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Post by purplehaze on Feb 19, 2022 16:43:24 GMT -5
Final score was 20-3 (pretty close to the baseball final today 23-3 loss) I guess we're still considered D.1
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 19, 2022 20:06:05 GMT -5
I've never seen the point of putting a team in the position of being humiliated (e.g, these lacrosse games, HC-UConn women's hoop). I hate it. Well Michigan has not been good since becoming varsity so not sure on the reference here. They went 3-9 last season and in 2019 went 4-9.
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Post by bison137 on Feb 19, 2022 21:22:41 GMT -5
This will be a difficult year. This will be the 3rd coach since 2017. With the recruiting calendar set for most high school juniors and minimal help with transfers, it will take time for Coach R to bring in his guys. The team competes at the highest level of the sport, with the Pl fielding 5 nationally ranked teams, who are fully funded programs. Bottom line, at least to me, is that the team needs more scholarship money. Right now the PL has three nationally ranked teams (Army, Loyola, and Lehigh), plus two others getting votes. One of the two getting votes (Bucknell) just started getting scholarships this year for the first time. They have two in total and will be nowhere close to being fully funded at any point in at least the next few years.
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 19, 2022 23:34:48 GMT -5
This will be a difficult year. This will be the 3rd coach since 2017. With the recruiting calendar set for most high school juniors and minimal help with transfers, it will take time for Coach R to bring in his guys. The team competes at the highest level of the sport, with the Pl fielding 5 nationally ranked teams, who are fully funded programs. Bottom line, at least to me, is that the team needs more scholarship money. Providence College who beat Holy Cross 16-9 went out the next week to lose to Bryant 19-7. BU beat Merrimack 12-10 (one goal win as BU scored a ENG with two seconds left) last week and BU beat Bryant today 13-9. Merrimack on the other hand followed up the BU loss with a 8-6 win over Dartmouth in Hanover. I think Merrimack will score 18+ next week on that Holy Cross defense.
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 20, 2022 1:37:17 GMT -5
Seems as if Reppert has lost control. Hindsight is 20/20 but he really is the definition of a resume hire. The talent level on this team is far higher than what they are producing and that falls squarely on coaching. It appears Reppert got in with the right guys and rode a good program to the top at Maryland. Running a program is far different. People need to understand that lacrosse is a flow sport like hockey, there are no set plays so what does an offensive coordinator REALLY get you. How often do teams get “out schemes” in college lacrosse, do they have better man up plays or defensive sets ? No, it’s really all about building culture, developing players holistically and instilling belief. Doing more with less. Not saying his resume isn’t impressive, but being able to recruit and BUILD a locker room is far more important. It is obvious that he is ill equipped to build any such culture as this program has regressed. Hopefully Kit realizes he should go with a D3 coach next time around that has demonstrated he can ELEVATE a program. Holy Cross lacrosse has a lot of potential and can be a competitive team as they were under Peter Burke. The talk of canning the program is nonsense, clearly it is a large and lucrative alumni group with a 45 man roster. You might be onto something. HC currently has two first place teams, FB and WBB. Both with head coaches who were already head coaches elsewhere when they were hired. Other sports have hired veteran assistants when it was their turn to move up or "resume hires" as you put it. Winning at HC is a challenge anyway, but a head coaching learning curve is an extra challenge. With several first time head coaches, HC doesn't seem to have any veteran head coaches in the ranks of Associate AD or similar who can be a mentor to the first timers. Athletic Administration now is a distinct career from coaching unlike in the past when it was often a continuation from coaching, like with RP Sr. Kit will take a fresh look at everything. Those losing scores will be alarm bells for him.
