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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]26 dce/potomac school middie now going to duke?? wow. bout the 4th or 5th best middie on that club team. what gives? super late, plus the duke 26 class is loaded w 5 star middies.[/quote]

Nice kid. Would be a 2nd line middie at SJC this year. There is a reason he plays at Potomac. Family is loaded…connect the dots. [/quote]

Academically Potomac is 10x more rigorous than Military Road.

He is a good athlete and good for the boy to have the opportunity to switch schools.

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Nobody was talking academics. The kid is a smart kid, check. In lacrosse, this kid probably doesn’t start in the top half of either the wcac or iac. That is why the questions have risen. It makes no sense.[/quote]

It makes perfect sense. On a roster of 48, maybe 20 will play minutes during the season. You need kids who are happy to be there and will contribute to the school and the team culture. I got bad news for many of you. Most of your kids will never see the field in college for whatever school they are lucky enough to attend. They will be sideline cheerleaders. [/quote]

Gotta agree with this.  For a school like Duke, which is strong academically and also its roster is already loaded with 4 and 5 stars, when rounding out its last few roster spots, a good student from an elite academic high school and a successful family is a probably better investment than the next man up from SJC or PVI.[/quote]

I disagree with this rationale. W limited rosters, there is less room for those that will never contribute on the field and less transfer potential because schools can’t just expand rosters. Transfers are down, not up, this past offseason.

My sons college team has cut kids who don’t play and aren’t improving to get to 48. Everyone is there to compete…not just “happy to be there”. That sounds like a statement from someone who has no idea how a college athletics program is run. Only  a fat donation will save anyone, no matter the grades, from getting cut if you can’t play at the necessary level.[/quote]

You are actually agreeing by saying the bottom kids don't play. They've just lopped off the non-performing athletic and academic students who aren't contributing on or off the field. The great thing is those kids get to stay at the school. The kids from about about 25 - 48 will stand around and cheer and get to be practice players while getting an education and probably getting a significant amount of financial support so long as the school opted in and so long as their grades are good. If a player was cut from 48-55, no one wants him in the portal anyway. [/quote]

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