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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the new recruiting process will actually hurt the club ball circuit.

the power will now shift back to HS coaches as it should have years ago.

HS coaches will no longer have to deal with a parent whose son is committed to XYZ program as a 9th grader but got cut from the varsity. [/quote]

HS coaches cowered to this. No prep coach, locally at least, had the guts to quash the ego & pressure from parents & club guys to not varsity roster a kid in 9th grade if the star maker system got the kid pledged to a college. I think this does pull HS coaches back into the mix for recruiting, but I don't believe this does anything but blow up the showcase for pay system in club lacrosse. Very few college coaches rely on anything else but club & showcase events to evaluate players. It will always be that way. NCAA season is during the spring, so it is severely limiting to put resources into following high school leagues. There are some exceptions like local colleges checking out big local prep games, but as a rule it now goes back to dropping into rising 10th & 11th grader Jake Reed type events. That biz was pretty much smoked out after 8th grade by early recruiting.

In the end early recruiting will go as a footnote in history which damaged the game and soiled a few great programs/coaches. Dom Starsia (disgraced, fired, UVA in shambles) and Dave Petro (Hopkins a shell of its former self) are good examples. Good riddance kiddie recruiting. [/quote]

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