Well they are posting on here and trying to scare people into continuing to pay for their recruiting services etc

Except for some top HS, college assistant coaches go through the club, not the HS coach. I understand how a couple of random HS coaches keep posting this crap on here periodically, but it's not true. If you are going to take a chance and not play club and hope you can get recruited via a mixture of individual events and your HS coach, you are going to be disappointed

you must be a club coach.

why should I dish out $4,000 a year to go to some random tournament in PA or in Boys Latin to play the same clubs.

I've been through all this before with my older son, who played club, and now plays in the Patriot league.

Anonymous wrote:The local coaches for the private schools and top publics are perfectly capable to help with college recruiting. A phone call is all it takes and the colleges will take calls from any coach around here. Club coaches were a necessarily evil for college coaches but that has changed with the new recruiting rules. In addition, the college coach, not the club douchebag, knows bet what his program needs. Anybody who tells you differently is probably a club coach.

Except for some top HS, college assistant coaches go through the club, not the HS coach. I understand how a couple of random HS coaches keep posting this crap on here periodically, but it's not true. If you are going to take a chance and not play club and hope you can get recruited via a mixture of individual events and your HS coach, you are going to be disappointed.

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Anonymous wrote:The local coaches for the private schools and top publics are perfectly capable to help with college recruiting. A phone call is all it takes and the colleges will take calls from any coach around here. Club coaches were a necessarily evil for college coaches but that has changed with the new recruiting rules. In addition, the college coach, not the club douchebag, knows bet what his program needs. Anybody who tells you differently is probably a club coach.

What you say makes sense. I hope you are right. But for now, check out every D1 or D3 recruit from the DC area on Laxpower. Every one of them played for a club. Not saying "club douchebag" made that offer happen. Just saying it's pretty clear that the recruits kept on playing club, even if they played for the top high school programs in the area.

That may be true when recrui6ts could commit as Freshman or Sophomores. It will be i interesting to see what happens with the new recruiting rules in place. It will show with the 2020 class. Most top d1 schools had their 2019 recruits in place before the new rules took effect.

Anonymous wrote:The local coaches for the private schools and top publics are perfectly capable to help with college recruiting. A phone call is all it takes and the colleges will take calls from any coach around here. Club coaches were a necessarily evil for college coaches but that has changed with the new recruiting rules. In addition, the college coach, not the club douchebag, knows bet what his program needs. Anybody who tells you differently is probably a club coach.

Jesus. Why do you assume we are talking about boys here? Girls lacrosse is just as big, if not bigger, when it comes to recruiting girls from schools around here. And, with the girls at least, the club owners arent "douchebags" and do have the best interests of the girls at heart. Capital is famous for how well the girls in the program do getting recruited to the best colleges. I dont know any girls from this area who have been recruited to play in college who didnt play club.

Anonymous wrote:The local coaches for the private schools and top publics are perfectly capable to help with college recruiting. A phone call is all it takes and the colleges will take calls from any coach around here. Club coaches were a necessarily evil for college coaches but that has changed with the new recruiting rules. In addition, the college coach, not the club douchebag, knows bet what his program needs. Anybody who tells you differently is probably a club coach.

What you say makes sense. I hope you are right. But for now, check out every D1 or D3 recruit from the DC area on Laxpower. Every one of them played for a club. Not saying "club douchebag" made that offer happen. Just saying it's pretty clear that the recruits kept on playing club, even if they played for the top high school programs in the area.

The local coaches for the private schools and top publics are perfectly capable to help with college recruiting. A phone call is all it takes and the colleges will take calls from any coach around here. Club coaches were a necessarily evil for college coaches but that has changed with the new recruiting rules. In addition, the college coach, not the club douchebag, knows bet what his program needs. Anybody who tells you differently is probably a club coach.

For HS isn't club a few weekends in the Fall and a few weeks in the Summer.

300 our of 365? not quite

Anonymous wrote:with the new recruiting rules, HS coaches have all the power now.

Kids really don't need to play club lacrosse 300 days out of the 365 days in the calendar year now.

100% true. These recruiting changes put all the power with the high schools not with the clubs.

with the new recruiting rules, HS coaches have all the power now.

Kids really don't need to play club lacrosse 300 days out of the 365 days in the calendar year now.

So did anyone see the Power 100 Freshman Rankings from 2017 list - Inside lacrosse magazine? Lots of girls on the list from DC area private schools (around 6):

http://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/2017-ilwomen-power-100-incoming-freshman-rankings/50454

There is a boys set too.

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids bolted to their high schools and play in the fall ball league with their high schools. DCE is in the same fall ball league as most top high school lacrosse programs.

"Bolting" from a club to a non-club suggests to me that these kids aren't looking to get recruited. Great for them if that's the case. But if recruitment is the name of the game (for the parents at least), you can't go clubless, even if your high school is Gonzaga or Landon or Bullis.

You actually can. Most colleges have recruitment days where kids come in and play for the coaches. Along with a recommendation from your HS coach, it is entirely doable especially with not being able to commit till Junior year.

Anonymous wrote:Some kids bolted to their high schools and play in the fall ball league with their high schools. DCE is in the same fall ball league as most top high school lacrosse programs.

"Bolting" from a club to a non-club suggests to me that these kids aren't looking to get recruited. Great for them if that's the case. But if recruitment is the name of the game (for the parents at least), you can't go clubless, even if your high school is Gonzaga or Landon or Bullis.

Some kids bolted to their high schools and play in the fall ball league with their high schools. DCE is in the same fall ball league as most top high school lacrosse programs.

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Anonymous wrote:No, not when the players are new. BLC has never gone through high school. The 2021 team was the first team in the BLC/Express partnership - kids graduated out of BLC into Express.

And that 2021 team fell apart, right? Not sure what point you're trying to make. The failure of that team to stay together speaks volumes.

Where did those kids bolt to?