Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Notre Dame lost a close one to Syracuse. The Irish look pretty good to me. Notre Dame is one of the 10 -15 best Programs in the country. Notre Dame is an excellent school and their women's lacrosse program is top notch. Some on this site bash them every year out of some sort of jealousy or bitterness (I have been critical of their out of conference schedule this year). Hate all you want, The Irish are very good.


I don't think anyone is denying that they're a good team (the team has been stacked for the last 5-10 years), the school is one of the rare few that has there pick of recruits. The problem, as with Florida and all the great players they have had, is the coach can't manage the talent or make the in game decisions when it counts. They should be a perennial final four team with the recruits they get, they are classic underachievers and that's on the coaching



Bingo!!!


There have been many on this site who have said that ND is not a good team or a strong program.

They are one of the top 10 - 15 programs in the country. That said, why should they be a perennial final four team? You say 'the school is one of the rare few that has their pick of recruits". The fact of the matter is that the "top recruits" are the ones who have their pick of schools not the other way around. The top programs fight over many of the same of players. There are about 15 schools (more than a rare few) that get the top recruits each year, Notre Dame is in that group but they do not have their pick. Maryland , North Carolina, Boston College, Virginia, Northwestern, Princeton, Penn, Duke, Georgetown, Syracuse, USC, Stanford, Hopkins, Penn State, Florida and Loyola (Michigan will start bringing in more talent). Every "family / personal" situation is different for each recruit and Notre Dame is not the right choice for all of the best players for a variety of reasons.

Getting to the Final Four is very difficult. To say that they should be there every year is foolish. Notre Dame may have a big advantage over most schools but when it comes to the top programs, the programs that compete for the top recruits they have to fight like everyone else. None of the top programs have their pick, it is the top players who have their pick.


Get over yourself .Those 15 are not equal in the talent they bring in . I would say UNC has the easiest time getting their chose of recruits and with the new field which I did get to see with my sons team it just got even easier. Weather ,campus, history of success and the academics .When I say academics I mean its an excellent school but doubt the coaches strugle to get their top players admitted which may happen at some of the other schools. If you think the coaches at MD or UNC are just better than SBU or USC or just about any on that list you are wrong, they just get their pick of the top players more often than the others. Honestly its always the parents that complain their coaches are terrible when their kids team loses because they dont eant to admitt their kids are just not as talented .


Maryland has the easiest recruiting route to a top class every year, their high school talent is off the charts, North Carolina high school talent is way behind. Maryland gets to offer in state tuition and has big money left to give a larger percentage to out of state kids.