The summer recruiting season is upon us, from Massachusetts to Texas, Washington State to Florida, Northern and Southern California and the myriad of camps and showcases in the Northeast. College coaches of all stripes are assembled to try and find the next male or female superstar.
As we travel along this traveling road show, certain thoughts, ideas, musings; run through my mind: 1. how great are these kids! If it was tough for me to sit in 100 degree heat for three days in Dallas; how unbearably difficult was it for them to push their bodies those same three days? 2. the parents of these athletes are loving, controlling, irascible, friendly, pushy, and incredibly committed to their offspring. 3. I’m convinced that every lacrosse player I have observed in Texas, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee has a twin playing in Maryland, New Jersey and on Long Island; they merely were separated at birth and have different regional accents.
The pleasure of it all is to see the wealth of lacrosse talent out there. It is as strong now as ever in the hotbeds of Long Island, Maryland, and upstate New York, but, the Northeast, the Southeast, the Southwest and the West are impressing all of us with their talent, growth and commitment to this game that we love. The future is bright!
