I think that the reason that there's so much questioning about teams can be summarized in the following table (Fall, 2005):
LCSC has established a de facto reputation as more of a "classic" club than a "challenge/premier" club due to the migration of many players to other clubs and the fact that they had more classic teams than challenge teams.
Please note that there are some good challenge teams at LCSC -- the question folks have is how many -- and perhaps more importantly, does LCSC has the intent of taking steps to become more competitive and field a broader array of "challenge/premier" teams?
I hope so...and I hope that the USCS announcement was a step in that direction.