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[quote=Anonymous]What a great read!! Been a bit since I poked around here but after hearing the news of the joint tryout I knew there would be some good reading here.

This is Joe High with TRW Wolfpack, happy to identify myself and open up for criticism. Would love to chime in here on a few points I have read:

- Lots of comments about D1,2,3 etc... and what clubs are sending the most players to the top programs and how they are doing it. As a Salisbury Alumni, I feel I should point out that the best D3 teams are very capable of beating the D1 programs from #10 or so down any year, so don't make it all about D1. I don't think I saw much of anything that I agreed with in this thread on the topic. First of all, most of the thread is about players jumping around. I personally don't care, who am I or anyone else to say what you should do as a player or parent. The reality of the best way to have your son play D1 is to be one of the best players. Somewhere towards the bottom of the list is what club team you are on. Size, strength, speed (and age) are big factors that have nothing to do with your club team, sorry little guys, you will just have to out work the big guys. The lacrosse talent and IQ are another big part of it, obviously your coaches influence that. If you are looking for the best program, you should spend a lot of time looking at the coaches, they are going to be the one's with the biggest influence. Most of the other stuff is marketing created by the teams to convince people that is what matters. One comment talked about the tournaments that you have to play in. NAL, NLF, etc... Those tournaments are owned by the clubs telling you that the players have to be there to be seen. I don't want that to come across as a knock on those tournaments. There are great teams there and great competition but don't think for a minute that is the only place your son can get seen to play at the highest level. Checkout the PLC tournaments, Big 4, ML8, and plenty of others. The same teams are playing in those tournaments. And the kicker is that the tournaments are not the top place you player will be recruited. It's the showcases. Your club team isn't going to tell you that unless they happen to run their own showcase as well. Because at the end of the day, most of the answers are found in a pocket. For the 2026s, when the high school season kicks off in a few days you will start to see the level of play of older guys and you will hear where they are committed. Get a sense for that and how your son compares to those players and the programs they are committed to.

- One crazy concept you might want to keep an eye on is how good the school is academically and potentially be sure your son has an understanding that the education they get will be more important than the quality of the lacrosse team they are on. I suspect that comment will draw some responses on this board. I will save you the key strokes and point out, yes, I did go to Salisbury but we look at that as the Harvard of the Eastern Shore.

- Anyone that is looking for a new place to play, feel free to reach out through our website. I'm carrying 21 players right now. Don't need any more but there is room if there are players that make us better. Goalies need not apply.

- If you are good enough to get playing time with us at the right positions, we will add you. If not, I will let the player and parent know why. I don't make a penny on any of it, so the decision will simply be if you help make us better or not.

- If you want to know about our program, I will be happy to have a conversation, but the best thing to do is talk to the parents of our players.

- If you think this email is a hidden recruiting effort, I apologize. I tried to make it obvious that it is a recruiting effort in the last few bullets. I am a competitor, I don't like losing. I want to put the best team on the field. I have already committed to our players and families for the upcoming summer season, so any additions will be just that.

I welcome all of the wonderful comments.

Thanks

Joe[/quote]

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