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Post by purplehaze on Jan 25, 2023 12:54:51 GMT -5
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Post by lou on Jan 25, 2023 13:44:08 GMT -5
Any chance Matt Sluka might join the team?
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Post by hchoops on Jan 25, 2023 14:21:24 GMT -5
Chesney might have an objection, or three.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 25, 2023 15:40:08 GMT -5
Nice photo on that release....wonder who took it ;-)
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Post by hchoops on Jan 25, 2023 15:47:37 GMT -5
It is one thing to be chosen 9th. It is another to be 21 points behind the 8th place team.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 25, 2023 15:55:52 GMT -5
It is one thing to be chosen 9th. It is another to be 21 points behind the 8th place team. And not a single player on the Preseason All-League squad. Colgate is the only other team to not have an All-League selection.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 25, 2023 16:00:10 GMT -5
Who do they beat? Lowell who was terrible last season and have a new head coach? Mercer? Lafayette is the only other option.
02/04 @ Providence Preview 02/08 @ Merrimack Preview 02/12 @ Syracuse Preview 02/18 @ Mercer Preview 02/25 vs Dartmouth Preview 03/04 vs Army Preview 03/11 vs Lehigh Preview 03/18 @ Boston U Preview 03/25 vs Navy Preview 04/01 @ Loyola Preview 04/08 @ Lafayette Preview 04/15 vs Bucknell Preview 04/18 vs UMass Lowell Preview 04/28 @ Colgate Preview
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 29, 2023 23:08:22 GMT -5
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Post by bison137 on Jan 29, 2023 23:31:07 GMT -5
Another reason why Army and Navy do not belong in the patriot league. Their funding for any given sport is multiples of what is spent by the other eight schools, and the number of athletic recruits they admit is multiples of any of the other eight schools.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 29, 2023 23:34:49 GMT -5
Another reason why Army and Navy do not belong in the patriot league. Their funding for any given sport is multiples of what is spent by the other eight schools, and the number of athletic recruits they admit is multiples of any of the other eight schools. Army has a 9 million dollar rugby stadium. The interior is pretty nice goarmywestpoint.com/facilities/anderson-rugby-complex/12
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Post by lou on Jan 30, 2023 10:17:37 GMT -5
HC looked good in scrimmage at Marist this weekend
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 30, 2023 14:04:45 GMT -5
How seriously does HC compete with Navy for lacrosse recruits? Holy Cross players coaches and fans should enjoy the new amenities when they play in Annapolis and stick to whatever facility planning HC has.
A kid doesn't compare the playing fields and locker rooms to make a decision between Navy and HC. There is a 900 pound gorilla in the room - the commitment to die for your country if necesssry if you choose the USNA that dwarfs athletic amenities.
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Post by bison137 on Jan 30, 2023 14:56:02 GMT -5
How seriously does HC compete with Navy for lacrosse recruits? Holy Cross players coaches and fans should enjoy the new amenities when they play in Annapolis and stick to whatever facility planning HC has. A kid doesn't compare the playing fields and locker rooms to make a decision between Navy and HC. There is a 900 pound gorilla in the room - the commitment to die for your country if necesssry if you choose the USNA that dwarfs athletic amenities. even when the service commitment obligation is factored in, Army and Navy still have a huge recruiting edge over any patriot league school. They bring in 2 to 3 times as many recruits in every sport, spend twice as much money, pay their coaches far more than PL coaches, generally have much better facilities, and are allowed more assistant coaches.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 30, 2023 15:19:58 GMT -5
How seriously does HC compete with Navy for lacrosse recruits? Holy Cross players coaches and fans should enjoy the new amenities when they play in Annapolis and stick to whatever facility planning HC has. A kid doesn't compare the playing fields and locker rooms to make a decision between Navy and HC. There is a 900 pound gorilla in the room - the commitment to die for your country if necesssry if you choose the USNA that dwarfs athletic amenities. They should be competing against Loyola for recruits as the 2023 commits have players from Gilman and Calvert Hall. The question is was Loyola even interested in them?
