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.


Never said I agree or identify with early recruiting, I just think its a way overblown issue. I find the people screaming the loudest are the ones whose sons did not get recruited early. My son was not recruited early, nor did he deserve to be but I dont understand why people want to blame ER for some of the plights of the bigger teams but its just not based in any fact or reality. ER is a relatively new phenomenon and some of these teams have been struggling for years. UNC hasnt been to a final four in forever and JHU has been to one in the last 8 years. The reality as it is today is that all the top teams recruit early, some are successful, some arent, its that simple.


ER is good for some players ..and bad for others.. Hit or miss and probably doesnt effect a program that much, maybe some. I just think it is wrong and hope NCAA changes it to at least 10 grade minimum.