Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
No. Loyola hired some True guy as a coach- Championship!

Since 2017 lacrosse has been tasked to be an enrollment and tuition driver at Blakefield.
Partnering with True is a prefect fit.

I disagree, and here's why:

Loyola Blakefield's Director of Admissions had the catbird seat for lacrosse player admissions as the Director of Looney's. In late 2020 he took over a club that had a few challenges but nonetheless was still a viable business. He could have put in some effort and the school would have reaped the benefits of having a closely-aligned club that played at a high level.

Instead, after making all sorts of promises to the Looney's families, he went radio silent and did who knows what with his time and the club's money. No tryouts, no effort, no new uniforms, and no communication with the families. Many players left, the teams disintegrated, and the once-dominant club became yet another on the list of Baltimore youth lacrosse clubs tanked by incompetent management.

Two seasons later, the stench of the dumpster fire that was Looney's still hangs in the air on Chestnut Avenue. You think he is suddenly going to have some sort of epiphany and put some effort into a relationship with True so he can recruit lacrosse players to the school? Don't count on it.

The guy doesn't even return people's phone calls.

I personally like SA and I know for a fact that he's a pretty good coach. That said, I don't think your assessment is quite harsh enough. If you decide to take over a business, even one that is "trending toward failure" like Looneys was in 2020, you cannot treat it like a "MIAA job" and this is what (ugh) Crabs gets right, Looneys got wrong and Preds.....we'll see. Taking over or starting a club is a huge sales job and has some (often unrealistic) success expectations from the customers/parents. But it's a side hustle that requires lots of effort and phone calls and (sometimes false) bravado.