Anonymous wrote:

Sorry but many of your assumptions above are incorrect. The truth lies somewhere in the middle. You are over reaching.

Right but even if it's in the middle, you can't deny the number of top-notch recruits from around outlying suburbs will end up at Gonzaga. That seemed to be the case 5 - 7 years ago.

Too many alternatives now with SJC, PVI, Spalding, and Spalding.


These are all very different schools. If your son is making a high school decision based on the lacrosse program then so be it but that is not what most kids/families do.

Anonymous wrote:Are there academics at SJC?

Sorry but many of your assumptions above are incorrect. The truth lies somewhere in the middle. You are over reaching.

Anonymous wrote:

The lost players won’t have an impact on SJC local dominance. There is just nobody close. However, despite the “good riddance” sentiment echoed by the SJC faithful, they are not as strong a team without those two and the losses may be felt when going against national powerhouses. SJC still easily tops in DMV, but “Best in Nation” quest may have gotten a little more challenging. Still wouldn’t count them out.

I think GP could run with SJC this Spring, they have the horses to make it a super competitive game.

I think even Landon and Bullis could run with SJC but not sure they have enough firepower to pull off the W.

No one from the WCAC will come to SJC in 2022.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep counting GZ out….one down year is not a trend.

Given how performed towards the end of last season (they lost to GP in the final game of the season by 10+ goals... it was a joke performance and could have been much worst) I'm not sure how you can think the Eagles are on the upswing.

Mater Dei pipeline has shifted towards GP a few years ago (this already shows) and with the emergence of SJC, I truly believe Gonzaga won't have the number of blue-chip recruits on their rosters relative to previous teams. Gonzaga also was accustomed to getting some very strong players in PG county and even Western Anne Arundel county. With the rise of Spalding, and Saint Mary's Annapolis (restoring its glory days), and now Dave Mitchell at DeMatha, a lot of talent along route 50 is going to be evenly distributed. You are delusional if you don't think SJC is picking off 1 - 3 players a year who would have most likely ended up at Gonzaga. Gonzaga for an extended period of time was also getting kids from Loudoun county to make the long trek to Eye Street. With PVI's move to South Riding, you don't think PVI is now locking in Catholic families who would have ended up at Gonzaga

For all the reasons mentioned above, I do Gonzaga's best days of being an elite program are going to fade. They had a stellar run for almost a decade.

SJC is the new sheriff in town.


Sorry but many of your assumptions above are incorrect. The truth lies somewhere in the middle. You are over reaching.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep counting GZ out….one down year is not a trend.

True, there will be some good players going to SJC that could not get into GZ but that has always been the case. The difference now is that SJC basically paid for a club team (Hawks) to super charge the program. This impact will lessen after 2022 season.


Given how performed towards the end of last season (they lost to GP in the final game of the season by 10+ goals... it was a joke performance and could have been much worst) I'm not sure how you can think the Eagles are on the upswing.

Mater Dei pipeline has shifted towards GP a few years ago (this already shows) and with the emergence of SJC, I truly believe Gonzaga won't have the number of blue-chip recruits on their rosters relative to previous teams. Gonzaga also was accustomed to getting some very strong players in PG county and even Western Anne Arundel county. With the rise of Spalding, and Saint Mary's Annapolis (restoring its glory days), and now Dave Mitchell at DeMatha, a lot of talent along route 50 is going to be evenly distributed. You are delusional if you don't think SJC is picking off 1 - 3 players a year who would have most likely ended up at Gonzaga. Gonzaga for an extended period of time was also getting kids from Loudoun county to make the long trek to Eye Street. With PVI's move to South Riding, you don't think PVI is now locking in Catholic families who would have ended up at Gonzaga

For all the reasons mentioned above, I do Gonzaga's best days of being an elite program are going to fade. They had a stellar run for almost a decade.

SJC is the new sheriff in town.

The lost players won’t have an impact on SJC local dominance. There is just nobody close. However, despite the “good riddance” sentiment echoed by the SJC faithful, they are not as strong a team without those two and the losses may be felt when going against national powerhouses. SJC still easily tops in DMV, but “Best in Nation” quest may have gotten a little more challenging. Still wouldn’t count them out.

Anonymous wrote:Sjc needs to get their act together. One navy commit gone and one Lehigh commit gone. Wonder how many more will be gone by the spring. Sjc definitely has the talent but doesn’t have a good culture.