Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 08:39     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
FACT: Potomac middie is headed to Duke.
OPINION: He couldn't hypothetically start at SJC.
SELF-OWN: If SJC's Bucknell and Utah middie commits really are superior talents that implies SJC does inferior job supporting their kids' recruitment. As you point out, they all play for same club.
OUTCOME: Hopefully all these kids landed at school that's right for them. But Potomac kid clearly got the most desirable outcome. Some parents are jealous and embarrassing themselves on here claiming to be better talent evaluators than Duke coaching staff.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 23:08     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:He committed to Navy last summer shortly after July 1, and then switched to Duke, and who knows how many other schools pursued him once he came back on the market, so that’s not exactly lightly recruited.
Trust me, the Duke coaches know more than you do.


Trust you? Why should we? He actually committed to Navy in Sept, after the 1st once he saw who was/wasn’t intetested in him. And I’ll trust what I saw live and where his coaches who see him all summer played him.


So you’re a better judge of lacrosse talent than the coaching staffs at both Navy and Duke. Okay, got it.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 21:33     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
Anonymous wrote:He committed to Navy last summer shortly after July 1, and then switched to Duke, and who knows how many other schools pursued him once he came back on the market, so that’s not exactly lightly recruited.
Trust me, the Duke coaches know more than you do.


Trust you? Why should we? He actually committed to Navy in Sept, after the 1st once he saw who was/wasn’t intetested in him. And I’ll trust what I saw live and where his coaches who see him all summer played him.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 21:18     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
He committed to Navy last summer shortly after July 1, and then switched to Duke, and who knows how many other schools pursued him once he came back on the market, so that’s not exactly lightly recruited.
Trust me, the Duke coaches know more than you do.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 19:25     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
Anonymous wrote:Clearly the the Duke coaching staff sees something in this young man than the club lax guru on this thread doesn't see. I'll take my chances on the Duke coaching staff.

I saw SJC play plenty of times last year, they weren't good especially on the offensive side of the field.

From
Former D1 player



To be fair…There’s always a first time for a program like Duke to grab a lightly recruited, no star middie from a small, academic oriented school right in the middle of recruiting the following years crop of studs.The Duke staff must have been pondering this for months and months.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 16:07     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
Clearly the the Duke coaching staff sees something in this young man than the club lax guru on this thread doesn't see. I'll take my chances on the Duke coaching staff.

I saw SJC play plenty of times last year, they weren't good especially on the offensive side of the field.

From
Former D1 player

Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 15:32     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Potomac middie would easily start for SJC. He's got elite speed and stick. Duke isn't a pay-to-play program. And as brilliant as homers on DCUM may be, Duke coaching staff has better eye for talent. Kid earned it.


He was a second line middle on his club team, w two SJC middies on the top line, who both were far better than him. On top of that, he wouldn't start ahead of the 27 Penn State commit. This isn't conjecture, as that is the most likely starting middle line for SJC.

Lastly, the kid is a nice kid, so we are only talking about talent level, but to say he is elite in anything just proves you've never watched him play. He is a zero star middie by IL (not DCUM), and although those rankings aren't everything, zero stars is zero stars for a reason. It's not like we are arguing between a 3 and 4 star here.


The 2nd line middie at NL is going to Penn. So does that reinforce coaches know more or does he stink too?


I think the point that was being made is that he wouldn't start at SJC, not a club team. He was probably the 5th best middie on DCE 26, tbh. And Penn isn't Duke, let's be real. I have seen the kid play aa number of times s well, and I think he made the wise decision (lacrosse wise) staying at Potomac vs going to a wcac or iac school.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 14:52     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
How many stars was Rob Pannel?
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 14:45     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Potomac middie would easily start for SJC. He's got elite speed and stick. Duke isn't a pay-to-play program. And as brilliant as homers on DCUM may be, Duke coaching staff has better eye for talent. Kid earned it.


He was a second line middle on his club team, w two SJC middies on the top line, who both were far better than him. On top of that, he wouldn't start ahead of the 27 Penn State commit. This isn't conjecture, as that is the most likely starting middle line for SJC.

Lastly, the kid is a nice kid, so we are only talking about talent level, but to say he is elite in anything just proves you've never watched him play. He is a zero star middie by IL (not DCUM), and although those rankings aren't everything, zero stars is zero stars for a reason. It's not like we are arguing between a 3 and 4 star here.


The 2nd line middie at NL is going to Penn. So does that reinforce coaches know more or does he stink too?
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 14:04     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
Anonymous wrote:Potomac middie would easily start for SJC. He's got elite speed and stick. Duke isn't a pay-to-play program. And as brilliant as homers on DCUM may be, Duke coaching staff has better eye for talent. Kid earned it.


He was a second line middle on his club team, w two SJC middies on the top line, who both were far better than him. On top of that, he wouldn't start ahead of the 27 Penn State commit. This isn't conjecture, as that is the most likely starting middle line for SJC.

Lastly, the kid is a nice kid, so we are only talking about talent level, but to say he is elite in anything just proves you've never watched him play. He is a zero star middie by IL (not DCUM), and although those rankings aren't everything, zero stars is zero stars for a reason. It's not like we are arguing between a 3 and 4 star here.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 11:36     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
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Anonymous wrote:26 dce/potomac school middie now going to duke?? wow. bout the 4th or 5th best middie on that club team. what gives? super late, plus the duke 26 class is loaded w 5 star middies.


Nice kid. Would be a 2nd line middie at SJC this year. There is a reason he plays at Potomac. Family is loaded…connect the dots.


Academically Potomac is 10x more rigorous than Military Road.