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 20, 2022 2:07:34 GMT -5
Seems as if Reppert has lost control. Hindsight is 20/20 but he really is the definition of a resume hire. The talent level on this team is far higher than what they are producing and that falls squarely on coaching. It appears Reppert got in with the right guys and rode a good program to the top at Maryland. Running a program is far different. People need to understand that lacrosse is a flow sport like hockey, there are no set plays so what does an offensive coordinator REALLY get you. How often do teams get “out schemes” in college lacrosse, do they have better man up plays or defensive sets ? No, it’s really all about building culture, developing players holistically and instilling belief. Doing more with less. Not saying his resume isn’t impressive, but being able to recruit and BUILD a locker room is far more important. It is obvious that he is ill equipped to build any such culture as this program has regressed. Hopefully Kit realizes he should go with a D3 coach next time around that has demonstrated he can ELEVATE a program. Holy Cross lacrosse has a lot of potential and can be a competitive team as they were under Peter Burke. The talk of canning the program is nonsense, clearly it is a large and lucrative alumni group with a 45 man roster. You might be onto something. HC currently has two first place teams, FB and WBB. Both with head coaches who were already head coaches elsewhere when they were hired. Other sports have hired veteran assistants when it was their turn to move up or "resume hires" as you put it. Winning at HC is a challenge anyway, but a head coaching learning curve is an extra challenge. With several first time head coaches, HC doesn't seem to have any veteran head coaches in the ranks of Associate AD or similar who can be a mentor to the first timers. Athletic Administration now is a distinct career from coaching unlike in the past when it was often a continuation from coaching, like with RP Sr. Kit will take a fresh look at everything. Those losing scores will be alarm bells for him. Well Michigan's head coach has basically the same resume as Reppert...long time assistant/coordinator at Maryland and now in his first head coaching job. Interesting that Reppert (who was the OC) didn't get a BIGGER gig like Conry (was the DC at Maryland) got from the same program. Conry is also five years younger.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Feb 20, 2022 6:19:27 GMT -5
Well this, well that....
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 20, 2022 12:39:57 GMT -5
It's an age thing. If Foley was ten years younger he would begin with "So this, so that...😊 Turning his insult around, HC got parity with Michigan in it's Lacrosse hire, so that on the surface is a good thing. Plus there is much to respect in Coach Reppert's Naval Academy and U.S. Marines background. Perhaps Kit will plug mentorship by veteran head coaches of rookie coaches into his administration.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 21, 2022 16:54:02 GMT -5
I've never seen the point of putting a team in the position of being humiliated (e.g, these lacrosse games, HC-UConn women's hoop). I hate it. The inconvenient truth: the PL schedule will be just as difficult as the OOC.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 21, 2022 17:00:19 GMT -5
Probably a good thing we didn’t schedule UMASS-Boston in lacrosse, as we did in Men’s Hoops a couple years ago.
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 23, 2022 14:30:36 GMT -5
I've never seen the point of putting a team in the position of being humiliated (e.g, these lacrosse games, HC-UConn women's hoop). I hate it. The inconvenient truth: the PL schedule will be just as difficult as the OOC. The three games they have a chance of winning are Lafayette, Siena, and UMass-Lowell.
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Post by purplehaze on Feb 27, 2022 14:03:39 GMT -5
Down 7-3 to Merrimack today at home
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 27, 2022 14:21:16 GMT -5
Down 9-3.
Is there a chance this team goes winless this season?
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 27, 2022 15:08:45 GMT -5
Lost 11-9.
Next Sunday's game at Army figures to be lopsided.
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 27, 2022 16:17:04 GMT -5
Down 9-3. Is there a chance this team goes winless this season? Clearly, there is. I thought this was the baseball thread. My bad.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 27, 2022 16:20:00 GMT -5
Down 9-3. Is there a chance this team goes winless this season? No, since they already have one win. 0-4.
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Post by purplehaze on Mar 2, 2022 18:49:28 GMT -5
We're at Army on Saturday - want to know what a mismatch looks like ? the Cadets just won at Syracuse 17-13 How can we keep it respectable ?
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Post by purplehaze on Mar 6, 2022 15:13:53 GMT -5
Nice to see a respectable score today vs Army, losing only 14-8 - let’s hope for weekly improvement
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Post by WheelerOnly on Mar 6, 2022 18:29:37 GMT -5
More importantly, I thought they played well and can leave West Point with their heads up. Matched up with Army for most of the game. Army had a coupe runs and HC is still making too many mistakes. But improvement. Defense and offense looked substantially better. Defense was sliding more effectively. Offense was generating decent scoring opportunities. O is much more effective when ball was moving fast. Still too much time with O players carrying the ball. Friers was very good in goal.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Mar 13, 2022 16:53:23 GMT -5
Blown out by Lehigh, 17-7.
Might not win a game this season.
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 13, 2022 17:24:17 GMT -5
We won the press conference on 1-22-21. Coach has a great resume, I hope he can turn things around.
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Post by purplehaze on Mar 19, 2022 17:29:22 GMT -5
Played tough vs ranked BU today, falling 16-10 Winless on the season Where can we get a W ? Lafayette our best shot
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Post by bfoley82 on Mar 26, 2022 12:32:51 GMT -5
Navy up 10-6 heading into the fourth quarter
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Post by bfoley82 on Mar 26, 2022 14:41:40 GMT -5
Navy up 10-6 heading into the fourth quarter 14-8 final
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Apr 2, 2022 13:08:10 GMT -5
Lost to Loyola 16-8.
When does the season end?
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