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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the Indy attack, not sure if it was the so-called slasher, was throwing some reckless checks and got called for a slash to the head.  I didn't see anyone get thrown out. [/quote]

PP Langley parent here.
I can confirm this. Yes it was the same attack/ coach kid.
Yes he is too wild with the stick, nothing new.

Yes a slash, yes hit the helmet, overly dangerous- no. Seen this 1000x before yes- from many players that don’t know how to play D.

Penalty called and that would have been the extent of the rough play.[/quote]

Different Langley parent here.  According to my son, the Indy player was trash talking and skirmishing after game ended but before the handshake line, which resulted in the ref announcing that he is ejected from the NEXT game.  This happened at the scorers table which is why parents are not aware of it.  But from the parent sideline I could hear this player running his mouth the whole game.   For Yorktown's sake, I hope that VEL upholds the ref's decision, so they can have reasonably clean game without one kid trash talking and taking cheap shots all over the field. [/quote]

Don't know what to make of this. While I can see this happening there are just a bit of things that do not add up:

So, player is trash talking and skirmishing after the game. 
This [b]rises to the level[/b] of a ref ejecting the player from the next game. 
However
A flag was not thrown which is standard for refs
This did not draw enough notice for the people on the parents sideline to notice
Additional players did not join in or pull people apart
Coaches from either team didn't pull players aside

It sounds very fantastical that a ref would eject a player for actions (trash talk etc) that would have been so minor that the people there didn't see anything out the ordinary, but so major that there was an ejection,  if they indeed happen. 
Something just does not add up here.

What I do know- 
If the league is not going to suspend the player, then a coach (dad or not) is not going to do so. If the league says they can play, they do.
I know VEL and EB. I have played for EB. If the ref says they are ejected, EB and VEL will definitely support the refs and sit the player.

I will withhold my judgement until next week to see if the player plays and I will have my answer to the honesty of the above posts.   
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This is an honest question as an outside observer, not a troll... I have been reading all of the posts, and watching this Independence team play and behave for a couple of years now...

Indy parents, do you think that your coaching staff is actually doing a good job for your sons and players? Since you all drank the cool aid and listened to the current coach run out the former staff.

If you don't agree with what is being done, why haven't you brought concerns about the unsafe and unprofessional program being taught and run?

In my personal opinion (which is allowed btw), it is not only endangering your sons development as lacrosse players, but also as young men, learning that there is no consequences for your actions. Not only that, but if you care about kids as a whole, it is also endangering the safety of other boys in the Northern Virginia area.

Just a question... Would love to hear the thoughts of Tiger Parents. [/quote]

interesting that no Indy parents are responding.  but I saw the dirty player for the first time this past Sunday, and here is what I saw -- he cross checked the opposing goalie in the back of the head, butt-ended a player in the balls, and did two hand chop on a third player like a baseball swing.  The baseball swing was called a slash, but the refs missed the other two, because he does this stuff behind the play.  And on the slash, he had a chance to pick up the ball himself, but he was too chicken.  Now I see why they call him the Indy slasher, but I wish his coaches or refs or someone would crack down before he hurts somebody.  [/quote]

He butt-ended a player in the ball against Riverside! Got called for it and it cost them a goal. [/quote]

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