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 30, 2023 15:21:43 GMT -5
The military academies also have the option to have recruits attend their own pro schools prep school.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 30, 2023 15:36:53 GMT -5
The military academies also have the option to have recruits attend prep school. Here is Yale's facility fb.watch/inU_ypgdUo/
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 30, 2023 16:24:58 GMT -5
Wow!! Very nice. But I've been to their basketball arena and the Yale Bowl and unless those have been totally renovated in the last few years, they are dumps.
So, each school has their own priorities. Also helps when you have billions in the bank and an assortment of exceptionally wealthy donors.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 30, 2023 16:55:44 GMT -5
Wow!! Very nice. But I've been to their basketball arena and the Yale Bowl and unless those have been totally renovated in the last few years, they are dumps. So, each school has their own priorities. Also helps when you have billions in the bank and an assortment of exceptionally wealthy donors. The Yale basketball arena has new lights I know that based on my camera settings. The Yale Bowl is old but still better than Harvard Stadium to work at.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jan 30, 2023 17:14:12 GMT -5
Another reason why Army and Navy do not belong in the patriot league. Their funding for any given sport is multiples of what is spent by the other eight schools, and the number of athletic recruits they admit is multiples of any of the other eight schools. Army has a 9 million dollar rugby stadium. The interior is pretty nice goarmywestpoint.com/facilities/anderson-rugby-complex/12The benefactors of the Army facility, Lee and Penny Anderson, are contributing 75 million to the new University of St. Thomas Arena in St. Paul.
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 30, 2023 20:54:08 GMT -5
The military academies also have the option to have recruits attend prep school. Here is Yale's facility fb.watch/inU_ypgdUo/Yale is really into water conservation with that dirt lawn in front of the building.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 30, 2023 20:55:04 GMT -5
Yale is really into water conservation with that dirt lawn in front of the building. I think that was taken right when the building opened in 2021....
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 30, 2023 21:05:08 GMT -5
Another reason why Army and Navy do not belong in the patriot league. Their funding for any given sport is multiples of what is spent by the other eight schools, and the number of athletic recruits they admit is multiples of any of the other eight schools. A recurring theme by some is that HC should leave the PL because the opponents are too weak and obscure. You are making the case that the service academies are too strong and well funded so they should leave the Patriot League. I think I'd rather have the challenge of stronger opponents so I hope the Service Academies and HC stay in the league.
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Post by hcpride on Jan 30, 2023 22:26:51 GMT -5
Another reason why Army and Navy do not belong in the patriot league. Their funding for any given sport is multiples of what is spent by the other eight schools, and the number of athletic recruits they admit is multiples of any of the other eight schools. A recurring theme by some is that HC should leave the PL because the opponents are too weak and obscure. You are making the case that the service academies are too strong and well funded so they should leave the Patriot League. I think I'd rather have the challenge of stronger opponents so I hope the Service Academies and HC stay in the league. I hear folks frequently suggest we leave the very weak PL football (Army and Navy do not play PL football) league but rarely hear folks say we should leave all the PL sports. Once in a while a poster here mistakenly suggests the Patriot League is made up of like-minded liberal arts colleges. And then is quickly reminded we are a rather heterogenous collection of smaller colleges, military service academies, small universities, and rather large universities.
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 30, 2023 22:46:21 GMT -5
A recurring theme by some is that HC should leave the PL because the opponents are too weak and obscure. You are making the case that the service academies are too strong and well funded so they should leave the Patriot League. I think I'd rather have the challenge of stronger opponents so I hope the Service Academies and HC stay in the league. I hear folks frequently suggest we leave the very weak PL football (Army and Navy do not play PL football) league but rarely hear folks say we should leave all the PL sports. Once in a while a poster here mistakenly suggests the Patriot League is made up of like-minded liberal arts colleges. And then is quickly reminded we are a rather heterogenous collection of smaller colleges, military service academies, small universities, and rather large universities. While we have Chesney HC could compete in any FCS conference but we only had one PL championship between Duffner and Chesney I believe. It's fair to say during those two decades we could not compete well in a stronger FB conference. The other fly in the ointment for me: is what we would gain by moving to the only stronger regional FCS FB league, the CAA, worth paying exit and entrance fees and giving our league partners a shiv in the back over? And would we have to give up imagining new northeast league formats which is so enjoyable if we had just moved to a new league?😊
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jan 31, 2023 7:00:31 GMT -5
I think the weather on Saturday will dictate the postponement of the lax game @ Providence.
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