Anonymous
Post 04/04/2024 09:51     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
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Anonymous wrote:I find it comical SJC boosters continue to talk about their 2022 team but even their 2020 team…. Go figure.

News flash, it’s 2024 and your team this spring is just slightly above average.

I guess you can boast you have the best incoming 2028 class in the country but some idiot on here said the same thing about your 2027 class.

The SJC 27 class is a lot stronger than SJC 28 class.



Has there been an announcement from SJC for their 28 class?


I’ve seen a few players post on IG that they are heading to St. John’s.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2024 09:34     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I find it comical SJC boosters continue to talk about their 2022 team but even their 2020 team…. Go figure.

News flash, it’s 2024 and your team this spring is just slightly above average.

I guess you can boast you have the best incoming 2028 class in the country but some idiot on here said the same thing about your 2027 class.

The SJC 27 class is a lot stronger than SJC 28 class.



Has there been an announcement from SJC for their 28 class?
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2024 08:44     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
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Anonymous wrote:Wish Landon was playing St. John’s this season, it would definitely put this conversation to rest for a while…


Landon? They struggled against the Heights.

Maybe the cubs will be ready next year.



Landon appears to be cruising right now... don't think they would be afraid of the Cadets this year like they have been in past years.

I wouldn't read much into the Bears game against the Heights back in early March just as I likely wouldn't read too much into the Cadets loss to Gilman or the complete ass-kicking from Culver.

Truthfully, it's too bad there is animosity between area HS coaching staffs not to schedule a non-league game. I'd love to see a game every spring between Landon - SJC or Bullis - SJC or GP - SJC. Top area programs should routinely find ways to challenge one another.

Area coaches need to bury the hatchet and find a way to come together for the 2025 season.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2024 07:27     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
SJC is old news. Let’s move the discussion back to real and current lacrosse.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2024 07:17     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
Anonymous wrote:I find it comical SJC boosters continue to talk about their 2022 team but even their 2020 team…. Go figure.

News flash, it’s 2024 and your team this spring is just slightly above average.

I guess you can boast you have the best incoming 2028 class in the country but some idiot on here said the same thing about your 2027 class.

The SJC 27 class is a lot stronger than SJC 28 class.

Anonymous
Post 04/04/2024 05:28     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
Anonymous wrote:Wish Landon was playing St. John’s this season, it would definitely put this conversation to rest for a while…


Landon? They struggled against the Heights.

Maybe the cubs will be ready next year.

Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 23:49     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
Wish Landon was playing St. John’s this season, it would definitely put this conversation to rest for a while…
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 22:46     Subject: Re:2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
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Anonymous wrote:Speaks is not well respected by area coaches - it's a fact.

The SJC boosters point their fingers to the success of the 2022 campaign and area teams fear SJC / worried about losing etc. etc. One amazing season doesn't equate to a dynasty Landon had fo 25+ years, or what GP accomplished for 20 years, and Gonzaga for the last 10 years.

The SJC 2023 team while still a great team last Spring, wouldn't have won the IAC, they hardly beat Bullis, a team GP smoked by 10+ goals on two separate occasions.

After the 2024 season, area coaches, especially from the IAC, won't be afraid of the Cadets. I don't see anyone on their roster who is even close to the caliber of player like Dunkel or Luke Roa (now at Cuse)

Unfortunately, Speaks has learned the hard way, he has burnt too many bridges with area coaches. You don't poach players already on the opposing team's rosters. I don't expect any IAC coaches to extend the olive branch any time soon.

With Good Counsel also emerging, I suspect you will see more IAC teams, opting to reach out to Dane Smith who is at least respected by his peers.



You don’t poach players? They’re not property - they can go wherever they feel is best for them. That poaching line is right out of the now-dying-NCAA playbook. Couldn’t care less about whatever personal feud you have with some coach but the only decision that matters is the one a kid and his parents make for his/her best interests, consistent with whatever the rules are at any given moment. Rules that are themselves subject to much needed change annually.


