Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
... speaking of Duke recruits - Hills West just got smoked by a Harborfields D w no commits


Yup.... A little Long Island "Home Cookin" on those recruits. Not too hard to connect the dots. East Meadow pride runs deep!

Plus TR is mailing it in these days, Looking for his next gig. St. Dominick's maybe?


TR is not mailing it in. He's a great coach. He can only do so much with the talent he has. Just because a player is committed doesn't mean there are not better players out there that are not committed. We do know that many commits (not all) are about who you know not how you play. TR has great coaches working with his team and is 100% commited to his program. It's amazing that when a program that has a great coach but doesn't have good players and coach is to blame. You can't get blood from a stone. It's his 2nd year there. There are many schools that would live to have TR as a coach.So many of these commits are just not as good as they are hyped up to be. They might have been bigger and faster in 9th or 10th grade because they were more mature physically or had better stick skills because they were trained well by dad at an early age. Eventually kida catch up physically, athletically, and skills wise. Take them away from their club team where they are surrounded by other great players they are just average on their own.


The time that Rooney puts in is way more than the previous coaching staff committed to. They also started doing year round training for the first time last year. They have several kids who were on the 9d1 team that won the World Series of Lacrosse, so they have a higher number of players committed, but don't have the depth. One of the Duke commits is still rehabbing an injury, and isn't 100%, another D1 commit is out with a Shoulder injury. I'm shocked at their performance this year based on what I have seen TR work on over the winter. They are putting in extra time on the practice field trying to figure things out, and make up for the injuries. He is not mailing it in, and the same goes for the rest of the staff. My kid doesn't play for him yet, but is looking forward to it in the future.


What is the World Series of Lacrosse? Some type of participation event? Did they win for having the nicest uniforms?

I didn't hear you say anything about the defense, or lack thereof.

Try class C next year.

Oh, and I guess you are moving closer to St. Dominick's next year, to get TR coaching. Cool!