winning and excellent coaching outweighs that senior heavy hero ball team on eye street. Gonna be another trophy at Military Road at end of spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we all know the real answer as to why SJC has been black balled from most of the DMV hs lax teams schedules. And it doesn’t have anything to do with being afraid of an average team this year at best off of military rd lol. Dunks is a great player and an even better young man overall, but STJ will struggle big time without him next year. No control at X with Weller gone and nobody at home in the net any longer, minus their leading scorer = STJ should be glad their not playing the likes of Prep or Landon this season!

100% agree - great player and even better person + will return even stronger. However, you living in a glass house chucking stones at SJC is comical. Do compare SJC/Prep/Landon to on field graduation losses, team culture and experience/young talent. You been spending way too much time reading those tea leaves. Bit surprised you failed to mention what you wish you had and what really separates these programs. Dare to guess? Been a consistent at Military Road since 2017-18. Reason why you and your quarterzips will be back on the annual IAC bandwagon blame game at end of spring. Have fun!

You are right. Recruiting by means of providing deep tuition discounts not based on need and then contacting current students to transfer schools is the big difference. It started in 2017 but has really ramped up.

Gotta crawl out from under the rock you living under. Talent will get recruited and be offered deep tuition discounts. That’s a fact. For the prospective transfers, it takes two to dance. Coaches will pursue players / families who express interest. What’s wrong with that? Kid not happy and wants to transfer. Happens all of the time. How about look at why they transfer? Success and opportunity draws the interest. No different from GP borders or conference transfers. Get over and move on.

Bc it’s high school dopey. There’s also a big difference between an out of state border who contacts gp or mcd and the head coach cold calling students. Go back to Fortnite son and let the adults talk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if Dunkel somehow is cleared to play the final 4 weeks of the season, I still think Gonzaga is the better team.

Purple Eagles are rather senior heavy this Spring.

The Cadets are young and in-experiened, they will likely take some big losses in March however they will be a much better team as the season carries along.

Can Gonzaga improve under King as the season plays out? The Eagles have historically come out firing in March and tail off as the season progresses.

WCAC will be rather boring this Spring, 2 horse race for the crown. Big drop off after the top two teams with PVI and DeMatha likely as "dark horses".

Funny. Similar forecasts from the Purple faithful as last several years for the WCAC crown. Last year, SJC roster was loaded with frosh/sophs. All the talk leading up to last spring was how could SJC win without 2022 class? Quickly forgotten here is SJC relied on at least 10-12 frosh/sophs that either started and/or contribute a ton of minutes last spring. They are the core this year. Now all these sophs/juniors return are now “inexperienced”? It’s what’s separates the two programs. SJC is the better coached team period. Growth, development, preparation, experience winning and excellent coaching outweighs that senior heavy hero ball team on eye street. Gonna be another trophy at Military Road at end of spring.

Is one of those Freshman or Sophomores a FOGO or Goalie because they will need to fill those holes. Without the #1 at A the others will find it tough when they are drawing other teams top D. 2022 was the top of arch for SJC they had a decline in 2023 but still managed to be the best in the WCAC and were favored to win it. This year it will move to Eye Street

[Anonymous]

Did Dematha recruit anyone? Was PVI able to get any recruits without a coach? What about GC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if Dunkel somehow is cleared to play the final 4 weeks of the season, I still think Gonzaga is the better team.

Purple Eagles are rather senior heavy this Spring.

The Cadets are young and in-experiened, they will likely take some big losses in March however they will be a much better team as the season carries along.

Can Gonzaga improve under King as the season plays out? The Eagles have historically come out firing in March and tail off as the season progresses.

WCAC will be rather boring this Spring, 2 horse race for the crown. Big drop off after the top two teams with PVI and DeMatha likely as "dark horses".

Funny. Similar forecasts from the Purple faithful as last several years for the WCAC crown. Last year, SJC roster was loaded with frosh/sophs. All the talk leading up to last spring was how could SJC win without 2022 class? Quickly forgotten here is SJC relied on at least 10-12 frosh/sophs that either started and/or contribute a ton of minutes last spring. They are the core this year. Now all these sophs/juniors return are now “inexperienced”? It’s what’s separates the two programs. SJC is the better coached team period. Growth, development, preparation, experience winning and excellent coaching outweighs that senior heavy hero ball team on eye street. Gonna be another trophy at Military Road at end of spring.