I think the complaint people are discussing here is SJC very actively recruiting players on other teams. No one is saying it's illegal but distasteful.

Whether or not that's why SJC isn't playing Bullis, Prep, or Landon, I have no idea, but there is no accusation of rule breaking.

The issue isn't whether you care about how SJC recruits but whether or not area schools care enough to not schedule them.


That’s fine. Also couldn’t care less about scheduling. But it’s only distasteful if you feel some semblance of ownership over a kid on a particular roster, and if that is the case I couldn’t disagree more strongly.


People thinking that SJC shouldn't commit a lot of time to recruiting players from other high school rosters doesn't necessitate feelings of ownership.

Could it? Possibly, but the general sentiment seems to be it just feels slimy to coaches who aren't doing that to SJC players.

I don't think anyone in this discussion has said that kids shouldn't be able to change schools or are property.

"It's a crappy move by coaches" is not the same as "players are property."

The SJC recruiting allegations and IAC teams not scheduling them because of it idea could also be more of a conspiracy theory than reality.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 21:59     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
Anonymous wrote:I find it comical SJC boosters continue to talk about their 2022 team but even their 2020 team…. Go figure.

News flash, it’s 2024 and your team this spring is just slightly above average.

I guess you can boast you have the best incoming 2028 class in the country but some idiot on here said the same thing about your 2027 class.





We will see if your sons team can beat the slightly above avg team.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 21:27     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
I find it comical SJC boosters continue to talk about their 2022 team but even their 2020 team…. Go figure.

News flash, it’s 2024 and your team this spring is just slightly above average.

I guess you can boast you have the best incoming 2028 class in the country but some idiot on here said the same thing about your 2027 class.



Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 21:15     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
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Anonymous wrote:Won't have to worry about it after this season and Speaks leaves.


Doubt it. Even if he did your team still wouldn’t win.

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It's simple why the IAC stopped playing St. Johns. The program is 38-0 in the DMV since 2020. 2020 was the last year Landon scheduled a game because they lost and knew their roster couldn't compete any longer. Prep stopped scheduling the game after 4 straight loses. The last one being a 16-6 a$$ kicking. Everything else is their fans trying to save face.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 21:01     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
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Anonymous wrote:Won't have to worry about it after this season and Speaks leaves.


Doubt it. Even if he did your team still wouldn’t win.

1-4


Been undefeated in the DMV since 2020. Don’t try to take credit for others wins.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 20:54     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
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Anonymous wrote:Won't have to worry about it after this season and Speaks leaves.


Doubt it. Even if he did your team still wouldn’t win.

1-4
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 20:22     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
Anonymous wrote:Won't have to worry about it after this season and Speaks leaves.


Doubt it. Even if he did your team still wouldn’t win.
Anonymous
Post 04/03/2024 20:20     Subject: 2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary
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Anonymous wrote:Pathetic of the Prep administration for not allowing a game this year between the Lil Hoyas and the Cadets.



You have inside knowledge that SJC was willing and able to play Prep, and Prep could have scheduled the game, but the admins at Prep squashed it? I know you can't burn your sources but please oh please give us a hint who your mole is.


Prep and SJC easily could have found a mutual date to play this week. Its not like SJC has anyone tough for the next week and neither do the Lil Hoyas.

Given how young the Cadets are this Spring / Dunkel being out, Prep would have likely been the favorite this year too.



So much speculation. No one on this board has any idea whether either school reached out to the other, and if they did, that the inability of either to get the game scheduled was on Prep, or on SJC, or mutual. This conversation is beyond pointless.


It's not speculation. The IAC got tired of Speaks directly contacting students and parents and asking them to transfer. The athletic directors of the IAC decided to no longer schedule SJC. Those messages from coach to players/family were shared on this board dozens of pages ago.


There weren't no messages shared on here. You are FOS.


Log off the site, let the adults talk and go do your homework.


You login? Real smart. Clown