A Senior Dad's Rant
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 3:52 pm
OK, I’m ranting.
But I just watched my last competitive lacrosse game involving my kids after 22 seasons, so I hope you’ll agree I’m entitled.
Consider two talented Centennial Conference players, Middie A and Middie B –
Scoring totals are more or less a wash; A played 2 more games overall (8 to 6), but she actually had more points in the same number of conference games.
B had negligible GBs, surely a valuable MIddie stat; A led all players in the conference.
B had a nice total of 17 DCs; A more than doubled her up with 40 and finished 2nd in the conference while taking almost every draw (at 5’3”)
A tripled up B in CTs and led all players in the conference.
In sum, B had nice scoring totals for an offensive Middie; A matched her in offense and realistically could have been considered for DEFENSIVE POY, too.
I ask you: who deserves Conference Midfielder of the year? Is this strictly a goals scored award? Even that’s not that different. Or are the awards limited solely to the two top Centennial teams?
Ok, rant over! Yes, I'm the Dad of A, so snark away. Great job by the girls and the coaches at WAC this year, and for the last four! We should have had Attacker, Midfielder, Coach, AND Rookie of the year and all four went to the monster squads.
But I just watched my last competitive lacrosse game involving my kids after 22 seasons, so I hope you’ll agree I’m entitled.
Consider two talented Centennial Conference players, Middie A and Middie B –
Scoring totals are more or less a wash; A played 2 more games overall (8 to 6), but she actually had more points in the same number of conference games.
B had negligible GBs, surely a valuable MIddie stat; A led all players in the conference.
B had a nice total of 17 DCs; A more than doubled her up with 40 and finished 2nd in the conference while taking almost every draw (at 5’3”)
A tripled up B in CTs and led all players in the conference.
In sum, B had nice scoring totals for an offensive Middie; A matched her in offense and realistically could have been considered for DEFENSIVE POY, too.
I ask you: who deserves Conference Midfielder of the year? Is this strictly a goals scored award? Even that’s not that different. Or are the awards limited solely to the two top Centennial teams?
Ok, rant over! Yes, I'm the Dad of A, so snark away. Great job by the girls and the coaches at WAC this year, and for the last four! We should have had Attacker, Midfielder, Coach, AND Rookie of the year and all four went to the monster squads.