[quote=Anonymous] For number 3, nescac recruit later because they are generally top tier schools but give no lax $ and no merit $. Williams for example is rated number 1 Forbes, called the mini Ivies. Since they are d-3 and since there are no lax $ and no merit $, most of the schools wait while most of the families look to d-1 $ first. Why would a nescac coach waste his time chasing a kid that will likely go to a d-1.
This seems like a whacky way to look at it. "Why would a nescac coach waste his time chasing a kid that will likely go to a d-1?" Answer: Because he offers a far superior academic outcome than most middling D-1 schools. No piddly D-1 offer can ever match the value of a Williams or Amherst degree. That's why the highest ranked D3s should go after the best D-1 caliber talent. Not every family can be so short sighted that a few thousand bucks means didly 40 years down the road. Still haven't heard a good reason why D3s don't seem to verbally commit to prospects until after Junior year.
On another note - who thinks the debacle at UNC is going to shake up the apple cart on their recruiting efforts as well as those of other like-minded basket weaving 101 institutions in the D1 ranks? Think Michigan, OSU, PSU etc have had some interesting internal conference calls over the past few days? What about the implicit comforting recruiting pitch of "academic support - tutors etc.." that has been offered as an attraction to the knuckle head athlete being recruited? What happens to that kid when he shows up on campus and the UNC thing has changed everything so basket weaving becomes hard core physics. Yikes.
With respect to UNC, you can pull the nail out of the fence but the hole will always be there. With such a stigma now attached to every UNC athlete, what parent in their right mind would let there kid play a sport there and be snickered at and the butt of a joke forever! Program is worthless now. Doesn't really matter, UNC has not done anything special in lacrosse in forever - this will just make it not in our lifetime.