He is a good athlete and good for the boy to have the opportunity to switch schools.





Nobody was talking academics. The kid is a smart kid, check. In lacrosse, this kid probably doesn’t start in the top half of either the wcac or iac. That is why the questions have risen. It makes no sense.


It makes perfect sense. On a roster of 48, maybe 20 will play minutes during the season. You need kids who are happy to be there and will contribute to the school and the team culture. I got bad news for many of you. Most of your kids will never see the field in college for whatever school they are lucky enough to attend. They will be sideline cheerleaders.


Gotta agree with this. For a school like Duke, which is strong academically and also its roster is already loaded with 4 and 5 stars, when rounding out its last few roster spots, a good student from an elite academic high school and a successful family is a probably better investment than the next man up from SJC or PVI.


I disagree with this rationale. W limited rosters, there is less room for those that will never contribute on the field and less transfer potential because schools can’t just expand rosters. Transfers are down, not up, this past offseason.

My sons college team has cut kids who don’t play and aren’t improving to get to 48. Everyone is there to compete…not just “happy to be there”. That sounds like a statement from someone who has no idea how a college athletics program is run. Only a fat donation will save anyone, no matter the grades, from getting cut if you can’t play at the necessary level.


You are actually agreeing by saying the bottom kids don't play. They've just lopped off the non-performing athletic and academic students who aren't contributing on or off the field. The great thing is those kids get to stay at the school. The kids from about about 25 - 48 will stand around and cheer and get to be practice players while getting an education and probably getting a significant amount of financial support so long as the school opted in and so long as their grades are good. If a player was cut from 48-55, no one wants him in the portal anyway.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 10:54     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
Anonymous wrote:Potomac middie would easily start for SJC. He's got elite speed and stick. Duke isn't a pay-to-play program. And as brilliant as homers on DCUM may be, Duke coaching staff has better eye for talent. Kid earned it.


100%

The SJC homers are on here make military road sound like a toxic HS program
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 10:27     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
Potomac middie would easily start for SJC. He's got elite speed and stick. Duke isn't a pay-to-play program. And as brilliant as homers on DCUM may be, Duke coaching staff has better eye for talent. Kid earned it.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 09:53     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:26 dce/potomac school middie now going to duke?? wow. bout the 4th or 5th best middie on that club team. what gives? super late, plus the duke 26 class is loaded w 5 star middies.


Nice kid. Would be a 2nd line middie at SJC this year. There is a reason he plays at Potomac. Family is loaded…connect the dots.


Academically Potomac is 10x more rigorous than Military Road.

He is a good athlete and good for the boy to have the opportunity to switch schools.





Nobody was talking academics. The kid is a smart kid, check. In lacrosse, this kid probably doesn’t start in the top half of either the wcac or iac. That is why the questions have risen. It makes no sense.


It makes perfect sense. On a roster of 48, maybe 20 will play minutes during the season. You need kids who are happy to be there and will contribute to the school and the team culture. I got bad news for many of you. Most of your kids will never see the field in college for whatever school they are lucky enough to attend. They will be sideline cheerleaders.


Gotta agree with this. For a school like Duke, which is strong academically and also its roster is already loaded with 4 and 5 stars, when rounding out its last few roster spots, a good student from an elite academic high school and a successful family is a probably better investment than the next man up from SJC or PVI.


I disagree with this rationale. W limited rosters, there is less room for those that will never contribute on the field and less transfer potential because schools can’t just expand rosters. Transfers are down, not up, this past offseason.

My sons college team has cut kids who don’t play and aren’t improving to get to 48. Everyone is there to compete…not just “happy to be there”. That sounds like a statement from someone who has no idea how a college athletics program is run. Only a fat donation will save anyone, no matter the grades, from getting cut if you can’t play at the necessary level.


You can’t argue with success. Unless your son’s school is Notre Dame, Cornell, or one or two others. I would say that Duke has it figured out better than they do.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2025 08:57     Subject: BOYS 2026 DMV Commitments BOYS
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Anonymous wrote:26 dce/potomac school middie now going to duke?? wow. bout the 4th or 5th best middie on that club team. what gives? super late, plus the duke 26 class is loaded w 5 star middies.


Nice kid. Would be a 2nd line middie at SJC this year. There is a reason he plays at Potomac. Family is loaded…connect the dots.


Academically Potomac is 10x more rigorous than Military Road.

He is a good athlete and good for the boy to have the opportunity to switch schools.





Nobody was talking academics. The kid is a smart kid, check. In lacrosse, this kid probably doesn’t start in the top half of either the wcac or iac. That is why the questions have risen. It makes no sense.


It makes perfect sense. On a roster of 48, maybe 20 will play minutes during the season. You need kids who are happy to be there and will contribute to the school and the team culture. I got bad news for many of you. Most of your kids will never see the field in college for whatever school they are lucky enough to attend. They will be sideline cheerleaders.


Gotta agree with this. For a school like Duke, which is strong academically and also its roster is already loaded with 4 and 5 stars, when rounding out its last few roster spots, a good student from an elite academic high school and a successful family is a probably better investment than the next man up from SJC or PVI.


I disagree with this rationale. W limited rosters, there is less room for those that will never contribute on the field and less transfer potential because schools can’t just expand rosters. Transfers are down, not up, this past offseason.

My sons college team has cut kids who don’t play and aren’t improving to get to 48. Everyone is there to compete…not just “happy to be there”. That sounds like a statement from someone who has no idea how a college athletics program is run. Only a fat donation will save anyone, no matter the grades, from getting cut if you can’t play at the necessary level.