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Anonymous wrote:tell me how any club who's director of recruiting is a senior in college is a threat?

No dog in this fight but this is hilarious.

The parents on this board have some wildly inaccurate perception of the importance of club recruiting directors. They don’t have some magical superpower to get a girl recruited.

I’ve had D1 college coaches tell me they are not impressed with some the club staff held in high esteem on this board.

It is pretty funny, and the group here and probably other places (the sidelines?) is pretty "committed". 24/7/365. They do speak about having to keep them within arm's length if they do have players/a team of players that they like. Begrudgingly keep the lines of communication open with all the pings they get.

Ironically, it's the director of team(s) down the list that alert them to a high end player or 2 that might be underscouted that's the most valuable. That's where relationships or trust can help.

Fortunately or unfortunately, there are naive parents that they cater to whose FOMO is easy prey.

I can only speak from experience in saying that Capital's RC helped my daughter understand which coaches were highly interested in her (versus those who just wanted to keep her close in case their tier one lists didn't pan out) during her recruiting summer. Instead of wasting time and money attending camps at schools where she was a second-tier choice, we focused on schools where coaches had her as their top choice. It actually was really helpful and my daughter wound up committing to a top 25 team.

To your point, the RC didn’t have influence on a coach. They were important in planning the approach to recruiting. I believe the previous poster was getting at parents who believe the RC has some ability to magically get players recruited.

A RC can't get a bad player magically recruited to a top school - you're totally right about that. A good recruiting director wouldn't put his / her reputation on the line to even try.

But a good recruiting director can *help* a strong player get noticed if they have strong relationships built on trust and history.

On top ten club teams alone, there are over 250 players vying for just 160 spots (average of 8 per recruiting class which is being generous) on top 20 D1 teams. A good recruiting director with relationships can get those coaches to the sidelines and talk up the great players. The rest is entirely up to the player to perform when the lights are on.

Past Capital teams ranked anywhere from 12-15 have sent girls to crazy schools. Were they great players? Yes. Were there hundreds of other great players all aiming for the same schools? Yes.

Could those Cap players have committed to those same schools on their own? Maybe. Did it help having an advocate on their side who knows these coaches personally put in a good word for them? Absolutely

Anonymous wrote:How often do clubs float players up or down between an A/B team setup? Does that ever occur mid-season or would they wait until next tryout?

They don’t bc remember this isn’t a meritocracy

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Anonymous wrote:How often do clubs float players up or down between an A/B team setup? Does that ever occur mid-season or would they wait until next tryout?

Your kid is stuck on Orange at least for the year….

Not true. Capital has made changes mid year in the past.

Anonymous wrote:How often do clubs float players up or down between an A/B team setup? Does that ever occur mid-season or would they wait until next tryout?

Your kid is stuck on Orange at least for the year….

Anonymous wrote:How often do clubs float players up or down between an A/B team setup? Does that ever occur mid-season or would they wait until next tryout?

Only YJ does it.

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Anonymous wrote:Long run I think M&D DC is gonna make Capital irrelevant and even defunct, but agree we are quite a bit out for that happening.

No chance, unless M&D DC becomes the primary team for M&D which isnt likely to happen either .

DC will be just fine. Sorry to disappoint everyone, we lost some families that will be a burden elsewhere. Those families will find out soon enough what they signed up for.

So in the end, Cap picked up the perennial club jumpers from Virginia, and M&D will retain a core and probably some good additions from the privates in Mont Cty. Pretty noneventful.
I will say it's important for MDDC to get some real traction from their group of 29's, especially with YJ moving in with an organized effort. A little surprised now a year out they have a young director, and still coaching multiple teams? Would've thought there'd be some structural change to the org chart by now. Delineation of duties.
They may get some marginal bump in younger teams, but there should be a strategic push if they're smart to take advantage of what will be their 1st outlier team. A partnership with BLC, even an informal one as an example of thinking outside the box. TBD.

Buyers remorse! Victory will be much sweeter this time around. Remember, those teams came to us.

How often do clubs float players up or down between an A/B team setup? Does that ever occur mid-season or would they wait until next tryout?

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Anonymous wrote:Long run I think M&D DC is gonna make Capital irrelevant and even defunct, but agree we are quite a bit out for that happening.

Same way Pride did?

Cardinal Lacrosse would like a word....

Can't wait for Crush to play Cap Blue in the 28's again. If Cap ever makes it back to the top brackets.

Nah, if anything, they will get worse.

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Anonymous wrote:Long run I think M&D DC is gonna make Capital irrelevant and even defunct, but agree we are quite a bit out for that happening.

Same way Pride did?

Cardinal Lacrosse would like a word....

Can't wait for Crush to play Cap Blue in the 28's again. If Cap ever makes it back to the top brackets.

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Anonymous wrote:Long run I think M&D DC is gonna make Capital irrelevant and even defunct, but agree we are quite a bit out for that happening.

No chance, unless M&D DC becomes the primary team for M&D which isnt likely to happen either .

DC will be just fine. Sorry to disappoint everyone, we lost some families that will be a burden elsewhere. Those families will find out soon enough what they signed up for.

Ooooh. Scary words from Next Level.

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Anonymous wrote:Long run I think M&D DC is gonna make Capital irrelevant and even defunct, but agree we are quite a bit out for that happening.

No chance, unless M&D DC becomes the primary team for M&D which isnt likely to happen either .

DC will be just fine. Sorry to disappoint everyone, we lost some families that will be a burden elsewhere. Those families will find out soon enough what they signed up for.

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Anonymous wrote:Long run I think M&D DC is gonna make Capital irrelevant and even defunct, but agree we are quite a bit out for that happening.

Same way Pride did?

Cardinal Lacrosse would like a word....

Anonymous wrote:Long run I think M&D DC is gonna make Capital irrelevant and even defunct, but agree we are quite a bit out for that happening.

No chance, unless M&D DC becomes the primary team for M&D which isnt likely to happen either .

Anonymous wrote:Long run I think M&D DC is gonna make Capital irrelevant and even defunct, but agree we are quite a bit out for that happening.

Same way Pride did?