Boom! Wisdom!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it is crazy to hear parents make these statements about we pay for a service; game scores are wrong.... grrrrr.... i would bet that half of you are way over crazed about your DD or DS's actually lacrosse status then the kid on the field. Its WINTER LEAGUE..... half of the top kids aren't even playing many games (at least in the HS division). Another huge point is there are no playoffs, no trophy, no glory. Just enjoy the fact that they are playing and learning.

It’s not unreasonable for anyone to expect the service they paid for. Brushing it off so easily is simply telling those hired to do the work you don’t care how good or bad they perform the job. Not a great way to build a solid work ethic. TSJ should either tell the teens hired stay off their phones during games or just not keep scores at all. TSJ has created this mess, not the parents or players. Either keep score and commit to doing a good job. Or don’t keep score. Parents and players will be okay with either solution. But straddling the line between the two is not what should be happening.

As a parent of an older player I have some perspective here.

Years ago this stuff drove me crazy. Scorers with one job out to lunch on their phones, missing plays, not paying attention.

The problem isn’t specific to the St James. It happens everywhere.

With time it (should) become less important, especially in winter indoor.

For my own sanity I’ve come to realize that it’s a fast moving, high scoring game and sometimes scores are wrong.

It’s just not worth getting worked up over it.

My DD is a D1 commit and when you get to this stage all you want in the off season is for them to enjoy the game, compete at a high level, keep their stick skills sharp leading up to the spring, and walk off the field unharmed at the horn.

Everything else does not matter.

It’s hard to keep these priorities in check when a hunger to win overwhelms everything else.

But you’ll eventually get to a place where you’ll look back and wish you didn’t take this stuff
so seriously.

Anonymous wrote:May I suggest not looking at the scoreboard?

+100

....brilliant.

At 7v7 tournaments, like Fall Brawl, Valentine, Oakton Turkey Shoot, etc. the referees keep score, and nobody complains. Seems like a better way to keep score!

May I suggest not looking at the scoreboard?

Anonymous wrote:it is crazy to hear parents make these statements about we pay for a service; game scores are wrong.... grrrrr.... i would bet that half of you are way over crazed about your DD or DS's actually lacrosse status then the kid on the field. Its WINTER LEAGUE..... half of the top kids aren't even playing many games (at least in the HS division). Another huge point is there are no playoffs, no trophy, no glory. Just enjoy the fact that they are playing and learning.

It’s not unreasonable for anyone to expect the service they paid for. Brushing it off so easily is simply telling those hired to do the work you don’t care how good or bad they perform the job. Not a great way to build a solid work ethic. TSJ should either tell the teens hired stay off their phones during games or just not keep scores at all. TSJ has created this mess, not the parents or players. Either keep score and commit to doing a good job. Or don’t keep score. Parents and players will be okay with either solution. But straddling the line between the two is not what should be happening.

Anonymous wrote:“Winning and keeping score used to be paramount.”

Rick “Varsity Blues” Singer at his sentencing today.

I don't want your life!

it is crazy to hear parents make these statements about we pay for a service; game scores are wrong.... grrrrr.... i would bet that half of you are way over crazed about your DD or DS's actually lacrosse status then the kid on the field. Its WINTER LEAGUE..... half of the top kids aren't even playing many games (at least in the HS division). Another huge point is there are no playoffs, no trophy, no glory. Just enjoy the fact that they are playing and learning.

“Winning and keeping score used to be paramount.”

Rick “Varsity Blues” Singer at his sentencing today. When this scam was uncovered, a non-zero percentage of the DCUM lax commentariat - many of whom have covered themselves with glory in this thread - scrambled to visit attorneys and/or delete emails and/or drive nails into hard drives. Which doesn’t work anyway bc, you know, “the cloud”, but money and brains don’t align in the beltway.

Sincerely,

One of your disaffected kids who escaped

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about the St James management here? Customers are complaining about a legitimate issue with a service they are paying for. Management response is a combination of stop caring about that issue, the scoring is meaninigless because the league is basicallly meaningless but we still want your money. And by the way, going directly to St James management is even more ridiculous an experience than reading their responses here.

This poster would have loved Triple Edge way more un organized than St. James. FYI: the lacrosse management used to be a head coach at Navy I am sure he can handle a crazy parent. Best of luck

Maybe he can handle parents but he can't handle running a Winter League.

What is Triple Edge?

Clubs need to hire business people to run a club, minus the lacrosse happenings. Then i think you will see the response, and responsibility go up.

Anonymous wrote:Yawn....

yawning amen ....

Yawn....

Anonymous wrote:How about the St James management here? Customers are complaining about a legitimate issue with a service they are paying for. Management response is a combination of stop caring about that issue, the scoring is meaninigless because the league is basicallly meaningless but we still want your money. And by the way, going directly to St James management is even more ridiculous an experience than reading their responses here.

This poster would have loved Triple Edge way more un organized than St. James. FYI: the lacrosse management used to be a head coach at Navy I am sure he can handle a crazy parent. Best of luck

How about the St James management here? Customers are complaining about a legitimate issue with a service they are paying for. Management response is a combination of stop caring about that issue, the scoring is meaninigless because the league is basicallly meaningless but we still want your money. And by the way, going directly to St James management is even more ridiculous an experience than reading their responses here.

Anonymous wrote:Girl lacrosse moms take themselves way too seriously. Many of them have no idea how ridiculous they sound, both on the sidelines and on these boards.

Thanks for describing yourself! Keeping the fun going here! This thread continues to rock.