Yeah this is all fine and dandy but can we get the conversation back to the DMV outlook and how Yorktown is set to go back to back?

Anonymous wrote:Seems almost unethical, like a bait and switch. Present yourself as a certain athlete and student (most top caliber schools care) and then once you get the commit transfer to an easier school and easier athletics. As a result, student athlete doesn’t get the same level of competition or experience senior year both athletically or academically. College may not be getting what they thought they were getting. It’s not like your a perfect lacrosse player Junior year when they commit you, you still have to grow and improve in order to compete at the collegiate level. They don’t want the Junior you, they want what they believe you will become over the next 4-5 years. 🤔

Not seeing it this way. Every situation is different. Could be financial. Could be an issue of getting back closer to home/family like the current UVA star. I’m sure such a move is made with the consent of the committed coach. I agree at the margin on the development issue, but 2 counterpoints: 1) most of these kids won’t be seeing the field in college as freshman regardless and 2) most kids are going to get as much development in the first 3 weeks of college practice as they would as they would an entire senior year of high school.

Anonymous wrote:Seems almost unethical, like a bait and switch. Present yourself as a certain athlete and student (most top caliber schools care) and then once you get the commit transfer to an easier school and easier athletics. As a result, student athlete doesn’t get the same level of competition or experience senior year both athletically or academically. College may not be getting what they thought they were getting. It’s not like your a perfect lacrosse player Junior year when they commit you, you still have to grow and improve in order to compete at the collegiate level. They don’t want the Junior you, they want what they believe you will become over the next 4-5 years. 🤔

You are missing the bigger picture. This is the parents choice most of the time. Kid is good at lacrosse. On a strong club team in 8th grade. Private school club coach or HS coach tells parents he could be a D1 player should consider a top HS program. Parents make it work. Junior year kid is offered a D1 spot and given a $10-15k discount to Hopkins/Richmond/Denver/Duke. Parents realize that college will now cost more than the private HS tuition even with the D1 scholarship. Decision is made to save as much $$$ as possible after all player is already committed.

Seems almost unethical, like a bait and switch. Present yourself as a certain athlete and student (most top caliber schools care) and then once you get the commit transfer to an easier school and easier athletics. As a result, student athlete doesn’t get the same level of competition or experience senior year both athletically or academically. College may not be getting what they thought they were getting. It’s not like your a perfect lacrosse player Junior year when they commit you, you still have to grow and improve in order to compete at the collegiate level. They don’t want the Junior you, they want what they believe you will become over the next 4-5 years. 🤔

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Anonymous wrote:The players use their club to get seen. They get committed, go back to their local public for senior year. In some cases, they don’t even play for their public’s team. Coaches rarely scout HS these days. Maybe a college coach calls a HS coach in a specific area and asks if there are any players nobody is looking at that maybe they should give a look too. Then they might send an assistant to see a game.

If it’s all about the club, then why go to private at all?

Still think it is a package, at least at the schools playing big games against real competition. Playing big time high school games, especially against older, bigger, stronger kids as a junior or even a sophomore, is good preparation for the intensity of D1 play. Club just doesn’t have that same feel. But club is probably a better showcase against other top players of same grad year.

Spot on. Any given miaa A game you will have 15-20 kids on the field going to D1

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Anonymous wrote:The players use their club to get seen. They get committed, go back to their local public for senior year. In some cases, they don’t even play for their public’s team. Coaches rarely scout HS these days. Maybe a college coach calls a HS coach in a specific area and asks if there are any players nobody is looking at that maybe they should give a look too. Then they might send an assistant to see a game.

If it’s all about the club, then why go to private at all?

Still think it is a package, at least at the schools playing big games against real competition. Playing big time high school games, especially against older, bigger, stronger kids as a junior or even a sophomore, is good preparation for the intensity of D1 play. Club just doesn’t have that same feel. But club is probably a better showcase against other top players of same grad year.

Anonymous wrote:The players use their club to get seen. They get committed, go back to their local public for senior year. In some cases, they don’t even play for their public’s team. Coaches rarely scout HS these days. Maybe a college coach calls a HS coach in a specific area and asks if there are any players nobody is looking at that maybe they should give a look too. Then they might send an assistant to see a game.

If it’s all about the club, then why go to private at all?

The players use their club to get seen. They get committed, go back to their local public for senior year. In some cases, they don’t even play for their public’s team. Coaches rarely scout HS these days. Maybe a college coach calls a HS coach in a specific area and asks if there are any players nobody is looking at that maybe they should give a look too. Then they might send an assistant to see a game.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, seeing a lot of private schools players transfer back to public after they commit. Especially in Howard, Carroll & Frederick counties

I thought where a player goes to high school doesn’t matter, it all about the club team. Guess not. 🙄

Yes, seeing a lot of private schools players transfer back to public after they commit. Especially in Howard, Carroll & Frederick counties

Parents who push their kids to be on top varsity teams do it selfishly for the bragging rights. Very few freshman, especially true freshman, will get any real playing time on a top varsity squad. Most coaches believe it is a far better use of a players time to get real minutes and experience on JV vs bench riding on varsity. Kids who make varsity as a freshman are usually on inferior teams, unless the player is a phenom. Another issue is kids who make varsity as a freshman have a better chance of getting hurt. Top caliber varsity play is much faster and way more physical than anything a freshman is used to. These young kids, unless they are major holdbacks, are just not strong enough or developed enough to keep up with the big boys. It's just not smart and certainly not worth the risk. There is no shame playing JV and then making varsity after the player has developed and grown in size and strength.

Prep '25 defenseman will be in the mix for PT. And he's a big-un.

Sometimes kids also transfer back to public schools after they commit to college river flows both ways.

Face off kid is a transfer.

Um, two transfers is not “making a living”. 🙄 Kids transfer for various reasons, not necessarily for sports. The exaggeration and drama in order to create fake news is seriously embarrassing behavior pp.