BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) 2016 Men's College Lacrosse Season D1, D2, and D3

o.k. so...not a regular reader of a newspaper. do you use Google? its a new invention you can use if you want to bypass BOTC for news or info.

Ha! not too many from LI, but, I assure you, these kids are out there

what makes sense... is how shocked you seem to be, about a coach actually having the courage to making a stand, despite the normal outrage from whiney parents, and maybe some short term losses...

Wow agreed, applaud this.

Look at the Dartmouth roster and show me the kid who qualifies for aid. Look at every Ivy roster and show me the kid who qualifies for aid. Very few lacrosse kids qualify for financial aid. Lacrosse is the sport of the affluent.

Ask prospects about their visits.

He cut the kids that were NOT his recruits!

Small and selfish too

Dartmouth sucks. Stop the posts on this team.

You may say the team isnt that good, you may say the kids quit, maybe.

or maybe the coach is weeding out those he didnt want intentionally. (cut/quit) who cares. Could be seen by some as crazy, why not just keep the kids; could be seen by others as genius, prove you wont stand for just anybody and confirm the players need to work for their spot.

Will it be tough, sure, but may turn the program around

There has to be some college coaches on the hot seat this year... Gtown, Nova, HC??
...UNC's Championship solidified Brecci's job for a long time

There has to be some college coaches on the hot seat this year... Gtown, Nova, HC??
...UNC's Championship solidified Brecci's job for a long time

Not sure about the hot seat but which new programs or programs with new coaches have done the best?

We all know BT at Denver is the best.

Navy
Stony Brook
Georgetown
Penn State
Cornell
Marquette
Michigan
Dartmouth
etc...

I would say Navy, Penn State and Cornell are doing okay to good. Navy--who schedules openers against Hops and Maryland??? They are a good team. . .needed to ease into the year. PSU--great offense; d has some work to do. Cornell--we'll see tomorrow against PSU. G'town and Dartmouth are a mess. Michigan and Marquette still have time, coach-wise (in my limited opinion). Sowell, Kerwick and Tambroni aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Warne? Tick tock tick tock. Callahan will be given a couple of years, esp. after his recent actions. My (uneducated guess) predictions for next five years: ACC wanes, Big Ten becomes more dominant, Ivy stays the same, Big East improves, Patriot stays the same.

Most coaches are given a fair amount of time to establish themselves. In general they are given time to bring in their own assistant coaches, recruits and to implement their system/philosophy/program etc... You have to look at the body of work, not one game or one season. Once a coach has had a few years and has his staff and players all on the same page you can begin to evaluate based on overall performance.

With out question, Denver has the best coach. After that I would say The Marquette coach has done the best job. Navy came within one goal of making the Final Four last year which is pretty impressive and telling. Stony Brook is doing pretty well being that they do not have as much to offer as some of the other schools listed. Cornell coach is just entering his fourth season so the Jury is still out but I suspect he will do fine. Penn State Coach gets hyped up but results have never met or surpassed expectations. maybe this is the year. Dartmouth Coach is making bold moves but has only been there two years. Only time will tell if he is doing the right thing. Michigan coach has been given an incredible opportunity. Maybe they bit off a bit more than they could chew with their schedule. Their record has been pretty poor but they have been played a tough schedule from day one. Although their record has not been great they have become much more competitive. We will see, hope they give him another year or two. Georgetown Coach has to be feeling the heat. Tough year in 2016 and did not start off great this year. No reason GTown can't do better.

I get the positive spin your putting on with these coaches you mention. Find it funny about Navy coach. The alumni etc wanted to hang him last year. Now he is considered by your account as doing well. As far as 1 goal away from final 4 ...they lost to Army in PL playoffs, but made the tourney with less than impressive credentials.

No spin at all and not sure what you find funny. Just looking at the past few years data/results.

I do not know if anyone was calling for the Navy coaches head last year or not but I do know that they had a very good season and that they lost to a very good Brown Team in the quarter finals by one goal.

Not sure why you would call their season less than impressive? They make the Tourney without winning their conference which obviously shows that the selection committee thought they had an impressive season (the committee's opinion is the one that matters).

Come to think of it Navy also had a Playoff win over a # 3 ranked Yale Team that was 13 - 2 and seeded 4th in the Tournament.

As far as doing well goes, it is not by "my account" it is by the results.

Why such a negative bitter response to a post that attacked nobody and had no bias?

Is LaxPower now a pay site

There has to be some college coaches on the hot seat this year... Gtown, Nova, HC??
...UNC's Championship solidified Brecci's job for a long time

I would think it's harder to win a National Championship in basketball than lacrosse. If Villanova can win in basketball why not lacrosse? Will the coach really be on the hot seat? Bad loss to Monmouth to open the season and likely to be 0-3 after Penn State comes to town this week. Looking at another .500 season and no NCAA bid. Does the AD care enough about lax to even notice?

I will tell you why. Maybe the school has a good Law School or Business School or Education dept because the kid realizes he needs a good degree and education because you are not going to get rich playing lacrosse and 95% never play again after college and many don't even make it through the 4 years

Nobody cares about Villanova.

I will tell you why. Maybe the school has a good Law School or Business School or Education dept because the kid realizes he needs a good degree and education because you are not going to get rich playing lacrosse and 95% never play again after college and many don't even make it through the 4 years