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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still find it crazy that a storied league like the IAC can be so beholden to Club lacrosse. While I understand that the club ship has sailed and the need for high level, year round lacrosse is the norm, I have to believe that the HS coaches have the last word with any collegiate coach. Clubs give some exposure, but you can't tell me that a Trippi or Epstein require a club to get them to the next level. Yes, I know they are elite players, but the bulk of the IAC starters will make a collegiate level team and I don't see a club team making a difference either way. So my big question is who cares about Mad Lax, DCE, etc? I feel that the parents have created these monsters and the parents can just as easily tear them down (with their wallets).[/quote]

The bulk of IAC starters WILL NOT make a collegiate level team.  If you are talking about Division 1, look at Landon the last few years, when its teams have lost 2 IAC games, total.  They had players go to Cornell, Michigan, Hopkins, Maryland, Bucknell, Navy, Penn State, Virginia and a few others.  But, those were less than half of the graduating classes and that school has had the most success of any.  A St. Albans or an Episcopal might get two Division 1 players a class.  Every player going to Division 1 had extensive club exposure.  The college coaches go out on the summer circuit and they recruit off of that exposure.  They will go back to the high school and check out the player (watch film, check into his character, etc.), but much of the exposure is summer circuit play.  Remember, the college coaches are in season during the high school season, so they rarely see the high school games live.  Trippi and Epstein played Madlax, they were both attackmen, and they both had unbelievable midfielders (Landon, St. Stephens and Episcopal players, ironically) doing a lot of the work to get them the ball--in both summer and high school games.  They needed club to get them exposure--I believe both committed before they played much high school, too.    [/quote]

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