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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Robinson and Woodson along with Battlefield, Oakton, Madison are elite teams loaded with talent with one of these five most likely winning a State Championship.   Any other teams that compete with any of these five and keep it close is a very good public high school team.

It would be like say Boston College is not very good as a D1 team just because they lost by 12 to Northwestern.   Really good teams lose games too relative to all levels of play.[/quote]

I am curious to hear why everyone seems to think Robinson and Woodson are Elite teams? Robinson is without their best player (draw) and best defender.  Woodson has a couple good players but can't score and won't keep up with Oakton, Madison or Battlefield.  The State Final will be Oakton/Madison winner vs Battlefield.  Region C is significantly weaker than Region D, so that doesn't fit the narrative of Elite teams.[/quote]

Robinson is not an elite team. They don't really have any standout players. Sure they have D1 commits but to what D1 schools?[/quote]

Robinson and Woodson are in the top 5% of Virginia public schools.   They will be competitive (probably an underdog) with both Oakton and Madison.  All these top teams are at the tip of the iceberg.   90% of the teams are so far down under the surface and can't compete at the highest level.   But all these girls and coaches work just as hard too just don't have the pipeline of talent.[/quote]

Nice iceberg analogy.   Same applies to College lacrosse.   Maryland, Stoneybrook, Notre Dame and JMU are great examples of Top 10 elite teams that can compete with the best but once you get below the top 15-20 (all they way down to 123) you have fallen below that line.[/quote]

This is why it’s almost comical when posters talk about a team having D1 commits. It matters who you commit to. Once you get below the top 30 D1 teams the talent level really starts to drop off. And when player commit to teams that are in the 60-123 range, while good players, they are not game changing players for their high schools.[/quote]

I can see your point if applied to elite private schools but most D1 commits to public schools are top 1, 2, or 3 for their teams.    It happens but not very often we get a public player going top 10 or 20 D1.   Always enjoy your analysis.[/quote]

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