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Post by longsuffering on Jan 23, 2021 2:49:32 GMT -5
This is the opposite of Coach Pearl leaving HC as head hockey coach to join Harvard as an assistant, and represents positive momentum for Holy Cross Athletics.
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 26, 2021 16:51:51 GMT -5
Post from 'fanlax' site about the hire:
Been lucky to see the MD lacrosse program up close for the past few years now and can tell you that Rep is about as good as they come in every aspect. Great person, players really like him, great coaching chops, and he's learned how to run a program under some of the best in the game. Never heard anything about Rep on the recruiting side of things, but it's hard to magine that he wasn't involved in landing some of the best offensive players in the nation that have come through Maryland during his time there. When you see that list of high schools he worked at while serving in the Marines, those are schools that are not only phenomenal HS programs but also the kinds of schools that fit Holy Cross's academic profile. He's probably coming in with really good relationships with coaches from elite high school and club programs. Great hire for you all.
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Post by HC92 on Jan 26, 2021 22:18:24 GMT -5
Post from 'fanlax' site about the hire: Been lucky to see the MD lacrosse program up close for the past few years now and can tell you that Rep is about as good as they come in every aspect. Great person, players really like him, great coaching chops, and he's learned how to run a program under some of the best in the game. Never heard anything about Rep on the recruiting side of things, but it's hard to magine that he wasn't involved in landing some of the best offensive players in the nation that have come through Maryland during his time there. When you see that list of high schools he worked at while serving in the Marines, those are schools that are not only phenomenal HS programs but also the kinds of schools that fit Holy Cross's academic profile. He's probably coming in with really good relationships with coaches from elite high school and club programs. Great hire for you all. Interesting but, as bfoley pointed out, Navy wasn’t very good when he was an assistant there years ago so he’s pretty much guaranteed to be terrible no matter what this guy who actually has watched him coach says. |
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jan 27, 2021 2:17:48 GMT -5
HC Men’s Lax Video for JL Reppert. Background music is composed by Hans Zimmer, for the Batman Trilogy. Appropriate since Batman is the Caped Crusader.
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Post by bringbackcaro on Jan 27, 2021 7:17:32 GMT -5
Coach Rep is as solid of a lax coach as any other ... and that is anywhere else in DI or high D3. His background compliments that of Coach Lynch who also came to HC from the Naval Academy Prep (NAPS). HC has a strong group returning and with the great academic, facilities and staff, should be able to attract the students who can continue to succeed on the field, in the classroom and the community. Well done. Very similar resume to Lattimore....High Level Assistant who has never been a collegiate head coach. Navy's record under Coach Rep 2014: 4-10 2013: 3-10 2012: 6-6 The first year after Coach Rep left in 2015, Navy won the Patriot League with a 9-5 record under the same head coach. And his “failure” as an assistant at Navy led him right into a promotion to an assistant coach position at a Maryland program that was coming off a trip to the Final Four. ——— I don’t really care about lax — just hope this guy is better than the used car salesman we ended up with the last time we hired someone from Maryland. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 27, 2021 8:18:32 GMT -5
Once again, playing "Six Degrees of Nate Pine"?
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 27, 2021 15:13:37 GMT -5
Very similar resume to Lattimore....High Level Assistant who has never been a collegiate head coach. Navy's record under Coach Rep 2014: 4-10 2013: 3-10 2012: 6-6 The first year after Coach Rep left in 2015, Navy won the Patriot League with a 9-5 record under the same head coach. And his “failure” as an assistant at Navy led him right into a promotion to an assistant coach position at a Maryland program that was coming off a trip to the Final Four. ——— I don’t really care about lax — just hope this guy is better than the used car salesman we ended up with the last time we hired someone from Maryland. Look who replaced him at Maryland? Bobby Benson who was an assistant for the last 14 years at Hopkins. |
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Post by bpob55 on Jan 30, 2021 14:53:29 GMT -5
When asked what made him choose HC, JL listed support from administration, recruiting potential, and the Jesuit aspect(went to a Jesuit HS).
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 30, 2021 15:12:19 GMT -5
Good halftime interview by Coach Reppert.
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Post by WheelerOnly on Feb 4, 2021 12:28:38 GMT -5
I assume Reppert is on campus by now.
Any news of the team? Practices underway?
PL schedule format is announced ... any out of conference games expected?
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Post by njcrusader on Feb 5, 2021 16:39:51 GMT -5
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Post by thursdaynightdancepa on Feb 19, 2021 20:21:53 GMT -5
How did the Zoom go today?
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Post by princetoncrusader on Feb 19, 2021 21:54:12 GMT -5
The event was well attended with about 130 participants. After brief comments by an alumnus, Marcus discussed the hiring process. He said it was a "very attractive pool" consisting of current head coaches, former head coaches and several assistants. JL then spoke for about 10-12 minutes before a Q&A session. He certainly seems like an enthusiastic coach. Coming from a Jesuit HS, he seems very much into the "men for others" theme. While I didn't take notes, the points that stuck out in my mind were:
1) He thinks the offices, weight training facility and the indoor practice area are among the best in the country. He was less complimentary about Fr. K Field. I forget the exact terms, but he clearly implied it was not up to par.
