well, at least we know gymman doesn't work for lax all stars. hop's the most active thread year round, so it makes sense.51percentcorn wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2024 12:13 pm While I am not going so far as to say the article was garbage content - I do have the following thoughts:
- Parents are not becoming a problem - they have been a problem for a while
- The article has nothing to do with Hopkins lacrosse so should not really have been posted here - utterly fine topic for discussion as the summer recruitment calendar is well underway but does not apply here
- The article's title implies these behaviors are somehow unique or more relevant to lacrosse - aside from some actions that may be halfway unique to lacrosse (e.g. glove palms up to a goalie) virtually all of these behaviors cited are applicable to a wide range of sports and because of the potential money involved often way worse - you want to see the true nature of the beast - get yourself to an AAU basketball tournament
- It's only going to get worse - parents were fistfighting at one time just theoretically to get scholarship money - now NIL money is possibly at stake - after what Olivia Dunne made - girls gymnastic meets probably resemble the hunger games - high school quarterbacks are making more than their parents etc..
the 3 groups q doesn't go after/repeat talking points everyone already has heard a million times, not surprising:
-college coaches.
-$$club owners and $$event hosts (other than for uni #s and endline balls). stay after curfew with a pop in your hotel lobby, tho...
-..... goalies. funny, i see palms up from goalies as much as anybody. some tend to be chatterboxes @ shooters as well.
and the looking at your stick is time-tested. for many (most?) it's a joke.