Is one of those Freshman or Sophomores a FOGO or Goalie because they will need to fill those holes. Without the #1 at A the others will find it tough when they are drawing other teams top D. 2022 was the top of arch for SJC they had a decline in 2023 but still managed to be the best in the WCAC and were favored to win it. This year it will move to Eye Street

Boring. Guess Zaga won’t feel the loss of their keep or mids? Hahah. Are they returning as 5th years? SJC will be in better shape than Zaga at both positions in spring. Margin won’t be as wide but it will still be there. Speaks and co. will adjust and coach’em up. Again, another huge difference between the two programs. You know this. You really need to watch your favorites play a bit more. There’s a reason why they haven’t won in a very long time. Better hope PVI doesn’t beat them for the 3rd strait. Ouch. Should focus beating the other WCAC teams, otherwise you may not even make the championship game.

Not gonna compare 2022 vs 2023. The 2022 class was the best team out of the DMV in a decade and possibly ever. Another trophy to military road in 2024.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we all know the real answer as to why SJC has been black balled from most of the DMV hs lax teams schedules. And it doesn’t have anything to do with being afraid of an average team this year at best off of military rd lol. Dunks is a great player and an even better young man overall, but STJ will struggle big time without him next year. No control at X with Weller gone and nobody at home in the net any longer, minus their leading scorer = STJ should be glad their not playing the likes of Prep or Landon this season!

100% agree - great player and even better person + will return even stronger. However, you living in a glass house chucking stones at SJC is comical. Do compare SJC/Prep/Landon to on field graduation losses, team culture and experience/young talent. You been spending way too much time reading those tea leaves. Bit surprised you failed to mention what you wish you had and what really separates these programs. Dare to guess? Been a consistent at Military Road since 2017-18. Reason why you and your quarterzips will be back on the annual IAC bandwagon blame game at end of spring. Have fun!

You are right. Recruiting by means of providing deep tuition discounts not based on need and then contacting current students to transfer schools is the big difference. It started in 2017 but has really ramped up.

Gotta crawl out from under the rock you living under. Talent will get recruited and be offered deep tuition discounts. That’s a fact. For the prospective transfers, it takes two to dance. Coaches will pursue players / families who express interest. What’s wrong with that? Kid not happy and wants to transfer. Happens all of the time. How about look at why they transfer? Success and opportunity draws the interest. No different from GP borders or conference transfers. Get over and move on.

Bc it’s high school dopey. There’s also a big difference between an out of state border who contacts gp or mcd and the head coach cold calling students. Go back to Fortnite son and let the adults talk.

You def don’t have a clue. Bc it’s HS, cold calling students? Now that is funny. You need to get a better source than your grandson and the country club chatter. Gonna let you in on a little secret gramps. Every one of these HS teams have club coaches on their staffs and parents/buddies/boosters that put the full court on a talented player/parent that is not happy in their current situation. GP, Bullis, Landon, SJC, Gonzaga .. they all do it. Just some do it better than others. Facts. Part of the HS landscape now. Move on.

[Anonymous]

It's funny how the recruiting flows downhill to the schools that are chasing something. Flint Hill, Montrose Christian, St. Anthony's, St. Frances, Bullis et al all sought to raise their stature by providing athletic scholarships. They thought providing athletic scholarships would prompt more applications and lead to more donations. They don't. It has the reverse effect where existing families and alumni resent the favoritism and subsidies and the school ends up suffering. Some went out of business and others ended up losing their jobs.

SJC is just the latest in this strategy. Pay for play doesn't work and they'll be back in the same spot in another 10 years once they figure out those players and families don't care about the school at all. SJC hit the jackpot with Plank but it won't be enough.

[Anonymous]

Landon 2017 might have something to say about “best team ever in DMV.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's funny how the recruiting flows downhill to the schools that are chasing something. Flint Hill, Montrose Christian, St. Anthony's, St. Frances, Bullis et al all sought to raise their stature by providing athletic scholarships. They thought providing athletic scholarships would prompt more applications and lead to more donations. They don't. It has the reverse effect where existing families and alumni resent the favoritism and subsidies and the school ends up suffering. Some went out of business and others ended up losing their jobs.

SJC is just the latest in this strategy. Pay for play doesn't work and they'll be back in the same spot in another 10 years once they figure out those players and families don't care about the school at all. SJC hit the jackpot with Plank but it won't be enough.

Spot on

[Anonymous]

Put another way - a family and student who choose a school for a single reason and not for the entirety of that school's culture and experience is unlikely to feel a long term bond with the school. That's an unfortunate outcome for the family and also for the school. Prep and Gonzaga may not be #1 at the end of the season, but their ranks are deep and loyal for generations.