2) He thinks the PL is a very strong league, which is one of the considerations that attracted him to the job. He is hoping to have 1 non-conf. game on Feb. 27, but nothing has been inked yet. Needs to find a school with the same COVID protocols as HC has. Without mentioning schools, he thinks there are some very attractive opponents in New England for future schedules.
3) Marcus came on near the end and discussed scholarships. The program currently has 2 scholarships. Marcus thinks that puts a ceiling on how good the program can be. As part of a strategic plan he will present to the trustees in a few weeks, he hopes to boost that to 6-8 for both men's and women's teams. Not clear what the time frame would be for that.
There was a "commercial" at the end for the CAF and for the 2nd edition of the CAF golf outing to be held June 14 at Eastward Ho on the Cape. The event was well done and went exactly 1 hour.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 20, 2021 8:53:49 GMT -5
The event was well attended with about 130 participants. After brief comments by an alumnus, Marcus discussed the hiring process. He said it was a "very attractive pool" consisting of current head coaches, former head coaches and several assistants. JL then spoke for about 10-12 minutes before a Q&A session. He certainly seems like an enthusiastic coach. Coming from a Jesuit HS, he seems very much into the "men for others" theme. While I didn't take notes, the points that stuck out in my mind were: 1) He thinks the offices, weight training facility and the indoor practice area are among the best in the country. He was less complimentary about Fr. K Field. I forget the exact terms, but he clearly implied it was not up to par. 2) He thinks the PL is a very strong league, which is one of the considerations that attracted him to the job. He is hoping to have 1 non-conf. game on Feb. 27, but nothing has been inked yet. Needs to find a school with the same COVID protocols as HC has. Without mentioning schools, he thinks there are some very attractive opponents in New England for future schedules. 3) Marcus came on near the end and discussed scholarships. The program currently has 2 scholarships. Marcus thinks that puts a ceiling on how good the program can be. As part of a strategic plan he will present to the trustees in a few weeks, he hopes to boost that to 6-8 for both men's and women's teams. Not clear what the time frame would be for that. There was a "commercial" at the end for the CAF and for the 2nd edition of the CAF golf outing to be held June 14 at Eastward Ho on the Cape. The event was well done and went exactly 1 hour. To add, Fr. K field is presently an inferior venue for hosting championships. I think this was primarily a reference to seating and amenities. HC bought 103 Epworth St several years ago. As this residence has water and sewer lines, it would be fairly easy to run connections to Fr. K field from this property rather than the 150-200 yards of blasting through ledge from the Luth, and traversing the high pressure natural gas pipeline at the top of the hill. (MB has said separately that Fr. K field is nearing the end of its useful life.) HC cannot be competitive long term without more scollies. As I understood MB, a factor in the additional scollies for teams such as men's lacrosse is Title IX; i.e., there is probably a one for one scollie add for women's teams because females are 53 percent of HC's current enrollment. On scheduling, the coach said he would like to schedule future OOC games in areas where rostered players live. I was a bit surprised by the number on a mid-day Zoom, as there was already a Zoom session for players and their parents. |
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Feb 20, 2021 11:20:28 GMT -5
To me, any facility named after Fr. K. should be second to none.
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 20, 2021 21:00:31 GMT -5
The event was well attended with about 130 participants. After brief comments by an alumnus, Marcus discussed the hiring process. He said it was a "very attractive pool" consisting of current head coaches, former head coaches and several assistants. JL then spoke for about 10-12 minutes before a Q&A session. He certainly seems like an enthusiastic coach. Coming from a Jesuit HS, he seems very much into the "men for others" theme. While I didn't take notes, the points that stuck out in my mind were: 1) He thinks the offices, weight training facility and the indoor practice area are among the best in the country. He was less complimentary about Fr. K Field. I forget the exact terms, but he clearly implied it was not up to par. 2) He thinks the PL is a very strong league, which is one of the considerations that attracted him to the job. He is hoping to have 1 non-conf. game on Feb. 27, but nothing has been inked yet. Needs to find a school with the same COVID protocols as HC has. Without mentioning schools, he thinks there are some very attractive opponents in New England for future schedules. 3) Marcus came on near the end and discussed scholarships. The program currently has 2 scholarships. Marcus thinks that puts a ceiling on how good the program can be. As part of a strategic plan he will present to the trustees in a few weeks, he hopes to boost that to 6-8 for both men's and women's teams. Not clear what the time frame would be for that. There was a "commercial" at the end for the CAF and for the 2nd edition of the CAF golf outing to be held June 14 at Eastward Ho on the Cape. The event was well done and went exactly 1 hour. To add, Fr. K field is presently an inferior venue for hosting championships. I think this was primarily a reference to seating and amenities. HC bought 103 Epworth St several years ago. As this residence has water and sewer lines, it would be fairly easy to run connections to Fr. K field from this property rather than the 150-200 yards of blasting through ledge from the Luth, and traversing the high pressure natural gas pipeline at the top of the hill. (MB has said separately that Fr. K field is nearing the end of its useful life.) HC cannot be competitive long term without more scollies. As I understood MB, a factor in the additional scollies for teams such as men's lacrosse is Title IX; i.e., there is probably a one for one scollie add for women's teams because females are 53 percent of HC's current enrollment. On scheduling, the coach said he would like to schedule future OOC games in areas where rostered players live. I was a bit surprised by the number on a mid-day Zoom, as there was already a Zoom session for players and their parents. Only two schools you would think that are bad opponents are Umass-Lowell and maybe Vermont. Besides that I can't see them dropping the local Ivy League schools to go to Hopkins or Virginia. Do those teams even want to play Holy Cross? |
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Post by purplehaze on Aug 22, 2021 21:56:08 GMT -5
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Post by purplehaze on Oct 25, 2021 8:43:42 GMT -5
I recall that it was mentioned somewhere that fall lax had a multi-team event on Saturday (at Fairfield?) - wonder if there's a report anywhere (would not expect a peep on our site, same as with baseball)
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Post by saderfan5 on Oct 25, 2021 9:48:27 GMT -5
Was able to catch the scrimmages on Saturday. HC had pinnies w/ random numbers so hard to identify who was who. Lambert, Folan, and Major were all in street clothes on the sideline but heard no major injuries.
