Anonymous wrote:Joey Epstein played Madlax, not Crabs.

Fact. As much as The Cab is maligned, often fairly, dude does attract the best talent in the dmv, which often means the best talent in the nation.

Anonymous wrote:Young crabs teams suck. Half the kids that play for the younger crabs teams will be replace by older hold back kids a soon as fat crab can replace them. Facts. All the top teams do this also.

I live in Baltimore and agree with this, if by young teams, you mean elementary and early middle school.

[quote=Anonymous]Facts - Joey Epstein - star freshman at Hopkins and Tewaarton Watch List finalist was a Crab since he was 6th grade. Pat Spencer - 2019 Men's Tewaaraton winner, basically the Heisman of lacrosse - and a multi-year all-American for Loyola was a crab since 7th grade. Same with UVA star and national champion Steele Stanwick in 2011. Yes, other clubs add talent as the kids age into the program and the club identifies needs, but unlike other clubs that promote an all-star, win-at-all-cost mentality, Crabs actually seems to train the kids. Am sure there is variation by years within all clubs, but Crabs seems to have an excellent track record.[/quote]

Crabs have many players paying at a very high level. The freshman star at Yale is a great example along with Stover in the cage who was just picked up by the PLL. However, they are not a DMV area team and JE at JHU was never a Crab.

Joey Epstein played Madlax, not Crabs.

Facts - Joey Epstein - star freshman at Hopkins and Tewaarton Watch List finalist was a Crab since he was 6th grade. Pat Spencer - 2019 Men's Tewaaraton winner, basically the Heisman of lacrosse - and a multi-year all-American for Loyola was a crab since 7th grade. Same with UVA star and national champion Steele Stanwick in 2011. Yes, other clubs add talent as the kids age into the program and the club identifies needs, but unlike other clubs that promote an all-star, win-at-all-cost mentality, Crabs actually seems to train the kids. Am sure there is variation by years within all clubs, but Crabs seems to have an excellent track record.

Young crabs teams suck. Half the kids that play for the younger crabs teams will be replace by older hold back kids a soon as fat crab can replace them. Facts. All the top teams do this also.

They should move up if the same rules that moved them down this year are applied uniformly for next year, but who knows how they decide things in HoCo, as the ties between the clubs and HoCo are definitely not the most transparent.