Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Loyola's championship team was the MIAA leftovers group. Denver didn't win with ER last year. The Denver recruits early narrative is a bit of a myth --- they can roster 80 if they wanted. Title IX room up the wazoo at Denver. So taking 5-7 kids early in the 2018 class for example does not constitute a big chunk of the flexibility Tierney has. Denver wins with 5-7 Canadian ringers, the few Native kids they can get through admissions and then make due with the US kids who can adapt to a quick box style QUICKLY to fill their lines out. Most US kids don't "get it" quickly to play the game fast with a shallow pocket where carrying the ball is a sin. The ones who do become fabulous college players at Denver. None of that owes any credit at all to early recruiting.

Sorry if you think your son being recruited in 8th grade imputes that he will be an exceptional college player. We are all seeing now this is not nearly as high a correlation as people believed a year or two ago. Hopkins is not demonstrably more skilled, athletic or loaded with lacrosse IQ over Rutgers now. They lost twice to Rutgers and neither game was a fluke. And Rutgers is not a top 10 team this year. Deal with it.

Question, does JH program have latitude in acceptance if recruit doesn't meet grade standards? Could this be a reason why some of the powerhouse programs ie UVA,JH and some others are not as dominant at they used to be? I know in football a great deal of flexibility is given at the big time programs, was wondering if this exists on the lax field .


But explain the Ivy's then....