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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The biggest advantage to being in a college bound driven program, call it private if you want to, is that you're surrounded in that mindset and environment.  Tough to hold that on your own in the distinct minority of your environment.

There are advantages and disadvantages both ways.  There's definitely been a bent in numbers for more of those kids, or call it families if you want to, to go private.

But if anyone has the talent and drive, it likely won't matter where they play high school.  Coaching can be a wild card (true anywhere), and it's near impossible at the bottom half+ of publics, but other than that talent and determination drives the bus.[/quote]

Bent? The list on this thread lists 1 public school player in the entire dmv where public rosters probably outnumber privates 10 to 1. 
 College coaches aren't beating the bushes looking for talent and determination. The Terps have been a top 5 team for the last 10 years under Tillman and do you know how many coaches are on staff? 3, that's it. They don't have enough hours in the day to be looking for a maybe in the publics in the dmv when they can get a good player getting good grades in a good school at the privates. Yeah, if your kid plays lacrosse then it's a pretty good reason to choose a private over a public. [/quote]There are low to mid 30's privates in the DMV, and mid 50's Va publics. Assuming a similar number of Md publics, that's 1:3.

For well over half the publics, there are zero guys with the talent and drive.  For the rest, there may be 2-4 per team on average that are even in the neighborhood?  That's probably like 100-150 guys.  There are more than that on the top 6 teams of privates, never mind the other 20 some odd teams.

We're one month in, there were 5 public D1s just in VA last year.  And coaches are getting 90% or more targets by seeing them repeatedly on the club and showcase circuit.  That's the model they wanted, they like coaching in the spring, scouting summer.  And not that it matters, but there's 4 coaches on staffs now.[/quote]

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