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Anonymous wrote:Heights is a program in the rise

Don’t all of the top players play for top club teams? And there are only 3-4 top clubs, correct? If those clubs only feed a few schools then I don’t think it would matter what kind of coaching you have there is not enough talent.

Heights has like 550 kids for grades 3-12. They punch above their weight class for sure. Heights has solid players and they are well coached.

Anonymous wrote:Heights is a program in the rise

Don’t all of the top players play for top club teams? And there are only 3-4 top clubs, correct? If those clubs only feed a few schools then I don’t think it would matter what kind of coaching you have there is not enough talent.

Heights is a program in the rise

Heights won 18-4 against DJO

That may be true but there are kids on the PVI and SJC bench better off at DJO

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Anonymous wrote:I hope DJO beings to recruit and can be more competitive. WCAC could use the DJO/Rykens/ BI's of the world to get the conference a bit more balanced these days.

I still don't understand how they CAN'T recruit. Would you rather stay 2nd or even 3rd string at another WCAC school or go to O'Connell and immediately be one of the 3 best players on the TEAM?

Do they not get any level of support from a tuition/recruiting standpoint?

DJO does offer more tuition relief but apparently it's not enough to sway families from going to other Catholic or local schools. It would also help to find a permanent coach who will be there for a few years - does anybody have any recommendations to give DJO?

The challenge for DJO, and many other private school programs, is that in addition to the need for coaching stability, there is a limited number of talented kids who play club lacrosse at a high enough level to make a difference at the program level. If your son is a good lacrosse player on a high level club team, AND your family has the $$, then it’s just easier to go to an established private school program vice trying to turn around a lousy one. If your family doesn’t have the $$, and you’re already on a top club team, then playing for free with your public school makes more sense. Bottom line for DJO, unless they can find a coach who can recruit 10-12 talented club kids to be at DJO at the same time, they will always struggle.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope DJO beings to recruit and can be more competitive. WCAC could use the DJO/Rykens/ BI's of the world to get the conference a bit more balanced these days.

I still don't understand how they CAN'T recruit. Would you rather stay 2nd or even 3rd string at another WCAC school or go to O'Connell and immediately be one of the 3 best players on the TEAM?

Do they not get any level of support from a tuition/recruiting standpoint?

DJO does offer more tuition relief but apparently it's not enough to sway families from going to other Catholic or local schools. It would also help to find a permanent coach who will be there for a few years - does anybody have any recommendations to give DJO?

Anonymous wrote:I hope DJO beings to recruit and can be more competitive. WCAC could use the DJO/Rykens/ BI's of the world to get the conference a bit more balanced these days.

I still don't understand how they CAN'T recruit. Would you rather stay 2nd or even 3rd string at another WCAC school or go to O'Connell and immediately be one of the 3 best players on the TEAM?

Do they not get any level of support from a tuition/recruiting standpoint?

I hope DJO beings to recruit and can be more competitive. WCAC could use the DJO/Rykens/ BI's of the world to get the conference a bit more balanced these days.

JV PVI 18, DJO 1

PVI 15, DJO 2

St. Mary's Ryken doesn't have a strong lax program. PVI will crush DJO.

one of games was 12-3 DJO so team is starting to put goals up. DJO hosts PVI tonite wonder if it will be webcast?

DJO won vs. St. Mary's Ryken today.

Maybe the wind has shifted?

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a schedule for O'Connell lacrosse? There are no games listed on the overall O'Connell sports calendar nor the lacrosse team's page. Girls lacrosse has games.

There is a schedule. I just think with the coaching staff turnover, they haven't updated the website and have been using TeamSnap to communicate things that would normally go online.

O'Connell sports calendar has just 1 varsity lax game on the sched for May who plays at home this Saturday. The last home game was broadcast adn uploaded on the website with other O'Connell teams games.