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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some "legacy family" posters seem unfamiliar with the concept of competitive club lacrosse. The best 24+ kids play for Capital. Then the next 24+ best kids play DMV. DMV is a strong program and kids can move up as they improve. There's also 100% guarantee some Capital players will be overtaken by more athletic DMV kids before 9th grade. Making the A team as a 2nd grader doesn't automatically grant you a "legacy" spot through HS.

The boys are supposed to earn their spots and work hard to keep them. That is what makes them strong players on a strong club.[/quote]

There is definitely an element of delusion.  I noticed one legacy parent lamenting that "MadLax is losing long-standing families who until recently were happy with the program, and would have continued paying the crazy prices for the next six years."  With or without this year's influx of BLC players, no more than half of the players on a Madlax 5th grade team will still be there for the big 10th grade recruiting year (and likely far fewer).  Better players will show up, year after year after year, and some of them will just be added to the team without having to try out (because they're really good players).  It is what it is, but the spots are not reserved for people who are comfortable and happy to pay.  [/quote]

Fair point, but with 1-2 exceptions, we are not talking about star players here.  MadLax traded long-term, average players for brand new average players, but with longer commutes, fewer friends on the team, and no institutional loyalty to MadLax; that latter group is less likely to stay in the program long term (whether Capital or DMV) than the players who left.  If Cabell were smart he would strike a balance balance catering to the stud players and retaining long term customers at least on DMV, and this move is doing neither.  If you doubt me, just compare the roster that the team had in August to what it will have in March when HoCo starts.[/quote]

None of the average players on Capital are likely to be with the program long term.  They all want to be on an A team (or Elite or AAA or whatever you want to call it) - i.e., the club's top team.  When really good players show up middle school and 9th grade and cause the average players to be demoted to DMV, the average players will leave and go to Next Level, VLC, Cavalier, etc.  Demoted players rarely stay at Madlax.  DMV is largely populated by players who have never been on Capital.   [/quote]

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