Anonymous wrote:You don't earn a spot on a team for being full pay.

Either you are good enough to play or your not.

Gonzaga has approx 10 Rugby and crew teams because ... Guess what, your not good enough for whatever sport you thought you could play when
you were in 8th grade and sit down, you won't like this but your dad can't buy you a spot.

I get it, you would start at Churchill... And break records. But your not at Churchill.

You can't just go around trying to oust coaches because your kid has " tried his hardest" and "put in his time".

You are either good enough for a nationally ranked team or your not.

The bolded words should be you're, not your. You're is a contraction of two words, you and are, that have been combined. You're is a shortcut. The apostrophe (') represents the missing letter a. Your describes something belonging to you and it is always followed by a noun or gerund.

You're welcome versus here is your helmet. You're going to pay more attention in ELA, right? versus Your ELA tutor is here, dear.

I agree with much of what you're saying but your spelling errors are a distraction from the quality of your content. If your response is to mock…well, then, that says a lot more about you than me. I do not know where you go to high school but, wherever it is, you are not doing enough writing if you are still making this error. Something to think about.

You don't earn a spot on a team for being full pay.

Either you are good enough to play or your not.

Gonzaga has approx 10 Rugby and crew teams because ... Guess what, your not good enough for whatever sport you thought you could play when
you were in 8th grade and sit down, you won't like this but your dad can't buy you a spot.

I get it, you would start at Churchill... And break records. But your not at Churchill.

You can't just go around trying to oust coaches because your kid has " tried his hardest" and "put in his time".

You are either good enough for a nationally ranked team or your not.

Bellistri is the opposite of the Giblin.

Maybe the coach has just become too douchey to the admin and faculty, and bullis doesn’t want to go thru what prep experienced with giblin. May be better off cutting him loose now and finding another decent coach who can keep recruiting. After all there are more good young coaches in the area these days.

Lacrosse parents for the most part, not all, tend to be full pay parents. There is a reason why you don’t hear parents complaining about playing time when it comes to football since most teams in this area really struggle to fill a roster and need to aggressively recruit to keep their programs afloat.

The root of the problem has been the headmasters win at all costs mentality. Bullis has gone rouge when it comes to recruiting for for football and basketball since Boardman stepped foot on campus. The man wants to win. Just google what happened when he was the principal at Eleanor Roosevelt when the school won a few state championships and their head football coach was caught cheating.

All private schools recruit for lacrosse, I won’t deny this. Some schools pick up a transfer or two each year if they are lucky. Since Bellistri became the head coach, his staff has been emailing kids from rival schools, offering scholarships, and increased exposure. You are delusional if you think bringing in 10 plus lacrosse transfers in two years won’t piss off current parents in the school and those who have been part of the program for a number of years. It also doesn’t look good for Bullis when a few of the recruited players parents boast how little they are paying to attend the school even though they may not even qualify for financial assistance in the first place.

Lacrosse is not football. It one of the fasting growing sports in the country and youth participation is only going up. Most of the privates in this area have enough bodies in their hallways to field a competitive team with the right coaching staff.

The administration has shot themselves in the foot as they have have allowed for the lacrosse program to act like hybrid college team and as a result have ailinated their core student base.

whining parents don't like to write tuition and donation checks.

Care to elaborate what happened in Columbia?
Why would Bullis admin care about parents whining about playing time when they've made it clear that a winning program is a top priority. It's given them much more visibility. The current head wouldn't just suddenly have a change of heart

Based on what we saw up in Columbia a few weeks ago, I can totally see that it is disgruntled parents. Wow, what a pack they are!

I agree with a prior poster (may be on another thread? there are so many) that the parents need to decide: do they want to win or do they want their kids to play? If they want to win then they need the transfers. If they want their kids to play then they get what they get.

I do think they are throwing out the baby with the bath water tho.

That fact that he gives spots to transfers doesn't justify having him fired. Is the rumor that a few disgruntled parents got him fired? Seems a stretch. The school uses transfers for many sports. He has been as successful as any coach there. Something else is going on. Is it official now?

Why is this move a surprise to any ESPECIALLY the coach? Gee, been there for years, worked hard, etc and a transfer is given your spot. Sounds like life in the Bullis athletic dept.

He's done it to his athletes every chance he can. The school does it to him and I'm supposed to feel bad for him?

I feel badly for the coach. I don't know him at all, only his team by rep. But it seems like he has been totally thrown under the bus by the school and parents. Yowsa.

No new info? This is really strange and confusing.

He’s cooked.

Bullis Coach Resigned/fired? At least that’s the word on the street. Anyone aware of the reason?

Final Inside Lacrosse Rankings -

Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse Top 25 High School Power Rankings. IMO these rankings tend to be the most accurate out there.

1.Ward Melville (N.Y.)
2. Delbarton (N.J.)
3. Hill Academy (Ont.)
4. Culver Academy (Ind.)
5. Salisbury (Conn.)
6. Brunswick (Conn.)
7. Calvert Hall (Md.)
8. Chaminade (N.Y.)
9. Gonzaga (D.C.)
10. Bullis (Md.)
11. Malvern Prep (Pa.)
12. Boys' Latin (Md.)
13. Garden City (N.Y.)
14. Ridgefield (Conn.)
15. Darien (Conn.)
16. St. Anthony's (N.Y.)
17. Haverford School (Pa.)
18. McDonogh (Md.)
19. IMG Academy (Fla.)
20. Torrey Pines (Calif.)
21. Manheim Township (Pa.)
22. Noble & Greenough (Mass.)
23. Islip (N.Y.)
24. Landon (Md.)
25. Victor (N.Y.)