Lineup for 1st half against Fairfield was:
A: Spangenberg, DiNanno, McIntire
M: Lynch, Knaus, Magalotti
D: Conlin, Reding, Roegge
G: Fox
SSDM: Maitland,Murphy, McPherson (Freshman)
FO: DePiero
LSM: Jackson, Carlini
Offense looked solid in the 1st Q and Fox had a few nice saves, game was tied 2-2 after 1. Fairfield went on a 3 goal run in the 2nd Q and was 6-3 at the half. Both teams began to sub in the 3rd Q. DePiero looked good at the X, depth at the midfield certaintly caught the eye. Morrissey seemed to be going both ways with the 2nd line along with freshman Reding and UVM transfer Boyle. Also impressed by O'Callaghan's shake. 3rd and 4th quarter Kratovil and Mitchell (Freshman) looked solid offensively.
Friers stood on his head in net during the 1st half of the Manhattan scrimmage, believe we were up a few at the end of the 1st half. Conlin and the SSDM's had a strong showing overall. McIntire certaintly has elevated his game and looked comfortable at Attack w/ DiNanno and Spangenberg.
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Post by efg72 on Dec 9, 2021 19:48:03 GMT -5
Lax has a midfielder/defender transferring in from Denver
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 10, 2021 10:36:34 GMT -5
Lax has a midfielder/defender transferring in from Denver Denver always has a huge roster so we will see if he got run with the Pioneers... |
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Post by WheelerOnly on Dec 10, 2021 12:22:13 GMT -5
Any additional info you can provide re DU transfer?
Men’s lax team has yet to provide much info re the ‘22 team/season … unless you’re interested in watching YouTube videos of the assistant coach eating lunch. No roster, no schedule.
From some digging around on Inside Lacrosse’s recruiting database, it looks like Reppert has gotten commitments from kids in HS class ‘22 and ‘23 who have been ranked higher (at least by the IL evaluators) than recruits that have come to HC in recent years. Lots of caveats, including not many previous HC recruits were evaluated by IL at all and it’s not clear to me what the difference is between the number of stars a recruit gets and the recruit’s numerical score. Lehigh, Army, Navy, and Loyola have a handful of recruits with higher numerical scores, but at least by the IL metric, it looks like Rep & Co are upping the recruiting game and fishing in the same waters as the top PL competition. Not landing the big ones yet, but that’s not surprising in recruiting year 1, with limited schollies.
Looking forward to seeing what the team can do this season.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 10, 2021 12:58:05 GMT -5
Any additional info you can provide re DU transfer? Men’s lax team has yet to provide much info re the ‘22 team/season … unless you’re interested in watching YouTube videos of the assistant coach eating lunch. No roster, no schedule. From some digging around on Inside Lacrosse’s recruiting database, it looks like Reppert has gotten commitments from kids in HS class ‘22 and ‘23 who have been ranked higher (at least by the IL evaluators) than recruits that have come to HC in recent years. Lots of caveats, including not many previous HC recruits were evaluated by IL at all and it’s not clear to me what the difference is between the number of stars a recruit gets and the recruit’s numerical score. Lehigh, Army, Navy, and Loyola have a handful of recruits with higher numerical scores, but at least by the IL metric, it looks like Rep & Co are upping the recruiting game and fishing in the same waters as the top PL competition. Not landing the big ones yet, but that’s not surprising in recruiting year 1, with limited schollies. Looking forward to seeing what the team can do this season. I assume that the HC scholarship spigot has opened for both the men and the women. For example, for field hockey, all five graduating seniors were from Massachusetts, the majority were local, i.e., central Massachusetts. The five class of 2026 recruits for field hockey includes players from PA, Vancouver BC, and Surrey, England. The recruit from Canada is on the junior national team. |
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