Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are we spending time destroying a coach/players that win games? Each team has the same rules…last I checked. Get over it. Get better next year. Stop being agist on an excellent coach.

The poster who first brought the topic up was not referring to Saints, but to the Potomac Holton game yesterday, I'm pretty sure.

Did something happen in the Holton - Potomac game yesterday?

All I saw was the final score in which Potomac won 9-7.

Anonymous wrote:Why are we spending time destroying a coach/players that win games? Each team has the same rules…last I checked. Get over it. Get better next year. Stop being agist on an excellent coach.

The poster who first brought the topic up was not referring to Saints, but to the Potomac Holton game yesterday, I'm pretty sure.

Why are we spending time destroying a coach/players that win games? Each team has the same rules…last I checked. Get over it. Get better next year. Stop being agist on an excellent coach.

which girls from the past 5 years have actually contributed at a high level in Division 1 lacrosse? Specifically from DC area schools? I would estimate it is less than 20 who earn 1rst team league honors at the next level.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's time for the DC schools to get a shot clock. Games would be more about skill (and coaches will have to develop their players more) instead of strategizing about how to run down the clock to preserve goal differentials. Until they do, no school in DMV can even compare to IAAM schools.

Yes Kathy (slow) Ball is alive and well in the DC area, but if you don’t have the players I guess you need to work your best game plan.

Great coaches find ways to adjust to the personnel on their roster to mitigate risks.

If the Saints aren't a super, fast team this Spring, then why would they play a run & gun type offense?

Kathy is in the HOF for a reason, she clearly knows how to get the best out of her players.

Visi and SR played yesterday and both are good solid teams. They have a different style but both are competitive and game could go either way. Talent on both and both appeared to be coached well. SR looked a bit stronger but Visi came back and looked better 2nd half, so who knows. Kudos to both teams.

Anonymous wrote:It's time for the DC schools to get a shot clock. Games would be more about skill (and coaches will have to develop their players more) instead of strategizing about how to run down the clock to preserve goal differentials. Until they do, no school in DMV can even compare to IAAM schools.

Seriously? IAAM just deployed the rule this season. If your team had been the one up by 2 and keeping possession you would not be complaining today. And your coach would have done the same thing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's time for the DC schools to get a shot clock. Games would be more about skill (and coaches will have to develop their players more) instead of strategizing about how to run down the clock to preserve goal differentials. Until they do, no school in DMV can even compare to IAAM schools.

Or, the opposing coaches could develop their own players to gain their own lead and/or learn how to gain possession backwithout all those yellow cards. It wasn't bad sportsmanship, which you were heard loud and clear complaining to your co-parents on the sidelines about yesterday.

It was pathetic coaching. Your coach sucks. So bad she has to bring her dad in to help her.

These arguments would work if the boys weren't playing with a shot clock. Girls lacrosse is like watching paint dry. It also isn't preparing the girls for the next level.

Anonymous wrote:It's time for the DC schools to get a shot clock. Games would be more about skill (and coaches will have to develop their players more) instead of strategizing about how to run down the clock to preserve goal differentials. Until they do, no school in DMV can even compare to IAAM schools.

Yes Kathy (slow) Ball is alive and well in the DC area, but if you don’t have the players I guess you need to work your best game plan.

Anonymous wrote:It's time for the DC schools to get a shot clock. Games would be more about skill (and coaches will have to develop their players more) instead of strategizing about how to run down the clock to preserve goal differentials. Until they do, no school in DMV can even compare to IAAM schools.

Or, the opposing coaches could develop their own players to gain their own lead and/or learn how to gain possession backwithout all those yellow cards. It wasn't bad sportsmanship, which you were heard loud and clear complaining to your co-parents on the sidelines about yesterday.

It's time for the DC schools to get a shot clock. Games would be more about skill (and coaches will have to develop their players more) instead of strategizing about how to run down the clock to preserve goal differentials. Until they do, no school in DMV can even compare to IAAM schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Visi is good but not great anymore.

Huh …SR was touted to be the best team in the ISL and it was a one goal game.

Looks like SSSAS is the class of the league again, just like it has been pretty much every year for over four decades.

It’s the coaching not the players. Saints players are not great this year but KJ knows how to coach and get the best out of her players. Few coaches in our area have half her skill. Most couldn’t coach their team out of a paper bag.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Visi is good but not great anymore.

Huh …SR was touted to be the best team in the ISL and it was a one goal game.

Looks like SSSAS is the class of the league again, just like it has been pretty much every year for over four decades.

We will know more about Visi in the next few days. They play STAB in Charlottesville on Saturday then SSSAS Monday. Tough games ahead.