Spallina is an [Censored] that is one of the top coaches in women's lacrosse. He gets very good players from the island, but constantly beats teams with "better" recruiting classes. The guy clearly coaches his ladies to play aggressive and is a step ahead of most other coaches. They had the UNC offense rattled, why, because they didn't back down, played the passing lanes and were trying to draw charges. There are several blue bloods (pun intended) that have under achieved with top talent and will only fall farther as more new coaches fill the college ranks.
It all about recruiting to a scheme. Northwestern does that the same thing with great success, emphasizing speed, athleticism and speed over everything else.
This is why recruiting rankings are meaningless. The most "talented" HS players don't necessarily make the best college players.
Spalling probably deserves more credit than he gets. I am sure if he lost some of the attitude he would probably be much more respected across the lacrosse commented.
