They do not get it wrong very often at the top programs (that is why they are consistently the top programs). You can only start 12 so just because a player doesn't start or see much playing time does not mean that the coaches got it wrong. Also, not every recruit is equal, each school has a #1 and a # 5 and a #10 recruit. You can't compare All-county, school girls, US Lacrosse AA with Under Armour All-American. Pretty sure there are more than 500 US Lacrosse AA's every year and forget about how many all-county / school girl players there are. Under Armour names 44 players. Not many of the #1's or UA All-Americans riding the bench. If the #8 or #9 recruit who received little to no scholarship is not seeing much playing time how did the coaches get it wrong?

The top programs consistently bring in the top recruits and the top programs consistently do better than the programs that do not get the top recruits. I know there are many on this site who want to believe that the college coaches at the top programs get it wrong "all the time" and that the Inside Lacrosse Player Rankings and Under Armour All-America are meaningless and political but the results say otherwise. UA, IL and the coaches from the best college programs all identify the same players as being the top recruits. For the most part those players go to the top college programs and those programs always seem to be among the top 10 - 20.

If they always got it wrong and the lists and teams were a joke i think we would see more parity but we do not. [/quote]


This post is just ignorant for several reasons. The top programs do get it wrong but bring in 5-6 top players every year while the not consistently top programs bring in 1-3 so if they both get 50 percent correct the top programs have 11 top players on the field while the others have 4 , meaning those top rograms can afford to get it wrong half the time. As far as UA AA's not riding the bench, wrong again , watch a Maryland game more sit the bench than play.[/quote]

You have no clue. The programs are not getting it wrong 50% of the time. What do you not understand ? Not every recruit at a top program is a "top recruit". The #9 at Maryland is not the same as the #1 at Maryland. Most college coaches do not expect their lower tier recruits to make an impact especially as a freshmen. As for the Maryland UA All-Americans riding the bench... Tell us who the are sitting behind. They are sitting behind upperclassmen who were also UA All-Americans. Next year, the current Juniors, sophomores and freshmen (who were UA-AA's) will fill the void left by the grad student and the 8 seniors that start.