Anonymous wrote:PVI beat Landon and Prep last week! How can you explain that one? PVI is loaded this spring and will compete with Landon who should be very good this Spring. I understand it was only a Fall ball game. I saw Gonzaga play and they looked bad. The past two years Gonzaga has been losing kids to Prep. I guess we will finally see if Casey O'Neil is any good as a coach as this current team doesn't have close to the amount of talent he has had the past 3 seasons.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on how teams performed in the Landon Fall Ball tournament a few weeks ago and in the NL Fall Ball league, I'd go with the following.

1. PVI
2. Landon
3. Prep
4. Gonzaga
5. STA
6. Bullis
7. St. Stephens

PVI is not, has not been and will not be above Landon Prep GZ or Bullis this year or any year. PVI did beat Prep in 2013, but that is the only game they have won vs those 4 schools in 10 years. So I would not bet on PVI being ahead of those 4 schools. Episcopal will be very good with one of the best players in the country Ricky Miezan. St Albans did get the Sidwell faceoff kid to transfer which will make St Albans a much more competitive team in 2017. Gonzaga, Landon, Bullis and G Prep should be the top 4. I'm sure these teams will all play next spring and determine the best team in the DMV.

Anonymous wrote:Based on how teams performed in the Landon Fall Ball tournament a few weeks ago and in the NL Fall Ball league, I'd go with the following.

1. PVI
2. Landon
3. Prep
4. Gonzaga
5. STA
6. Bullis
7. St. Stephens

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Anonymous wrote:It's amazing to me just how uninformed people are and how many of their impressions are incorrect.

Consider the tiny coaching staffs of most DIII schools versus the ideas on there about DIII recruiting. Most of these schools have a head coach and maybe one or two assistants. The amount of time they can spend on or with a single protect is very limited because there are an ocean of prospects out there because of the growth of the sport.

They depend on casting a broad net and then hoping to find some interested prospects. Schools will send out hundreds letters to just about anyone they can find on any list they have. Those that return the completed questionnaire become possibilities.

They also depend on a few key contacts they have at certain schools. That might be an alum (Coaching or not coaching) or a head coach they have a history with. The idea here is to find a kid who can play at their level and that would actually consider their school. They may eventually vector in on a few top prospects and call them, send hand-written notes, etc.

Because DIII's don't give scholarships they have no real commitment to a prospect. What they want to do is to get as many kids to apply as they can and then try to sort it out with Admissions.

Agree with most of this post, except for the last sentence. A coach who says he will support a candidate for admission who cannot deliver the goods will not be a coach for long.

I guess in the very long-term.

But, any coach can say, "I worked hard to get your son in. but Admissions was unmoved".

And families are rarely going to share this experience with others. These are the same people who say their son "signed with" w D-III school when there is nothing to sign.

A coach has a list of prospects. He probably has them ranked by position (or at least arranged into tiers). Because they know SAT scores and GPA's and maybe even a guess at "ability to pay", they can prioritize their list.

They want everyone on that list to at least apply. And they are going to tell everybody on that list whatever they think they want to hear to get them to apply. In Division III, more is better.

In DIII, when they go to Admissions they are going to lobby for players based on their ranking against this list. They know they are only going to get so many.

In D1, because there are a finite number of paid official visits and scholarships (or fractions of scholarships), the sincerity of a coach is demonstrated more easily.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard of the Baltimore Breakers lacrosse club? My son plays for another club but I have received communications from them about tryouts. Just curious. Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:The IAC is not loaded. Top to bottom, it will be down compared to the previous few years.

Landon will win it easily. STA has a lot of talent and could finish in 2nd. Bullis lost a ton and despite a few transfers (one of whom is excellent), they will be down. SSSAS returns one starter.

Prep has some good 2019s and 2020s, but they are not that great, either.

Landon will win it, but not easily. STA''s new FOGO, star goalie, and maturing multi-threat offense will make things interesting, but Bullis should be 2nd. STA will take third, and prep should take 4th. Episcopal will be the cellar dweller and SSSA will be barely above them. Ya heard it here it here first.


-Lax Soothsayer

My Prediction:
1. Landon
2. Prep
3. Bullis
4. STA
5. SSSAS
6. "High School"

STA is better but don't think they'll find enough goals. Landon, Prep, and Bullis all have more depth. Would be delighted to be wrong, though.

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Anonymous wrote:The IAC is not loaded. Top to bottom, it will be down compared to the previous few years.

Landon will win it easily. STA has a lot of talent and could finish in 2nd. Bullis lost a ton and despite a few transfers (one of whom is excellent), they will be down. SSSAS returns one starter.

Prep has some good 2019s and 2020s, but they are not that great, either.

Landon will win it, but not easily. STA''s new FOGO, star goalie, and maturing multi-threat offense will make things interesting, but Bullis should be 2nd. STA will take third, and prep should take 4th. Episcopal will be the cellar dweller and SSSA will be barely above them. Ya heard it here it here first.


-Lax Soothsayer

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The IAC is not loaded. Top to bottom, it will be down compared to the previous few years.

Landon will win it easily. STA has a lot of talent and could finish in 2nd. Bullis lost a ton and despite a few transfers (one of whom is excellent), they will be down. SSSAS returns one starter.

Prep has some good 2019s and 2020s, but they are not that great, either.

Landon will win it, but not easily. STA''s new FOGO, star goalie, and maturing multi-threat offense will make things interesting, but Bullis should be 2nd. STA will take third, and prep should take 4th. Episcopal will be the cellar dweller and SSSA will be barely above them. Ya heard it here it here first.


-Lax Soothsayer

Anonymous wrote:The IAC is not loaded. Top to bottom, it will be down compared to the previous few years.

Landon will win it easily. STA has a lot of talent and could finish in 2nd. Bullis lost a ton and despite a few transfers (one of whom is excellent), they will be down. SSSAS returns one starter.

Prep has some good 2019s and 2020s, but they are not that great, either.