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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. Crabs were #1 HOC0 team and have many 2027s who stayed down for a better shot of playing varsity in MIAA before their junior year. Hawks and FCA are in same boat. DCE, Madlax, and NextLevel all have holdbacks too, but not nearly same extent. The 28 HOCO class is not considered strong. Not a single HOCO Elite player is tabbed to start for an MIAA team, even with the holdbacks.[/quote]

Crabs families deny that they have holdbacks.  Over on BOTC there is a post this morning saying that Crabs 2028 have only two holdbacks, who are both 14 year olds who will turn 15 this summer.  I have no idea whether that is true, and I have no way to verify because I am from the DMV and don't know any of the kids or families.  But I do know a lot of ML, NL, and DCE players well enough to know their birthdays, and I know that those teams have a large number of 14 year olds who will be turning 15 either this spring or summer.  A conservative estimate is that 25% of the NL/ML/DCE players fall into that category, and I would not be surprised if it is closer to 50%.
My point? I don't think that the lack of holdbacks is the reason for the disappointing performance of the three DC teams relative to Crabs, FCA, and Hawks, and relative to the strong national teams.  The good Long Island teams are well known to have no holdbacks, and would blow the doors off NL, ML, and DCE right now.  Part of the problem with the three local teams is coaching. all three teams have experienced coaches who are very good in some respects, but all three of their coaches have glaring flaws are very well known, and were reflected in their teams performance this spring.  The other issue is that there is simply not enough elite talent in the 2028 class to stock three teams.  and if VLC does get a team off the ground and siphons the VA players, the talent will be diluted even further.  that's my take, FWIW.[/quote]

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