Somebody actually scoured rosters of lacrosse teams and found one kid at Syracuse who is large in stature and played other sports at a high level. M'kay. I did look at Duke, UVA and UNC rosters for multi sport wonders and saw a few kids who were recruited athletes in other sports (Fersen and French at UVA are the two at UVA). The rest looked like as predicted. Lots of kids who had some varsity letters in some things but were mostly just lacrosse players, who also happen to be nearly all white from prep schools. The bar isn't very high to light it up as a football player at Potomac School bud.
I see what you did to also scour for one college football player who is a down lineman. Stay on the grid here. Name one UMD or UVA or UNC football linebacker, defensive back, or offensive skill player or end who doesn't run like a deer and isn't the one who has those gifts that one Syracuse lacrosse player and perhaps 2-3 total UVA ones do.
BTW, yes, catching and throwing a ball into a crosse is easier than hitting a 95 mph fastball or a 75 mph curveball, it is easier than swimming underwater for 15 meters, it is easier than controlling a hockey puck at high speeds while skating 25mph, and it is a lot easier than catching a football over the middle with 250 pound guys who can run a 4.4 three steps away from driving you into next week. Catching and throwing a lacrosse ball is easier than all of those things, and hitting basically does not exist in lacrosse today. In terms of skill, lacrosse is closest to tennis or squash given the size of the instrument used to control play versus the size of the ball. And something tells me you don't think Serena Williams is a better athlete than some D1 lacrosse player or Paul Rabil even, which is also stupid. Serena Williams is one of the 20 greatest athletes of all time in any sport as well.
I get it you think Michael Phelps isn't one of the 20 greatest athletes of all time in all sports. That pretty much speaks to how little you get out of the lacrosse globe to see what else there is. You make is sound like some schmoe from Bullis or PVI who is a Ty Xanders ranked recruit is a real deal athlete, and frankly that is a joke in of itself.
So off topic, but I'll bite - first question, why are you on a lacrosse forum if you don't consider lacrosse an athletic sport? Second, clearly you're not a lacrosse athlete - that's abundantly clear. And third, you're simply wrong - it's not easier than swimming, it's not easier than baseball, and it's not easier than football. It's also not comparable to tennis. It's simply different. What's easier, painting a Picasso, or composing a symphony? Neither - you're an idiot to try and compare them. Ty Xanders is an idiot, and his rankings are BS and a joke, but that's not the discussion here anyway - no one gives a crap about his rankings and if you do, you're a moron. The discussion point is that you and others are saying that D1 lacrosse athletes are not athletes at all, and frankly that makes you sound like the idiot. I'm sure that you'd claim that you'd happily stand there while any D1 attackman fires off a 100 mph shot at you in goal and not pee your Depends, but I think we all know that's not true. Change out of your cargoes and Reefs, jump on the lacrosse field, and run with the big dogs for a game and see how you do. And spare me the BS story that I know it coming claiming that "I was a starter at UMD so I know the sport" - you weren't, so don't even bother lying ;-)
