Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Joe knows and recognizes very good players. He is also keenly aware that many good players get overlooked and lost in the politics of LI travel lacrosse. That is his gain for being able to spot these talented players. Yes most of those players he picks up are not at the top of all the notIntelligent “lists and teams”. And many of them go to SBU and break it open. Half credit to Joe’s coaching, polishing them as players, and half discredit to the politics of travel lacrosse. Many of these players were very deserving their whole careers, just ended up on the short end. That is also the chip on the shoulder attitude that joe motivates the whole team with, and he is not wrong.

Your 5-21 vs top 10 teams who have in general way more players from those “ not intelligent” lists so maybe those lists are more accurate than Joe .

JS is an excellent coach. JS brings in some excellent players. Stony Brook is an excellent program. But this nonsense about JS having some special ability to see talent where others do not is a bit much. Way too much spin and propaganda surrounding the SBU program, not sure where it comes from, can’t tell if it emanates from Stony Brook or if it comes from disgruntled SBU parents who believe their kid was overlooked by UNC, BC, Northwestern, Syracuse etc…

Personally, I just don’t like the way SBU players are diminished by so called supporters of Stony Brook.

Stony Brook receives a lot of hype due to their usually impressive record. If they played a difficult schedule they would never receive all the hype or high ranking because their record would be very average. Yes they are a very good program but their schedule is nothin like other teams that are considered to be Top 10 programs.
Not sure that they would finish in the Top 10 very often if they played a difficult schedule. Top 20 yes, Top 10 maybe not.